STUDY

Understanding the techniques and methodologies for digital evidence collection and analysis is crucial for criminal investigations and legal proceedings in the modern era where digital devices play such a key role in peoples personal and professional lives.

This module will develop your awareness and understanding of environmental and wildlife forensics and be able to apply the key theoretical and practical aspects. You will gain knowledge on how environmental and wildlife crime investigators use forensic science to assist them in legal investigations and help to enforce regulation to protect the environment and wildlife in the UK.

This module introduces the chemistry and physics of fire and explosives and considers the investigation of fire and explosion scenes with an emphasis on arson and the use of improvised explosive devices. The challenges of evidence recovery, laboratory examination and chemical analysis are covered to provide students with an awareness of difficulties they may encounter with such scenes.

This module explains the role of forensic investigation in catastrophic incidents including terrorist attacks, genocide and other large-scale crimes. Particular emphasis is placed upon the challenges faced in the search, collection and preservation of evidence as well as the ethical issues surrounding disaster victim identification.

The project provides the opportunity to develop an area of personal scientific interest arising from individual or course-based experiences. The project will be a research-focused study, which will centre on the generation and testing of a hypothesis. It will enable you to utilise practical, intellectual and decision-making skills in new and different situations.

Understanding the techniques and methodologies for digital evidence collection and analysis is crucial for criminal investigations and legal proceedings in the modern era where digital devices play such a key role in peoples personal and professional lives.

This module will develop your awareness and understanding of environmental and wildlife forensics and be able to apply the key theoretical and practical aspects. You will gain knowledge on how environmental and wildlife crime investigators use forensic science to assist them in legal investigations and help to enforce regulation to protect the environment and wildlife in the UK.

This module introduces the chemistry and physics of fire and explosives and considers the investigation of fire and explosion scenes with an emphasis on arson and the use of improvised explosive devices. The challenges of evidence recovery, laboratory examination and chemical analysis are covered to provide students with an awareness of difficulties they may encounter with such scenes.

This module explains the role of forensic investigation in catastrophic incidents including terrorist attacks, genocide and other large-scale crimes. Particular emphasis is placed upon the challenges faced in the search, collection and preservation of evidence as well as the ethical issues surrounding disaster victim identification.

The project provides the opportunity to develop an area of personal scientific interest arising from individual or course-based experiences. The project will be a research-focused study, which will centre on the generation and testing of a hypothesis. It will enable you to utilise practical, intellectual and decision-making skills in new and different situations.