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Conteent This subject pro
ovides an in
ntroduction to the kno
owledge and
d skills requ
uired to und
dertake the
e u preseervation, seaarching and recording of a crime sccene. By itself, it is nott sufficient to make you
readyy to meet thee challenges of a real crim
me scene. It sho
ould be stre
essed that th
his subject will w not allow
w you to waalk into a job in a policee force as a a
foren
nsic investigaator. It is no n more thaan an introduction to an
n area which
h requires aa substantiall amou
unt of speciaalist trainingg. In NSW, a a forensic investigator does not havve to be a po
olice officer,, thouggh most aree, but you must m
have co
ompleted orr be studyin
ng a Degree or Diploma in Forensicc Scien
nce from Can
nberra Institu
ute of Techno
ology. Locate, detect and collect forensicc The ssubject provvides the asssessment forr the unit MSL975024A M
samp
ples. S
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E It will include thee following to
opics: introductio
on to forensicc science 
the nature of crime sceenes 
evidence tyypes 
first respon
nse & securin
ng the scenee 
searching ffor evidence 
documenting the scenee 
evidence collecting e

Assesssment Case studies d on documeentaries watched in‐classs question sheets based
Assig
gnment questionss on forensicc science articles Writtten exam Restricted
d Open Bookk Practtical task processin
ng a simulate
ed crime scen
ne
This u
unit is graded
d with three levels of Competent as ffollows: To acchieve the baasic Compete
ent level – th
hese are the MINIMUM requirementts  pass the w
written test (50% or morre)  satisfacto
orily complette the crime scene proceessing task  satisfacto
orily complette ONE case study questiion sheet (fro
om Case Studies 4‐6) To acchieve Comp
petent (Crediit) level, you must meet tthe minimum
m PLUS:  pass the w
written test with a mark of 70% or m
more  satisfacto
orily complette TWO case
e study questtion sheets (ffrom Case Sttudies 4‐6)  satisfacto
orily complette the assign
nment To acchieve Comp
petent (Distin
nction) level, you must m
meet the min
nimum PLUS:  pass the w
written test with a mark of 88% or m
more  satisfacto
orily complette TWO case
e study questtion sheets (ffrom Case Sttudies 4‐6)  satisfacto
orily complette the assign
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