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The Masters Course is intended to provide appropriate training for:
Experts in various branches of criminology, such as, by way of example, · Ballistics: the examination of weapons, cartridges, shells and projectiles · Fingerprinting: the collection and comparative analysis of fingerprints · Forensic biology: DNA analysis of trace samples.
Each branch, whether individually or working with others, is often instrumental in solving crimes whose positive conclusion is increasingly due to the results of analyses of traces and pieces of evidence found at the scene
of the crime. The recent reform of the Italian Criminal Code (Italian Law N°397 of 7 December 2000) allows the defence to conduct its own enquiries and to carry out technical examination of evidence. It therefore follows that career opportunities are set to expand, especially with the expected development of centres specialising in forensic techniques, and which will be able to offer their services not only to the defence but also - as is the case in many English-speaking countries - to the prosecution. Magistrates and lawyers who will be able to produce more informative reports based on the most appropriate input from laboratories offering the greatest expertise in the sector. They will also be better equipped to understand expert reports as a whole which, if prepared by experts trained by this Masters Course, will have been drawn up in exact but accessible terms; they will also be able, if necessary, to compare divergent reports. Members of Police Services, capable of moving around correctly at the scene of a crime, who will be fully aware of all the technological aspects of the investigation and of their potential when used by the perpetrator of the crime.
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