An edition of Crime scene investigation
(2007)
Crime scene investigation
2nd ed.
by Michael Braswell, Jacqueline T. Fish, Larry S. Miller, and Michael C. Braswell
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Crime scene investigation
2011, Anderson Pub., Elsevier / Anderson Pub.
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Table of 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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-448) and index.
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