Academic Programs

FQS Academic Programs include traditional education programs:

• University of South Florida, Forensic Science and Criminal Justice Introductory Course
• University of South Florida Human Trafficking Course

Traditional Education Programs - University of South Florida

Human Trafficking Online Course-CCJ 4933

In collaboration with the University of South Florida, Forensic Quality Services offers a Special Topic course, “Human Trafficking CCJ 4933”. This instruction is offered only as an online class to students of USF.

Recommended Text: Global Issues Publication Toolkit to HumanTrafficking (1st edition, July, 2009) ISBN 978-0-8160-7545-4. Facts On File on the World Wide Web available as free download from
http://www.factsonfile.com

Topics will include:

• Introduction to trafficking of persons, comparison to people smuggling
• Indicators of trafficking in persons
• Impact of sexual abuse and exploitation on victims
• Forms of control used by traffickers in persons
• Economics of trafficking in persons
• International cooperation in effective investigation of trafficking in persons
• Crime scene investigations and physical evidence in trafficking
• The “PEACE” model for interviewing crime victims
• Role of interpreters in investigation of trafficking cases
• Compensation for victims
• Sentencing considerations
• U.S. perspectives

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Forensic Science and Criminal Justice - CCJ 4933

In collaboration with the University of South Florida, Forensic Quality Services offers an undergraduate level course, "Forensic Science and Criminal Justice." This is an introductory course that provides a basic outline of forensic science and the types of evidence that may be found at a crime scene. The instruction is offered only as an online class to students of USF.

Recommended Text: Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science (10th Edition or higher) by Richard Saferstein. Publisher: Prentice Hall College Division.

Topics:

• Overview of Forensic Science
• Crime Scene - searching, note taking
• Chemical evidence - drug ID
• Chemical evidence - Tox/Alcohol
• Firearms/Ballistics
• Explosives and Arson
• Blood Spatter
• Biological Fluid Screening, genetics, blood grouping, DNA
• Questioned Documents
• Paint, glass, tool marks, reconstruction
• Trace evidence
• Fingerprints and personal identification
• Case studies in Forensic Science
• Review

Course Objectives:

• To understand the basic approach to crime scene investigation, collection and examination of evidence.
• To understand the laboratory examination of drugs, firearms, biological fluids and trace evidence.
• To understand the array of techniques used in forensic examinations
• To understand the value and limitations of different types of evidence

For additional information contact:

Academic Program Coordinator
Dr. Sudhir Sinha
Email: Sinha@mail.usf.edu
Phone: (813) 443-0517