In collaboration with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice helped facilitate a three (3) day course on Medicolegal Death Investigations in June of 2021.
The seminar explored aspects of the cause and manner of death, forensic anthropology, environmental reconstruction of post-mortem events, and distinguished foul play from alterations caused by other factors.
Instruction included:
- crime scene investigations
- firearm and tool mark criminalistics
- entomology
- toxicology
- technology in the courtroom
- laws pertaining to death investigations
Also addressed were first responders, trauma, and working with families of homicide victims.