Forensics
Program Highlights:
- Preserve, process, and document crime scenes and physical evidence.
- Analyze and test physical evidence in a laboratory setting to determine significance to a crime.
- Understand criminals and terrorists—who they are, how they work, why they do what they do—as a means to help solve crimes.
Career Focus:
Opportunities to earn college credit and a head start to a degree in forensics and related occupations.
Career Paths:
- Crime Scene Technician
- Forensic Scientist
- Computer Investigative Specialist
- Forensic Engineer
- Ballistics Analyst
- Medico-Legal Investigator
- Odontologist
- Pathologist
- Forensic Psychiatrist
- Handwriting Analyst
- Toxicologist
- Entomologists...and more, in this growing field of forensics
Lab and Equipment
- Work in a newly-designed forensic lab
- Conduct hands-on crime scene investigations utilizing crime scene equipment
- Use scientific lab equipment to analyze finger prints, fibers, and fluids recovered from crime scenes
Certifications
Students will prepare to test for the following certifications:
- Homeland Security
- Dispatch
- CPR/AED/First Aid Training
- Blood-borne Pathogens
- Hazmat Awareness
Contact:
Kelly Bodkin, Public Safety Instructor
kbodkin@ehove-jvs.k12.oh.us
866-256-9707
Ext. 240
