Establishing Identification of Deceased
Several methods exist to properly identify a deceased person. It is critical that positive and accurate identification is made. This course covers those methods and obstacles in an identification.
Course Summary
This course is approved for 1.5 hours of continuing education credits by Missouri POST, American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI)(pending)
Who Should Take This Course
- Law Enforcement Patrol Officers/ Supervisors
- Detectives and Investigators
- Medicolegal Death Investigators
- Coroners
- Interested Students
Establishing the proper identification of a deceased is important for both family contact and criminal investigations. Law enforcement has several methods of establishing identification when visual identification is not available, or questionable.
This online course will walk the student through the three categories of decedent identification and how each one is used. Further, students will learn how facial approximations and forensic anthropology is used in skeletal and mass disaster situations. Then the course introduces the student to various networks and databases used to match DNA and missing person reports. Lastly, the course will spend time explaining how tattoos, scars, and medical devices are used as presumptive identification and the cautions that should be taken with these identification methods.
Our online video training and is designed to be interactive with students by random quizzes and, in some cases, a final exam. Student login times, location IP, and activity time within the course are tracked per student by Mixpanel to verify the time spent in the course if needed. Videos cannot be fast-forwarded or skipped, and testing cannot be done until the videos are fully watched.
Many of the videos have a unique symbol or picture that will appear prominently in the video and is part of the test questions, this will ensure the video has been watched, quizzes must be passed with a 100% so missing the proof of watch image will ensure the quiz is not passed and thus the student cannot move forward in the course. Also, all quizzes are presented in random question-answer order so each quiz attempt will have questions and answers in an order different than previously shown. This prevents students from sharing answers with other students.
Certificates will only be available for print after the successful completion of the course material. Each certificate will indicate that it was an online training and will note the approval control number and the CLEE hours given.
Course curriculum
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01
Course Introduction and Welcome
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Content Integrity and Copyright Notice
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Content and Copyright Notice Acknowledgment
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Welcome to your new course
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Establishing Decedent Identity
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Establishing Decedent Identity
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How forensic Anthropology helps identification
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Facial Approximations
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Establishing Decedent Identity
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03
Obtaining Fingerprints
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Collecting Ink Prints
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Collecting Digital Prints
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Collecting Fingerprints for Identification
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04
Case Reviews
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Tattoos and Social Media
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Case Reviews of Unidentified
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05
Reading and Resources
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Wrong Man Buried
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Postmortem Identification
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Mass Casualty Management of Dead Bodies
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Missouri Law Enforcement CLEE Request
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FAQ
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I’m not currently in this field, can I still take the course?
Yes. This course is open to students who are wanting to enter the field of death investigation as well as working professionals. It is our goal to help you prepare for the job you are wanting by providing nationally accepted training.
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How long do I have access to the course?
You will have access to the course material for six months. This, however, does not take into account natural disasters or a major interruption in business.
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Do we get a certificate at the end?
The course is an all-inclusive course. So, each student will receive a certificate at the end of all course work denoting credits and approval numbers along with the date of completion.
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What if I want to talk to someone before I register?
If you have other questions, please email us or call our academy directly at 1-888-556-0177.
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What is the refund/exchange policy?
Online courses are non-refundable. Once the course is purchased/accessed, no refund will be granted after 15 days of purchase or course open date, or if more than 20% of the course has been accessed. All online training courses are tested extensively on all types of systems, browsers, and devices. We can assist you to get started with the course if you are having any trouble. Exchange Allowed: Participants will be allowed to exchange with another course of equivalent or lesser value if course is not accessed within 15 days of purchase. The exchange request must be received by email at studentsupport@ditacademyonline.org . No exchange will be granted if the request is more than 15 days after the purchase date. Multiple payments for the same course: In case the participant made extra payment (same course bought multiple times) for the same course, a refund will be issued upon request. There will be a 3.7% transaction cost charged by credit card processor per transaction.
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