Module 1 Physical Evidence
Module 2 Fingerprints
Module 3 Impression Evidence
Module 4 Trace and Transfer Evidence
Module 5 Hair
Module 6 Fibers
Module 7 More Trace Evidence: Paint, Glass, and Soil
Module 8 Blood Identification and Individualization
Module 9 Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
Module 10 Crime Scene Investigation

Video Lessons and Demonstrations: Each module includes video instruction by Marilyn Miller, Professor of Forensic Science at the University of New Haven. Professor Miller takes you into her crime lab and introduces you to the major concepts and terminology used by forensic scientists in criminal investigations. Throughout the course Professor Miller demonstrates techniques used to locate, analyze, and preserve physical evidence.

Interactive Exercises: Interactive exercises in each module provide a fun and engaging way for you to test your forensic science knowledge and skills. You will have opportunities to identify fingerprint patterns, analyze bloodstain patterns, and determine fiber type by testing with virtual chemical reagents.

Glossary: The glossary serves as your handbook of technical terms and jargon used by forensic scientists.

Case Files: For Ted Bundy it was a bite mark, for Wayne Williams it was an unusual fiber, for Malcolm Fairley it was a paint chip. It is called the smoking gun, the crucial piece of evidence that cracks a case or proves a suspect's guilt. Ten true case files describe the evidence that solved some of the world's most notorious and baffling cases. Each module has its own case file so that you can see how that particular type of evidence is used in a case. As you will learn, the physical evidence doesn't lie!

Crime Scene Investigation: The CD-ROM course culminates with a Solve the Crime module. You will have to rely on all the information you have learned in Clues in Crime to solve a true-to-life homicide. Your investigation will be guided by a search for evidence, a series of questions about that evidence, and a series of lab reports will track your progress in the investigation. What does the bloodstain on the bench tell you about the murder? Do those fingerprints and footwear impressions belong to a suspect or the victim? You may know who the killer is, but will you have enough evidence to convict him?

Forensic Science Unit Training Manual and Lab Kit: Your training manual gives you a chance to take the skills you've learned to the next level. Critical Thinking exercises ask you to think and write about some tough issues that relate to the field. You will also be asked to compete labs with items found in your home or in the lab kit we've provided. In these labs, you are the forensic scientist, using superglue fuming to visualize a fingerprint, lifting a dusty footwear impression with a gel lifter, and preserving trace and paint evidence in druggist folds for further examination.