CJS-137 Clinical Forensics

Explore principles and practices essential to medical and legal investigations. Explore the cause, manner and mechanism of death in cases such as homicide, suicide, accidental, natural, and undetermined deaths. Study topics such as sharp and blunt force trauma, abuse, motor vehicle injuries, thermal injuries, sexual violdence, drowning, forensic dentistry, firearms, drug and alcohol abuse, pediatric forensics, gunshot injuries, asphyxia, body decomposition processes, and ethical/legal considerations. Examine crime scene investigations and methods for identifying victims of violence and patterns of injuries from intentional acts.