Students in this course will examine all the components of the U.S. criminal justice system through working on a simulated murder investigation from crime scene investigation, to profiling, to mock trial and conviction. Students will understand proper crime scene investigative techniques and how to examine genetic forensic evidence, as well as learn the basics of profiling and interviewing suspects and witnesses. This course will conclude with students conducting a mock trial to try to convict the suspect in the simulated murder case. No real human remains, or photographs will be utilized in this course, although students will be exposed to potentially emotionally distressing themes and concepts.