Crime Scene Investigation, Third Edition

Crime 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, 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. 1. Introduction 2. First Response 3. Documenting The Crime Scene 4. Fingerprints And Palmprints 5. Trace And Impression Evidence 6. Body Fluid Evidence 7. Blood Spatter Evidence 8. Firearms And Toolmark Evidence 9. Arson And Explosives 10. The Electronic Crime Scene 11. Documentary Evidence 12. Motor Vehicles As Crime Scenes 13. Death Investigation 14. Forensic Anthropology, Odontology, And Entomology 15. Documenting The Actions Of The Csi Content: Front-matter , Pages i,iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v Acknowledgments , Page xv Contributors , Pages xvii-xxiii Digital Assets , Pages xxv-xxvi Chapter 1 - Introduction: The CSI and Forensic Investigation , Pages 1-28 Chapter 2 - The First Response and Scene Search , Pages 29-57 Chapter 3 - Documenting the Crime Scene: Photography, Videography, and Sketching , Pages 59-83 Chapter 4 - Fingerprints and Palmprints , Pages 85-110 Chapter 5 - Trace and Impression Evidence , Pages 111-135 Chapter 6 - Bodily Fluid Evidence , Pages 137-159 Chapter 7 - Blood Spatter Evidence , Pages 161-173 Chapter 8 - Firearms and Toolmark Evidence , Pages 175-207 Chapter 9 - Arson and Explosives , Pages 209-234 Chapter 10 - The Electronic Crime Scene , Pages 235-261 Chapter 11 - Documentary Evidence , Pages 263-294 Chapter 12 - Motor Vehicles as Crime Scenes , Pages 295-315 Chapter 13 - Death Investigation , Pages 317-366 Chapter 14 - Forensic Anthropology, Odontology, and Entomology , Pages 367-390 Chapter 15 - Documenting the Actions of the CSI and Presenting Facts in Court , Pages 391-409 Crime Scene Supply Checklist , Pages 411-412 Glossary , Pages 413-422 Index , Pages 423-433 This book 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, 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