Description
Book SynopsisCrime Scene Investigation offers an innovative approach to learning about crime scene investigation, taking the reader from the first response on the crime scene to documenting crime scene evidence and preparing evidence for courtroom presentation. It includes topics not normally covered in other texts, such as forensic anthropology and pathology, entomology, arson and explosives, and the electronic crime scene. Numerous photographs and illustrations complement text material, and a chapter-by-chapter fictional narrative also provides the reader with a qualitative dimension of the crime scene experience.
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: The CSI and Forensic Investigation
Chapter 2. The First Response and Scene Search
Chapter 3. Documenting the Crime Scene: Photography, Videography, and Sketching
Chapter 4. Fingerprints and Palmprints
Chapter 5. Trace and Impression Evidence
Chapter 6. Bodily Fluid Evidence
Chapter 7. Blood Spatter Evidence
Chapter 8. Firearms and Toolmark Evidence
Chapter 9. Arson and Explosives
Chapter 10. The Electronic Crime Scene
Chapter 11. Documentary Evidence
Chapter 12. Motor Vehicles as Crime Scenes
Chapter 13. Death Investigation
Chapter 14. Forensic Anthropology, Odontology, and Entomology
Chapter 15. Documenting the Actions of the CSI and Presenting Facts in Court
Crime Scene Supply Checklist
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