Forensic Science Crime Lab - Scottsdale Community College

Forensic Science Crime Lab from Scottsdale Community College is a Campus Associate Forensic degree that prepares you for a Legal career. Description: The Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Forensic Science: Crime Lab prepares students for employment in forensic crime labs as assistants to crime lab criminalists and provides the first half of a four-year undergraduate program of study designed to prepare students as crime lab criminalists. The program combines crime scene technology and criminal justice courses with general education courses and additional math, physics and chemistry courses. Program Competencies: Identify and describe the organization, operation, and jurisdiction of local, state, and federal law enforcement, including judicial and corrections systems. Explain the basic operation of the court system and the basic rules of evidence admissibility. Analyze ethical theory, concepts, issues and practices as they relate to various components of the criminal justice system in modern times. Identify and explain the problems related to the preservation of evidence and the chain of evidence. Identify and use appropriate scientific methods to investigate, recognize, collect and preserve various types of biological evidence. Identify and use appropriate scientific methods to investigate, recognize, collect and preserve various types of physical evidence. Identify and describe the theory and practice of criminal investigation, including crime scene procedures, interviewing, case preparation and basic investigation techniques. Describe proper courtroom demeanor and behavior and explain the role and function of the witness and legal counsel in a courtroom. Explain the methods of scientific inquiry and the behavior of matter and energy in physical systems as they relate to crime lab investigation tasks. Describe and apply principles, concepts and procedures of basic chemistry to crime scene and lab investigation tasks. Describe and apply principles, concepts and procedures of qualitative analysis to crime lab investigation tasks. View more details on Scottsdale Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Forensic courses.