Workshops Currently Open for Enrollment
Animal Crime Scenes
Dates: September 13-15, 2023
Location: University of Florida, Austin Cary Conference Center
10625 NE Waldo Rd Gainesville, FL 32609
Course Objectives
This intensive three-day workshop will focus on the initial scene search, establishment of a grid for scene reference and measurement, excavation techniques, and evidence documentation. Mornings are spent in lectures where students will receive instruction on human vs. non-human bone identification, forensic botany, forensic entomology, basic crime scene processing, and scientific and legal principles of evidence. Afternoons are spent in the field where students will search for and locate clandestine gravesites, process the scene for surface evidence, and begin a two-day excavation of a burial site.
Registration
Registration is online – It’s fast, safe and convenient. To register with your Visa, MasterCard, or American Express, please visit our secure, online registration website.
- If the course is not listed on the registration page, enrollment in the course is currently closed.
Registration Fee: $375
Bugs, Bones, & Botany
Dates: October 2-6, 2023
Location: University of Florida, Austin Cary Learning Center
10625 NE Waldo Rd Gainesville, FL 32609
Course Objectives
This intensive three-day workshop will focus on the initial scene search, establishment of a grid for scene reference and measurement, excavation techniques, and evidence documentation. Mornings are spent in lectures where students will receive instruction on human vs. non-human bone identification, forensic botany, forensic entomology, basic crime scene processing, and scientific and legal principles of evidence. Afternoons are spent in the field where students will search for and locate clandestine gravesites, process the scene for surface evidence, and begin a two-day excavation of a burial site.
Registration
Registration is online – It’s fast, safe and convenient. To register with your Visa, MasterCard, or American Express, please visit our secure, online registration website.
- If the course is not listed on the registration page, enrollment in the course is currently closed.
Registration Fee: $625
Principles of Crime Scene Investigation
Dates: July 17-21, 2023
Location: UF TREEO Center
3900 SW 63rd Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32608
Course Objectives
- Perform and explain crime scene security, approaching a scene, searches and documentation of evidence
- Perform basic photography as it is related to crime scenes
- Perform latent print recovery using different processing methodology and documentation
- Perform tasks related to trace evidence identification and recovery
- Perform biological examinations, including blood pattern analysis, alternative light source applications and chemical enhancement procedures
- Perform the basic steps of forensic anthropology and archeological recovery
- Perform basic concepts of DNA recovery, examination, and preservation
- Perform concepts related to firearm examination including GSR testing, muzzle-to-target distance determinations, and other analyses
- Analyze, process, and document a mock crime scene using the culmination of all methodologies and present evidentiary findings in a courtroom setting
- Pass a test using the culmination of all forensic science disciplines presented
Registration
Registration is online – It’s fast, safe and convenient. To register with your Visa, MasterCard, or American Express, please visit our secure, online registration website.
- If the course is not listed on the registration page, enrollment in the course is currently closed.
Registration Fee: $600
Forensic Photography
Dates: July 24-28, 2023
Location: UF TREEO Center
3900 SW 63rd Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32608
Course Objectives
This annual course focuses on the techniques necessary for the photographic documentation of crime scenes, gunshot wounds, bitemarks, weapons, and trace evidence as well as the creation of consistent approaches to photographic exposures, storage, and security. This workshop will introduce the many challenges facing crime scene and law enforcement personnel in documenting crime scenes through photographic techniques, and how to overcome these challenges. Scene photography, alternate light source photography, and working in low lighting situations will be addressed. Mock crime scenes will be established in indoor and outdoor locations and participants will be divided into teams for the photographic documentation portion of the course. Participants are encouraged to utilize this course as an opportunity to become familiar with their own photographic equipment.
Registration
Registration is online – It’s fast, safe and convenient. To register with your Visa, MasterCard, or American Express, please visit our secure, online registration website.
- If the course is not listed on the registration page, enrollment in the course is currently closed.
Registration Fee: $600