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Week 1: Firearms
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Week 2: Trajectory Documentation and Determining Trajectories
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The ABCs of Ballistics: Ammo, Bullets, and Casings
An Introductory Course
Course Summary
Learn the ABCs of ballistics! This online forensic training course introduces the principles of firearms and ballistics!
Bullets are as unique as fingerprints. Each bullet, once fired, has characteristic marks (striations) that can be linked back to the gun from which it was fired. This interactive workshop will provide the basics of ballistics--ammunition, bullets, and casings--and the case studies presented will show the relationship between projectiles and forensic science.
The online course is being presented by Forensic Training Unlimited, a premier source of online training for forensic students and forensic professionals.
The course is ideal for any student looking for online training from a forensic expert, networking opportunities with other forensic students and forensic professionals, preparing for a forensic career or law enforcement career, or looking for professional proof (certificate of completion) to show when applying to forensic positions.
This is an introductory course.
Why take this course?
Taught by a Forensic Expert with over 20 years of investigative experience and a Criminalistics professor.
Relevant online training provides students with the skills needed to apply to forensic positions
Over 10 specialized topics are covered in this online course.
What course include?
Participants will receive a certificate of completion upon successful course completion
Training worksheets will be provided for each student. These sheets can be used as a study guide for other related courses
PowerPoint presentation will be provided for review. Each student will receive a copy of the PowerPoint presentation (pdf)
Case studies, including scene photos--covering wounds from projectiles--will be presented
24 hours of training includes online lectures (replays available), course assignments, training assessments, and online training activities.
Topics Covered:
- ammunition basics
- types of ballistic evidence
- bullet hole identification
- evidence handling procedure
- caliber identification
- bullet comparison and identification
- gunshot residue and distance determination
- firearm mechanism
- types of firearms
- crime scenes involving firearms
- wounds due to firearms
Course Curriculum
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