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Crime scene investigation / Jacqueline T. Fish, Larry S. Miller, Michael C. Braswell.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Amsterdam ; Boston : Anderson Pub., c2011.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xviii, 477 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781422463314 (pbk.) :
  • 1422463311 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Crime scene investigation.LOC classification:
  • HV8073 .F485 2011
Contents:
1. Introduction -- Role of the crime scene investigator in Forensic Science -- Jobs and descriptions -- Certification and professional development -- Expert witnesses -- Ethics and professionalism -- Physical evidence and the crime scene -- Associate evidence -- Class versus individual characteristics -- Natural variation -- Legal issues and the crime scene -- Search warrants -- Admissibility of evidence -- Frye v. United States -- Federal rules of evidence -- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -- Chain of custody -- Documentation -- Scientific issues in crime scene investigation -- Controls -- Standards -- Overlapping roles.
2. The FBI's 12-step process -- Determining the scope of the crime scene -- Boundaries -- Multiple scenes -- CSI personal safety concerns -- Restricting access -- Interacting with detectives -- Initial walkthrough / preliminary assessment of the crime scene -- Identifying other resources -- Family members -- Witnesses -- Suspects at the scene.
3. Documenting the crime scene -- Photography -- Postprocessing of evidence photographs -- Sketches -- Title block and legends -- Measurements -- Searching the scene -- Search patterns -- Vehicle searches.
4. Fingerprints and palmprints -- Principles of fingerprints and palmprints -- Fingerprints as physical evidence -- Inked impressions -- Elimination prints -- suspect prints -- Fingerprinting the deceased -- Establishing identity -- Latent fingerprints -- IAFIS and latent print examinations.
5. Trace and impression evidence -- Hairs and fibers -- Glass, soil, paint, and other materials -- Gunshot residue -- Footwear impressions -- Tire impressions -- Bitemark impressions -- Impressions in snow.
6. Body fluid evidence -- DNA techniques and the impact of technological advances -- Probative value -- Touch DNA -- Blood -- Seminal fluid -- Urine -- Vaginal secretions -- Sexual assault: special considerations -- Locating, collecting, and preserving body fluid evidence -- At the crime scene -- From a victim or a suspect -- Condom trace evidence -- Toxicology.
7. Blood spatter evidence -- The nature of blood spatter evidence -- Documenting bloodstain pattern evidence -- Detecting invisible bloodstains -- Photographing the scene -- Interpreting evidence.
8. Firearms and toolmark evidence -- Bullets and shell casings -- Locating, collecting, packaging, and submission of evidence -- Trajectories and measurements -- Laser protractor kit -- Laser trajectory rod kit -- distance determination -- National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN) -- Gunshot residue testing -- Serial number restoration -- Toolmarks.
9. Arson and explosives -- Crime scene processing -- Area of origin -- Burn patterns -- Impact of fire suppression on the scene -- Why investigate fire scenes? -- Covering up another crime -- Product reliability -- Code violations -- Motor vehicle fire investigation -- Collection and preservation of arson evidence -- Accelerant-detection K-9 -- Electronic detectors and instruments -- Forensic light source / alternate light source -- Preservation of evidence -- Recovery of burned bodies -- Identification techniques -- Bomb scene investigations -- Locating and collecting evidence of explosive devices -- Post-blast investigation techniques.
10. The electronic crime scene -- Cybercrime: the Internet age -- Identity theft -- Spyware -- Internet crimes against children -- Pornography -- Predators -- Cyberstalking, cyberbullying, and other harassment -- Social networking sites and "sexting" -- Computer intrusions -- Scams -- Processing the electronic crime scene -- Computer hardware -- Individual computers -- Network computers -- Peripheral equipment -- Virtual evidence -- Cell phones -- Personal digital assistants -- Electronic pagers -- Fax and digital answering machines and caller-id devices -- Digital crime scene analysis.
11. Documentary evidence -- Procedures for handling and recording evidentiary documents -- Investigative techniques for examination of documents -- Machine-produced documents -- Handwriting identification -- Court acceptance of document examination -- Scientific validity and reliability -- Handwriting and forensic psychology applications -- Physical profiling -- Age -- Gender -- Handedness -- Literacy and occupation -- Physical and mental health -- Behavioral profiling -- Forensic linguistics, statement analysis, and handwriting -- Questioned document case study.
12. Motor vehicles as crime scenes -- Photography -- Hit-and-run cases -- Trace evidence -- Types of physical evidence -- Collection techniques -- Stolen vehicles -- Chop shops -- VIN locations -- Odometer tampering -- Processing exterior surfaces of vehicles -- Latent fingerprints -- Trace evidence -- Stolen property -- Contraband search -- Motor vehicles as weapons -- Documenting injuries -- Accidental death -- Suicide -- Homicide.
13. Death investigation -- Medicolegal death investigation -- Structure and bias -- Authorization -- The death / injury scene -- Preparation -- The autopsy -- the report -- Death certification -- Cause of death -- Manner of death -- Postmortem interval -- Pattern recognition -- Natural deaths -- Trauma -- Role of the CSI at autopsy -- Identifying remains.
14. Forensic anthropology, odontology, and entomology -- Determination of a skeleton's age at death -- Maturation -- Degeneration -- Determination of a skeleton's sex -- Pelvis -- Skull -- Rest of the skeleton -- Determination of race (ancestry) and stature from the skeleton -- Anthropometric measurements -- Stature: estimation of stature from the long bones -- Human dentition -- Anatomy of a tooth -- Entomology -- NamUs.
15. Documenting the actions of the CSI -- Case files -- Crime scene protocols -- Releasing the scene -- Cross-contamination -- The FBI crime laboratory -- Communicating with a crime lab -- Evidence submittal to a crime laboratory -- Case file preparation -- Working with the Prosecutor's Office -- Court appearance and testimony -- Pretrial preparation -- Demonstrative exhibits -- Importance of physical evidence -- Ethical considerations -- Emerging trends.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection HV 8073 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5088718

Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-448) and index.

1. Introduction -- Role of the crime scene investigator in Forensic Science -- Jobs and descriptions -- Certification and professional development -- Expert witnesses -- Ethics and professionalism -- Physical evidence and the crime scene -- Associate evidence -- Class versus individual characteristics -- Natural variation -- Legal issues and the crime scene -- Search warrants -- Admissibility of evidence -- Frye v. United States -- Federal rules of evidence -- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -- Chain of custody -- Documentation -- Scientific issues in crime scene investigation -- Controls -- Standards -- Overlapping roles.

2. The FBI's 12-step process -- Determining the scope of the crime scene -- Boundaries -- Multiple scenes -- CSI personal safety concerns -- Restricting access -- Interacting with detectives -- Initial walkthrough / preliminary assessment of the crime scene -- Identifying other resources -- Family members -- Witnesses -- Suspects at the scene.

3. Documenting the crime scene -- Photography -- Postprocessing of evidence photographs -- Sketches -- Title block and legends -- Measurements -- Searching the scene -- Search patterns -- Vehicle searches.

4. Fingerprints and palmprints -- Principles of fingerprints and palmprints -- Fingerprints as physical evidence -- Inked impressions -- Elimination prints -- suspect prints -- Fingerprinting the deceased -- Establishing identity -- Latent fingerprints -- IAFIS and latent print examinations.

5. Trace and impression evidence -- Hairs and fibers -- Glass, soil, paint, and other materials -- Gunshot residue -- Footwear impressions -- Tire impressions -- Bitemark impressions -- Impressions in snow.

6. Body fluid evidence -- DNA techniques and the impact of technological advances -- Probative value -- Touch DNA -- Blood -- Seminal fluid -- Urine -- Vaginal secretions -- Sexual assault: special considerations -- Locating, collecting, and preserving body fluid evidence -- At the crime scene -- From a victim or a suspect -- Condom trace evidence -- Toxicology.

7. Blood spatter evidence -- The nature of blood spatter evidence -- Documenting bloodstain pattern evidence -- Detecting invisible bloodstains -- Photographing the scene -- Interpreting evidence.

8. Firearms and toolmark evidence -- Bullets and shell casings -- Locating, collecting, packaging, and submission of evidence -- Trajectories and measurements -- Laser protractor kit -- Laser trajectory rod kit -- distance determination -- National Integrated Ballistics Information Network (NIBIN) -- Gunshot residue testing -- Serial number restoration -- Toolmarks.

9. Arson and explosives -- Crime scene processing -- Area of origin -- Burn patterns -- Impact of fire suppression on the scene -- Why investigate fire scenes? -- Covering up another crime -- Product reliability -- Code violations -- Motor vehicle fire investigation -- Collection and preservation of arson evidence -- Accelerant-detection K-9 -- Electronic detectors and instruments -- Forensic light source / alternate light source -- Preservation of evidence -- Recovery of burned bodies -- Identification techniques -- Bomb scene investigations -- Locating and collecting evidence of explosive devices -- Post-blast investigation techniques.

10. The electronic crime scene -- Cybercrime: the Internet age -- Identity theft -- Spyware -- Internet crimes against children -- Pornography -- Predators -- Cyberstalking, cyberbullying, and other harassment -- Social networking sites and "sexting" -- Computer intrusions -- Scams -- Processing the electronic crime scene -- Computer hardware -- Individual computers -- Network computers -- Peripheral equipment -- Virtual evidence -- Cell phones -- Personal digital assistants -- Electronic pagers -- Fax and digital answering machines and caller-id devices -- Digital crime scene analysis.

11. Documentary evidence -- Procedures for handling and recording evidentiary documents -- Investigative techniques for examination of documents -- Machine-produced documents -- Handwriting identification -- Court acceptance of document examination -- Scientific validity and reliability -- Handwriting and forensic psychology applications -- Physical profiling -- Age -- Gender -- Handedness -- Literacy and occupation -- Physical and mental health -- Behavioral profiling -- Forensic linguistics, statement analysis, and handwriting -- Questioned document case study.

12. Motor vehicles as crime scenes -- Photography -- Hit-and-run cases -- Trace evidence -- Types of physical evidence -- Collection techniques -- Stolen vehicles -- Chop shops -- VIN locations -- Odometer tampering -- Processing exterior surfaces of vehicles -- Latent fingerprints -- Trace evidence -- Stolen property -- Contraband search -- Motor vehicles as weapons -- Documenting injuries -- Accidental death -- Suicide -- Homicide.

13. Death investigation -- Medicolegal death investigation -- Structure and bias -- Authorization -- The death / injury scene -- Preparation -- The autopsy -- the report -- Death certification -- Cause of death -- Manner of death -- Postmortem interval -- Pattern recognition -- Natural deaths -- Trauma -- Role of the CSI at autopsy -- Identifying remains.

14. Forensic anthropology, odontology, and entomology -- Determination of a skeleton's age at death -- Maturation -- Degeneration -- Determination of a skeleton's sex -- Pelvis -- Skull -- Rest of the skeleton -- Determination of race (ancestry) and stature from the skeleton -- Anthropometric measurements -- Stature: estimation of stature from the long bones -- Human dentition -- Anatomy of a tooth -- Entomology -- NamUs.

15. Documenting the actions of the CSI -- Case files -- Crime scene protocols -- Releasing the scene -- Cross-contamination -- The FBI crime laboratory -- Communicating with a crime lab -- Evidence submittal to a crime laboratory -- Case file preparation -- Working with the Prosecutor's Office -- Court appearance and testimony -- Pretrial preparation -- Demonstrative exhibits -- Importance of physical evidence -- Ethical considerations -- Emerging trends.

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