Location:
Police Academy, 235 East 20th St., New York, NY.
Dates:
January 1983 - June 1987.
Instructional delivery format:
Traditional classroom model
Learner Outcomes:
To provide law enforcement personnel with an understanding of the theory and practical aspects of arson investigation.
Instruction:
Arson investigation: causes, tactics, motives, examination, pathology, incendiary, accidental; interviewing/interrogation; legal aspects/court testimony; crime scene: packaging of evidence; fatal fires; building construction; explosives/bombs; forensic evidence.
Credit recommendation:
In the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 4 semester hours in Arson Investigation (4/85).
