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. 2022 Apr 26;62(6):721–734. doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2022.04.009

Table 2.

Course objectives of Forensic Entomology, Forensic Anthropology, and Hematology & Serology as stated in their syllabi.

Forensic Entomology Forensic Anthropology Hematology & Serology
  • 1.

    Understand basic concepts of forensic entomology, as well as their applications

  • 2.

    Identify techniques with which to sample insects in forensic cases

  • 3.

    Analyze entomological data as forensic evidence

  • 1.

    Identify elements for the forensic study—somatologic and/or osteologic—of live individuals, cadavers, and bone remains as constituents of the human identification process in a forensic context

  • 2.

    Learn methods and techniques to identify live or dead individuals involved in legal issues by means of physical characteristics of each

  • 3.

    Learn methods and techniques to estimate variables such as age, sex, height, and ancestry from human skeletal remains

  • 1.

    Systematically and rigorously identify traces in the crime scene

  • 2.

    Systematically and rigorously collect samples in the crime scene

  • 3.

    Characterize blood and its constituents

  • 4.

    Distinguish human blood from that of other animal species

  • 5.

    Identify and characterize body fluids

  • 6.

    Identify dried blood and its immunological features

  • 7.

    Apply the above learning outcomes to the study of forensic cases