New York City Police Department | Evaluated Learning Experience
Detective Bureau Homicide Investigators Course
Version 1, 2, and 3: 70 hours (2 weeks).
Version 1: October 1976 - December 1982. Version 2: January 1984 - December 1990. Version 3: January 1991 - Present.
Version 1 and 2: Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to provide the experienced investigator with an understanding of advanced techniques in the field of homicide investigations. Version 3: Students will be able to: identify and explain the necessary legal and forensic requirements of a homicide investigation; apply principles of homicide investigation to various types of cases; and explain the interaction of the different components of the criminal justice system regarding homicide cases.
Version 1: The class focuses on comprehensive and intensive treatment of concepts and techniques in homicide investigations.Other topics include: law of homicide; typologies of homicide, such as sudden, suspicious, and violent death, sex-oriented and other felony homicides, and traumatic deaths; interaction of the components of the criminal justice system in homicide cases. Version 2 and 3: Topics include: comprehensive and intensive treatment of concepts and techniques in homicide investigations, law of homicide; typologies of homicide, such as sudden, suspicious, and violent death, sex-oriented and other felony homicides, and traumatic deaths; interaction of the components of the criminal justice system in homicide cases; medical examiners; psychological profiling; unusual homicides; contemporary issues in homicide investigations. Prerequisite: Criminal Investigation, or Basic Criminal Investigator’s Course, or an equivalent course.
Version 1, 2, and 3: In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 3 semester hours in Criminal Justice or Criminal Science (10/76) (10/86 revalidation) (1/91 revalidation) (5/96 revalidation) (5/01 revalidation) (6/06 revalidation) (6/11 revalidation) (6/16 revalidation) (6/21 revalidation).
