CRIM 08 - Intro to Investigation

    Recent Professors
    Sammy J. Joseph
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Spring 2026
    Class Size
    50 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    Take CRIM-02; Minimum grade C,P;; Previously taken ENGL-C1000 (formerly ENGL-01A) is advised.
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of CRIM 08
    Transfers To
    CSU
    Description
    <b><font color="7A0018">Begins Fall 2025</b></font><br> This course covers the fundamentals of investigation; techniques procedures, and ethical issues of investigation of crime, including organization of the investigative process, crime scene searches, recording, collection, and preservation of physical evidence, interviewing and interrogating, surveillance, source of information, utility of evidence, scientific analysis of evidence and the role of the investigator in the trial process.