Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation A crime scene technician arrives at the location of a double homicide
to collect fibre, hair, and blood samples from the murder victims. Firearms
and ballistics experts comb a neighbourhood side street for shell casings from a drive-by shooting. Explosives experts collect metal shards and fragments from the scene of a pipe bomb explosion.
When it comes to homicide, shooting, bomb, and accident investigations,
law enforcement personnel must rely an proven techniques to collect evidence - no matter how mundane - that might eventually help solve an important case.
In Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, Sixth Edition, you can examine these same concepts, field-tested techniques and procedures, and technical information that constitute the very backbone of crime scene investigation. This comprehensive text has been widely adopted
by police academies, community colleges, and universities. Three professional organizations - the International Association for Identification, the American Board of Criminalistics, and the Forensic Science Society - recommend this book as a text to prepare for their certification examinations. New in this Sixth Edition
Check-off lists for use by investigators
Crime scene investigation processes as seen after the 0.J. Simpson trial
New and updated case studies, extensively illustrated with photos
Discussion of new areas of technology, including image processing, lasers, computer-based crime scene drawing, and DNA testing
An examination of the area of expert testimony
Includes an appendix on equipment for crime scene investigations ‘The book is clear, concise, and easy to understand.... A copy should be in every police library!’ R.C. Grace, Department of Criminal Justice, California State University
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