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ABD200 Basic Photography.
Prerequisites: Nil
Topics include basic photography, recording photography
of crime scenes, processing and printing black and white
films.
ABD201 Court Presentation of Evidence
Prerequisites: ABD208, NCSOOJ, ABD223/ABD259.
Topics include preparing statements, photographs, charts
when presenting technical evidence, applying the rules of
evidence and delivering evidence from the witness box.
ABD202 Forensic Biology
Co-requisites: ABD228
Topics include collection, preservation, identification and
recording of biological evidence material. The significance
of biological evidence, documentation and presentation
relevant to biological material as evidence to a court or
juridical inquiry.
ABD203 Forensic Photography
Prerequisites: ABD2OO
Topics include advanced photographic techniques for
recording of crime scenes operation of a basic VHS/Video
8 video camera, electronic photography/digital imaging.
ABD204 Forensic Physics
Prerequisites: AAA641
Topics include measurement, physical concepts and
terminology, calculations involving basic physical
quantities and simple physics experiments relating to
forensic investigation.
ABD205 Human Anatomy and Physiology
Prerequisites: ABD202
Topics include human body, structure and function of the
nervous and endocrine systems. Skin, skeleton, muscles and
the reproduction systems.
ABD206 lntrodudion to Crime Scene
Investigation
Prerequisites: Nil
Topics include function of the crime scene investigator,
preserving and controlling the crime scene, methods and
techniques used in crime scene investigation, legal
requirements when collecting physical evidence at a crime
scene.
ABD207 Introduction to Forensic Investigation
Prerequisites: Nil
Topics include roles of the specialists in crime scene
investigation and the physical evidence that may be located
at a crime scene.
ABD208 Legal Studies
Prerequisites: Nil
Topics include court protocol with regards to the delivery
of evidence, legislation at a local and national level, rules
and types of evidence as applied to the Australian Legal
Systems.
ABD209 Research Skills
Prerequisites: Nil
Topics include research terminology and procedures,
conclusions from research finding.
ABD220 Bloodstain Evidence
Prerequisites: Forensic Science ABD229, Human Anatomy
and Physiology ABDZOS, Forensic Photo ABD203
Topics include bloodstain pattern, recording and
enhancement of bloodstain examination, collection and
interpretation of bloodstain evidence.
ABD22 1 Clandestine Drug Laboratories
Prerequisites: ABD222, ABD229
Topics include safety and investigative procedures of
clandestine laboratories, processing of samples from scenes
of clandestine drug laboratories.
ABD222 Crime Scene lnvestigation
Prerequisites: ABD206, ABDZOO, ABD208
Topics include locating and identifying evidence at crime
scenes, collection, sampling, recording, packaging and
storage methods of evidence and the processing of physical
evidence.
ABD223 Crime Scene Management
Prerequisites: ABD203, ABD229, ABD227
Topics include assessing and implementing scene
management, interpreting physical evidence, case
management procedures.
ABD224 Fingerprint Science
Prerequisites: ABD206, AAA750, ABD2OO
Co-requisites: ARD204
Topics include fingerprint science, latent fingerprint
detection, questionable fingerprints.
ABD226 Footwear and Tyremark Evidence
Co-requisites: ABD231
Topics include footwear and tyremark evidence,
manufacturing methods and processes applicable to
footwear and tyres, comparing and reporting on
comparative analysis of footwear and tyremark evidence.
ABD227 Forensic Medicine
Co-requisites: ABD222
Topics include medico legal environment, signs and
characteristics of death, manner of death, identification
techniques of wounds and injuries, medical examinations of
victims and suspects.
ABD228 Forensic Microscopy
Prerequisites: ABD200, Co-requisites: ABD207
Topics include setting up the microscope for macro and
micro specimen, photograph of microscope specimens,
microscopy measurement.
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