Crime Scene Investigation

Front Cover
The relatively new field of criminology and criminal science has been a boon to law enforcement agencies worldwide. In the past, police often relied on eyewitness testimony to identify criminals and solve crimes, and criminals who fled to other regions could readily avoid arrest. Today, modern forensic techniques give police a wide range of tools with which to identify criminals and prove guilt. But successfully investigating a crime scene requires expertise and attention to detail. Using landmark cases to illustrate forensics in action, "Crime Scene Investigation" details the emergence of modern crime-fighting techniques from the mid-1800s to the present, focusing on how crime scenes are treated, how evidence is processed, and how evidence is used in court to build a case for conviction.
 

Contents

Foreword
7
Introduction
11
Fingerprints
18
Identification of Remains
30
Questioned Documents
40
Offender Profiling
49
Firearms Examination
58
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
67
Time Since Death
94
Chronology
103
Endnotes
107
Bibliography
109
Further Resources
111
Index
113
About the Author
119
About the Consulting Editor
120

Explosives
76
DNA
85

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