Composite and
Forensic Art
Workshops
Rick and Carrie Parks
P.O. Box 73
Cataldo, Idaho 83810
Stuart Parks Forensic Consultants
offer a variety of classes in composite and forensic art. These classes and
workshops are designed to help you master the proven skills of the composite or
forensic artist.
- Select courses approved for Level I and Level II certification
training, International Association for Identification.
- Award-winning instructors
- Offering more courses in forensic art than all other schools
combined.
Our classes are offered by law enforcement
agencies and colleges by invitation from those agencies. We have a mailing list
of classes and to be placed on that mailing list, see below.
Composite
and forensic art classes
Keynotes,
short workshops and short programs
for
forensic artists, law enforcement and the legal community
1999
schedule of classes
More
about forensic art
Hosting
agencies, accreditation
Stuart Parks Forensic Consultants
More
general information on forensic art
Classes in Composite
and Forensic Art
Basic Composite Drawing Classes
Composite Drawing for Law
Enforcement
Composite and Forensic Art Workshops
Composite Drawing Workshop
III
Certification Program
Review and Certification
for Composite Artists
Crime Scene and Other Workshops
Demonstrative Evidence: from
Crime Scene to Courtroom
Forensic Drawing for Medical
Examiners and Support Personnel
Short Programs
Identification:
Understanding Forensic Art as an Aid in Investigations
Memory and Deception in the Interview
Creative thinking for Law Enforcement
About the instructors
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Composite Drawing
for Law Enforcement |
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40 hours. This is the basic course that presents the most important skills and information needed to become a composite artist. This class is intended for law enforcement personnel regardless of drawing ability. Prerequisite is a strong desire to learn. |
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Composite Drawing for Artists |
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Directed to those artists with good drawing skills but no law enforcement background. Basic refresher of drawing skills with emphasis on the interview, witness, memory, and background information. |
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Composite Drawing Workshop I |
| This course serves as a refresher and skill development program for those students who desire to upgrade and expand their skills in the composite drawing field. Course includes instruction on aging the face, multiple witness interviews, Drawing women-Caucasian/Negroid, accessory items-baseball hats, glasses, Mongolian male and females racial groups, heavy faces. Prerequisite: Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement or permission of the instructor. Return to top of page |
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Composite Drawing Workshop II |
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This course serves as a
refresher and skill development program for those students who desire to
upgrade and expand their skills in the composite drawing field. Course
includes instruction on interviewing children for composites, interviewing
signs of deception, interviewing the elderly for composites, composites
without reference photos, memory, drawing teeth, drawing profiles.
Prerequisite: Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement or permission of the
instructor. |
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Composite
Drawing Workshop III |
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This course, like the previous workshops, serves as a refresher and skill development program for those students who desire to upgrade and expand their skills in the composite drawing field. Course includes instruction on shading, focus on facial features--eyes and eyeglasses, the cognitive interview, deception: a case study, memory enhancing techniques, multilevel communication eye patterns, hair styles, collars and necks, court testimony. Prerequisite: Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement or permission of the instructor. Return to top of page |
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Advanced Forensic Art |
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This course
provides additional forensic skills beyond composite drawing which include
facial reconstruction (both clay and drawing), aging of missing children, and
other subjects. Prerequisite: Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement or
permission of the instructor |
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Certification for Composite
Artists |
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Refresher and testing for composite artists. Testing includes the interview process, general information, and drawing skills. Prerequisite: Students must complete the basic Composite Drawing for Law Enforcement course. |
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Demonstrative
Evidence: From Crime Scene to Courtroom |
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This course provides training in preparing trial charts and investigative aids for various departments. It assumes no drawing ability on the part of the participant. It is designed for law enforcement, attorneys and those working for attorneys as well as those interested this field. No Prerequisite |
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Forensic
Drawing for Medical Examiners and Support Personnel |
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This course assumes no drawing ability on the part of the participant. Students are taught right-brain drawing to assist in the identification of unknown remains as well as other skills. It is designed for law enforcement, students, medical personnel, or other interested in this field. No Prerequisite Return to top of page |
General Information
Our classes have been
offered in more states
and by more agencies
than any other composite
or forensic school.
Various courses approved by and offered by nine state
P.O.S.T. training agencies including:
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Connecticut
Police Officers Standards and Training
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Florida
Police Officers Standards and Training.
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Idaho
Police Officers Standards and Training
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Minnesota
Police Officers Standards and Training
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New
Mexico Department of Public Safety*
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Oregon
Board on Police Standards and Training.
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Washington
State Police Standards and Training
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Wisconsin
Police Officers Standards and Training
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New
Hampshire Police Officers Standards and Training
Course approved for credit and offered by numerous agencies including:
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Law
Enforcement Television Network, Three half-hour presentations on Forensic Art
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Washington
State Criminal Justice Training Commission
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FBI
Special Projects Section, Washington DC
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Institute
of Police Technology and Management, University of North Florida
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Bridgeport
Police Training Academy
Additional Approval
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Composite
Drawing for Law Enforcement Training approved by the International Association
for Identification for meeting Level I Certification Training
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All other
courses accepted for Level II Certification Training, International Association
for Identification
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Date/Location |
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July
16-20, 2001 |
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July 16-20
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Learn to draw
in these two
video
tapes--a
total of
four hours
of
instruction
on
the face.
Free
brochure
Carrie Stuart Parks
(full resume available on request)
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Professional
Experience |
Forensic illustrator 1981-Current:
Stuart Parks Forensic Consultants, Cataldo, Idaho Courtroom exhibits for
prosecution, plaintiff and defense. Criminal and civil forensic art. 1981-1989: North
Idaho Regional Crime Lab., Coeur d'Alene,
Idaho. Serving the police and
sheriff's departments of the ten northern counties of Idaho, the Department
of Fish and Game, the city and county of Spokane, the FBI, and the Department
of the Treasury (A.T. & F.) Qualified as expert witness: forensic art, memory: Idaho and Washington |
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Fine Art
Experience |
Professional Artist 1974-Current The Art Studios of the Coeur d'Alenes, Cataldo, Idaho Watercolors, acrylics, mixed media for corporate and private collections, published illustrator. |
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Career Honors |
1994 "Spirit of the American
Woman" (Woman of the
Year) J.C. Penneys' Career Excellence Award Presented at the Women's Forum
Career Excellence Banquet, October, 1994 1995 Law Enforcement Trainer of the
Year,1st runner up
finalist, Department of the Treasurery, Federal Law Enforcement Academy,
Glynco, GA. 1996 Educator of the Year, first recipient of the Lewis Clark State College
Alumni Association Award. Lewiston, Idaho 1997 John Edgar Hoover Memorial
Medal and Citation Awarded
by the American Police Hall of Fame, Miami, Florida for leadership in law
enforcement instruction. Watercolor: Best of the West Juried Invitational Exhibit, Boise State
University Merit Member Idaho Watercolor Society 12 Best Centennial Artists of Idaho Idaho Dept. of Parks and Recreation Idaho Artist for "Art in the Home Show" Southern Homes Magazine, Atlanta |
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Teaching Experience |
Achievements: Researched, developed and taught eight
different 40-hour classes in forensic art Courses approved by and offered by
nine state P.O.S.T. training agencies including:
Course approved for credit and offered
by numerous agencies including:
Training approved by the International
Association for Identification for meeting level I certification training Demonstrative Evidence approved for CLE credit: Idaho State Bar |
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Education and Training |
Bachelor of Science Lewis Clark State College, Idaho Double Major: Fine Art and Social Science Presidential Honors (4.0 GPA) |
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