ABSTRACT

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, entomology, 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.

chapter Chapter 1|29 pages

Introduction

The CSI and Forensic Investigation

chapter Chapter 2|28 pages

The First Response and Scene Search

chapter Chapter 3|25 pages

Documenting the Crime Scene

Photography, Videography, and Sketching

chapter Chapter 4|26 pages

Fingerprints and Palmprints

chapter Chapter 5|25 pages

Trace and Impression Evidence

chapter Chapter 6|24 pages

Bodily Fluid Evidence

chapter Chapter 7|14 pages

Blood Spatter Evidence

chapter Chapter 8|33 pages

Firearms and Toolmark Evidence

chapter Chapter 9|27 pages

Arson and Explosives

chapter Chapter 10|27 pages

The Electronic Crime Scene

chapter Chapter 11|35 pages

Documentary Evidence

chapter Chapter 12|22 pages

Motor Vehicles as Crime Scenes

chapter Chapter 13|50 pages

Death Investigation

chapter Chapter 14|28 pages

Forensic Anthropology, Odontology, and Entomology