ABSTRACT

Bridging the gap between practical crime scene investigation and scientific theory, Crime Scene Forensics: A Scientific Method Approach maintains that crime scene investigations are intensely intellectual exercises that marry scientific and investigative processes. Success in this field requires experience, creative thinking, logic, and the correct

part |2 pages

Part I: The Philosophy and Essentials of Crime Scene Forensics

part |2 pages

Part II: Forensic Archiving: Today's Eye for the Future

part |2 pages

Part III: Impression Evidence: Patterns of Identity

chapter 10|62 pages

Fingerprints II: On-Scene Considerations

chapter 11|32 pages

Pattern Evidence I: Footwear Impressions

chapter 12|22 pages

Pattern Evidence II: Vehicle-Involved Scenes

part |2 pages

Part IV: The Biological Crime Scene

part |2 pages

Part V: Microscenes and Trace Evidence

chapter 17|16 pages

Microscenes: Hair and Fibers

chapter 18|14 pages

Glass: A Multitasking Class of Evidence

chapter 19|14 pages

Soil and Paint as Evidence

part |2 pages

Part VI: Bang! It's a Shooting Incident Scene

chapter 20|32 pages

Introducing Shooting Scene Investigations

chapter 21|12 pages

Vehicles as Shooting Incident Crime Scenes

part |2 pages

Part VII: Miscellaneous Considerations and Specialized Scenes

chapter 22|16 pages

Fire Scenes: A Scientic Method Investigation

chapter 23|10 pages

Quality at the Crime Scene

chapter 24|12 pages

Collection and Preservation of Evidence

chapter 25|2 pages

Scientic and Technical Working Groups