Dennis Hilliard
Director, State Crime Laboratory
401-874-2893
dch@uri.edu

Program Information

• These courses are offered to law enforcement personnel.
• Each course is 13 weeks and meets in our fall and spring semesters.  
•  The State Crime Laboratory provides forensic services to the Rhode Island law enforcement community. 
• Instructors for this course consist of staff members from the State Crime Laboratory and the Department of Health Forensic Science Laboratory as well as active and retired law enforcement officers with experience as crime scene examiners.

 

FALL TERM

Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences 101 – Criminal Investigation Courses:

Scientific Evidence I – 4 credits
Theory and practice of crime scene investigation employing the modern techniques of crime scene preservation, crime scene search, and the collection, preservation, and transmission of physical evidence. Emphasis on photography, the development, lifting, and classification of latent fingerprints, and report writing.

SPRING TERM

Biomedical & Pharmaceutical Sciences 102 – Criminal Investigation:
Scientific Evidence II – 4 credits
Specialized techniques of crime scene investigation including firearms, arson, sexual assault, and homicide. Examination of physical evidence such as firearms, bloodstains, glass, and other trace evidence. Use of digital photography, computer software, alternate light sources, fluorescent powders, and other chemical fingerprint techniques. Fingerprint comparisons. Court presentation.