Law 4215: Criminalistics

Welcome students to the course of criminalistics !

The course of Criminalistics is taught, as an elective course with 5 credits, in year 4 of the undergraduate program at the School of Law of the University of Rwanda.

Learning objectives: The course aims at equipping students with skills and techniques on how to conduct crime scene investigations.  It will offer the students the ability to know how the crime scene is protected; evidence collected and preserved up to the find out evidence the forensic laboratory for analysis.

Learning outcomes: At the end of this course, students should be able to:

Explain and discuss the rationale of crime scene investigations and scientific evidence

Explain and discuss techniques of searching evidence; ensures its chain of custody up to the forensic laboratory for analysis and be aware of the weight of the scientific and objective evidence therein to convict the real perpetrator in court.

Facilitator :

Laurent Shenge . l.shenge@ur.ac.rw. 

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