[ARCHIVED CATALOG] 2013-2014 Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
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CRM 344 - Scientific Writing and Courtroom Testimony

3 credits
Prerequisite(s): POL 123 - Introduction to Law and the Legal System , CRM 220 - Survey of the Criminal Justice System , and CRM 230 - Introduction to Crime Scene Investigation 
This course is designed to cover the effective writing and courtroom presentation of scientific reports. Students will be involved the actual processing of a crime scene, the development and collection of evidence, the writing of the crime scene investigation report, and the subsequent testimony in moot court. The successful student will be skilled in the techniques associated with scientific report writing and oral delivery and be made aware of Frye hearings, the Daubert rules, and Rule 702, and the reality that the forensic sciences have their limitations.


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