This course focuses on interviewing and investigation skills and will examine the requirement of a continuing investigation. Students will be introduced to the interviewing skills necessary to retrieve information from victims, witnesses and suspects. Related skills are practised and developed as a basis for interviewing and to guide interactions. Students will be introduced to the basic steps of investigation. Oral and written communications are necessary to fulfill the requirements of interviewing and investigation. Students will be introduced to the rules of evidence and will have the opportunity to apply rules in the collection and presentation of evidence in a court of law. Forensic requirements, statute law and other related issues will be emphasized\