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Created one semester course where students were required to use all the Criminal Justice and Forensic Science skills. This included applying Criminal Law, Criminal Evidence, Interviewing and Interrogation, Video/Audio techniques, Laboratory Applications, Grooming, Ethics, Crime Scene Photography, and Handling Media.
The final week of the semester students were divided into two-person teams, each receiving a death scenario. I developed scenarios involving lawyers, judges, average citizens, media, and other experts. Students were placed on call and required to wear formal business attire, produce business cards, possess equipment such as flashlights, cameras, etc.; complete with morning rollcalls.
This was a fun learning experience where students had to ‘live the life’ of an investigator. The constant heavy workload, going to court, managing family and personal affairs, being rejected, taunted, conducting laboratory experiments, handling distraught family, public relations, etc.
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Equipped with my masters degree in Forensic Science, this improved my investigation skills, how I approached and used evidence in solving more cases, and winning court and jury trials.