Unit FORENSIC INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES
- Course
- Socioanthropological studies for integration and social security
- Study-unit Code
- GP004348
- Curriculum
- Gestione dei rischi sociali
- Teacher
- Marina Dobosz
- Teachers
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- Marina Dobosz
- Hours
- 54 ore - Marina Dobosz
- CFU
- 9
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- Affine/integrativa
- Area
- Attività formative affini o integrative
- Academic discipline
- MED/43
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- The course aims to provide the students with the tools to be used in the investigative field regarding the analysis of biological and not biological samples. Therefore, the most innovative features will be described in terms of personal identification.
- Reference texts
- M. Dobosz, Principi di Medicina legale e di biologia forense nelle scienze per l'investigazione e la sicurezza, Aracne, Roma, 2013.
E. Pagani, A.Meluzzi, Ladri di facce, Oligo editore, Mantova, 2020.
Supplementary material will be made available on the unistudium platform - Educational objectives
- The course aims to provide an overview of the techniques used in biological forensic investigations and how these can be used in the criminal process.
- Prerequisites
- In order to understand most of the topics discussed in the course, the student must possess basic knowledge in the field of biology and mathematics.
- Teaching methods
- Frontal lessons
Seminars with experts on specific topics - Other information
- Frequency not required but highly recommended
- Learning verification modality
- Written examination or specific modes for students with medical problems (DSA....).
- Extended program
- 1. Scientific evidence in judicial investigations
- Eligibility criteria
- Consultants and experts in our judicial system
2. Defensive investigations
3. Crime scene investigations
- Blood Stain Pattern Analysis (BPA)
- Analysis of biological samples
4. Investigations on the corpse
- The autopsy investigation
- Forensic entomology
- Forensic botany
5. Personal Identification
- Biometric identification
- Genetic identification
6. Fingerprints analysis
7. Recovery and analysis of bones
- Forensic Archeology, Anthropology and Odontology
8. Missing people research
9. Animal genetic identification
10. Forensic Toxicological Items
11. Food Fraud