Introduction
Complete the multidisciplinary knowledge of iter criminis , the path followed by the evidence from its collection at the crime scene to its treatment in the crime laboratory.Excellence scholarships up to 10%. Check conditions with your advisor.
Online mode (with the possibility of quarterly meetings of an experimental practical nature, face-to-face in Quito)
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For 3rd grade university graduates. Opportunity for lawyers, justice operators, judicial servants, civil servants, experts and other graduates in Police Sciences, Medicine, Psychology, Biochemistry or Clinical Laboratory.Program featuresQualification:Master in Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences from the University of Los Hemisferios (Fourth-level postgraduate degree authorized by CES and recognized by SENESCYT)Approved:Own Master's Degree in Criminalistics certified by the Nebrija University of SpainProfessional Master in Criminalistics by IMF Academic Institution of SpainProfessional outingsThis program seeks that the graduates of the Master in Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences can assume the functions and different tasks related to the investigation of crime, being able to assume different professional profiles, in:Judicial and Scientific Police Units, in the different police forces.
Lawyers, within the criminal process.
Judges and prosecutors, in the development of their work in the criminal process.
Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Doctors, Chemists, Forensic Biologists, for the issuance of the expert opinions of their competence.One of the main professional developments that the master's degree allows is the role of Judicial Expert.
MichaelGaida / PixabayKnowledgeMultiple skills that will open doors for you.
The specific academic training of the Master's program in Criminalistics and Forensic Sciences, offers the professional the possibility of:Identify the different steps to follow at the crime scene, enclosure, identification of evidence, graphic representation, collection, transfer.
Know the procedure and the guarantees inherent in the chain of custody of the evidence.
Learn the specificities of certain vestiges, their significance in the process, their specific collection procedure, their study and dump in the appropriate expert report.
Recognize the specific evidences that are typical of a road accident, as well as the specialties of the technical ocular inspection.
Know the singularities of the lofoscopic evidence, the development of fingerprints at the scene, its formulation and comparison, as well as the jurisprudential requirements for its evidentiary validity.
Understand the importance of the biological evidence, its classes, its possible significance, as well as the possibilities of DNA analysis in clarifying the facts.
Distinguish the elements that require a chemical analysis in your research, especially in relation to explosives, drugs, chemical products.
Understand the importance of the witness in the criminal investigation, both at the crime scene, and in its assessment throughout the criminal investigation through psychological expertise.
Identify the procedural guarantees that the technical report must include in order to successfully contribute to the criminal process.
Acquire the necessary preparation to practice as a judicial expert.
Understand the importance of the witness in the criminal investigation, both at the crime scene, and in its assessment throughout the criminal investigation through psychological expertise.
Identify the procedural guarantees that the technical report must include in order to successfully contribute to the criminal process.
Acquire the necessary preparation to practice as a judicial expert.Online MethodologyEffective learning experience:
Access through the Virtual Campus, in a simple, friendly and intuitive way, to all the didactic resources and contents necessary to achieve the development of the necessary competencies and skills.
Thanks to the design and the didactic sequence, the student determines the work load and rhythm, being able at all times through the platform to request the guidance and support of the teachers and tutors.
Personalized tutorials:
Tutorials, classes and virtual practical experiences in real time that allow students to interact with the teacher to develop practical and relevant aspects of the content of the subject.
Meetings and practical face-to-face experiences
Throughout the master's degree, students will be able to attend practical sessions of an experimental nature taught by international teachers in Quito.
(Bimonthly or quarterly face-to-face meetings on Saturday and Sunday compatible with professional activity)
Academic disposition:
The master's degree organizes the eleven subjects of which it is composed in two ordinary academic periods of 20 weeks duration. For this reason, the student has six weeks to achieve the learning objectives of each subject.
doctor-a / PixabayContents of the programForensic Genetics: Biological EvidenceThe collection, remission and conservation of biological vestiges. Chain of custody
Introduction to biology and genetics. Guidance and certainty tests for the determination of biological fluids
DNA extraction, quantification and amplification. Interpretation of an electropherogram
Forensic genetics. Statistical evaluation and conclusions of genetic expertise. Alternative studies to nuclear DNA
DNA databases. Use, applications and development of forensic intelligence. Mass sequencingLophoscopyLofoscopy and lofogram. Basic concepts
The lofoscopic review
Dactyloscopy. Study of dactylograms
The Automatic Identification System (SAID)
Lofotecnia. The lofoscopic comparisonWeapons and Projectiles AnalysisThe firearm. Definition, evolution and classification
Weapon mechanics
Ammunition Metallic and semi-metallic cartridge. Nomenclature
Identifying ballistics. Fundamentals. Bullet and pod injury processing computer systems
Ballistics effects. Ballistic eye inspection. Reconstruction of trajectoriesDocumentscopyIntroduction to the forensic study of documents
Current techniques and instruments applied to the study of documents
Modern letter and signature matching methods
Methods for identifying alterations in documents
Modern ink and document dating methodsMultimedia in Forensic SciencesThe Image in Forensic Sciences
Forensic Photography
Audiovisual
Forensic Acoustics
Forensic infographicOn-site inspectionCriminology, Criminalistics and Ocular Inspection in a broad sense (methodology)
Cordonings and evidence search systems
Ocular inspection in open and closed places. Primary, secondary and intermediate scenes
Developers and reagents. Blood detectors. Special reference to the use of forensic lights
Special eye inspectionsDegree PlanDesign and implementation of projects with applied research and / or development components
Design and writing of high-level professional articles
Analysis of practical models for the development of the exam of complex characterRoad CriminalisticsCriminology and road crime
The sinister vial. Concept, types and elements involved
Investigation of the scene of the road accident. Ocular inspection. Footprints and vestiges
Reconstruction of the loss. Methodology and computer programs
The road accident investigatorExpert reports and forensic criminologistsThe expert report: general aspects
Police technical expertise
The police technical report in the diagnosis of local security
The forensic criminological report
The forensic criminological report II: criminal areasProcedural InvestigationCriminal process
Investigation criminal
Proportionality and limitation of rights
Limiting measures of rightsPsychological expertiseIntroduction to psychological expert evidence and criminal psychology
Explanatory psychological theories of criminal behavior
Mental disorders associated with the commission of crimes
Assessment of the credibility of the witness statement
Forensic psychological assessment of the victimDigital Forensic AnalysisTechnological crime
Digital data and the digital chain of custody
Digital research
Digital eye inspection and registration
Forensic analysisExpert Technical ReportThe expert report: Methodology and development
Rights and duties of the expert
Typology of experts and their characteristics
The expert report as evidence
The defense of the expert reportBasic statistics applied to forensic sciencesOne-dimensional data analysis
Two-dimensional data analysis
Regression and correlation
Random variables and probability distributions
Statistical sampling and estimation Statistical inferenceLegal MedicineMedical legal expertise. Thanatology
Medical legal study of the different types of injuries
Medical legal study of sexual and gender violence
Medical legal study of asphyxia
Personal identification
Forensic chemistryProfessional deontologyHumanistic vision for technical management and professional ethics
Ethics of public service facing the risks of arbitrariness and abuse of power
Ethical responsibility for environmental care and other global problems
Scope of the professional's responsibilityAdmission profileGiven the nature of the program, third-level graduates will enter.
Professionals with a third-level degree in Law, although it is also appropriate for:
Justice operators, judicial servants, public defenders, officials of the National Service of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (SNMLCF), experts of the National Police, experts accredited before the National Council of the Judiciary, and other graduates in Police Sciences, Medicine, Psychology , Biochemistry or Clinical Laboratory, related to criminal investigation and expertise.
Also other professionals who have a third-level degree in a different broad field, accrediting experience in commercial, administrative or managerial positions, can access the master's degree.
