Teenagers 13 to 17 yrs

Monday

- Introduction to Crime and Forensics

- Thinking like a Crime Scene Investigator

- Detective observation skills and FBI photofits

- Searching a crime scene and the use of virtual reality (VR)

Tuesday

Fingerprinting & Microscopes

- Taking your own fingerprints

- Lifting fingerprints from different surfaces

- Work out suspect from different fingerprints

- See where fingerprints have been used in major cases.

- Use state of the art digital microscopes to detect microscopic evidence

Wednesday

Blood Spatter Pattern Analysis & Ballistic Evidence

- Recreate blood spatters found at a crime scene using fake blood

- Work out what types of weapons use from blood spatters

- Case reconstruction and looking at famous cases

- Work out where a "shooter” was standing

- How angles are used to assist at crime scenes

Thursday

Footprints, tyres and lock picking

- Examining foot and tyre prints

- Making casts

- Practical use of casts in evidence, identifying people and vehicles

- Appreciate the technology of different locks

- Attempt to pick and open a variety of different locks

Friday

Full Crime Scene Investigation

- Using all elements of the course carry out a full murder investigation.

- Course summary and conclusions

Steve Gaskin

BSc (Hons), PGCE, PG Cert Mngt

About Steve

Steve had the privilege of being a Detective Chief Inspector in the Metropolitan Police for 25 years. He has investigated all kinds of serious crime including murder, terrorism, serious drug trafficking and lots of other crimes.

He is a graduate of the Institute of Police and Criminological studies. He holds a degree in forensic psychology and policing.

Steve holds a Post Graduate Certificate of Education and is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management.

He is also an advisor to BBC's crime drama Silent Witness. In addition, he enjoys being a visiting lecturer at City University in Central London.