This course will further enhance the skills you acquired in IPTM’s Homicide Investigation course and supply you with the knowledge and abilities to handle even the most challenging homicide investigations.   

You will learn how to organize a complex homicide investigation and how to apply advanced forensic techniques to the case.  We will discuss criminal profiling and abnormal psychology and you will learn specific interrogation techniques to use on the suspects.  In addition, we will show you what to look for in gang-related homicides.

Lectures during the course will be held to a minimum.  Instead, emphasis will be placed on practical exercises.  You will be provided the opportunity to apply the skills you have acquired while studying complex homicide cases presented by the instructors.

Topics include:
•  Organization of a complex homicide investigation
•  Criminal investigative analysis (criminal profiling)
•  Abnormal psychology for investigators
•  Interrogation techniques for homicide suspects
•  Gang motivated/related homicides
•  Application of advanced forensic techniques and blood splatter interpretation
•  Reconstruction of a high profile homicide case

Prerequisite:  To attend this course, you should have completed a basic homicide investigation course and have the knowledge of proven investigative techniques necessary to solve most homicide cases.