Criminal Justice Classroom  |  Lab

The criminal justice classroom features a Crime Scene Lab space, as well as a bay door that allows access to the program's squad car.  Students learn to work a crime scene by gathering and analyzing things like fingerprints, trace evidence, packaging, ballistics, photographs, and report writing.  The lab is equipped with microscopes, fingerprint kits, UV lighting, metal detectors, and crime scene dummies.  Students learn methods for tracing bullet trajectories, crime scene sketching, how to detail measurements, and assemble a narrative and report to aid in the investigation and prosecution of the guilty party.  The instructor uses ANC's patrol car and fully equipped utility belts to train for traffic stops.  Court cases are assigned in Moot Court with students placed on opposing defense and prosecution teams and focuses on the constitutional rights of those arrested and the limits of police officers.