NCJ Number
149055
Date Published
1994
Length
123 pages
Annotation
These curricula for teaching preliminary investigation are designed as guidelines for instructors of performance based law enforcement training.
Abstract
The first section presents the basic curriculum and knowledge tests for the students in the teaching areas of collecting and marking evidence, chain of custody, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), and officer response to SIDS. The second section includes curricula and student exercises for searching a crime scene for evidence, locating finger prints, rolling fingerprints, completing chain of custody forms, and finding community resources for SIDS survivors. The third section consists of curricula and scenarios for conducting different types of preliminary investigations: burglary, grand theft, felonious assault, sexual assault, homicide, suicide, and child neglect/abuse. The final section suggests curricula and learning activities relating to SIDS incidents, kidnapping, robbery, unattended death, autotheft/recovery, poisoning, interviews and interrogation, and courtroom testimony. A list of information sources and the eight necessary components of a preliminary investigation are appended.