ABSTRACT

The Criminalistics Laboratory Manual: The Basics of Forensic Investigation provides students with little to no prior knowledge of forensic science with a practical crime scene processing experience. The manual starts with an original crime scene narrative setting up the crime students are to solve. This narrative is picked up in each of the forensic science lab activities, tying each forensic discipline together to show the integrated workings of a real crime lab. After the completion of all of the exercises, the student will be able to solve the homicide based on forensic evidence.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction: The Crime

chapter 1|20 pages

Laboratory #1 The Crime Scene Sketch

chapter 1 1.1|10 pages

Crime Scene Sketches

chapter 1 1.2|2 pages

Laboratory Exercise: Crime Scene Sketch

chapter 2|15 pages

Laboratory #2 Photography

chapter 2 2.1|7 pages

Photography

chapter 2 2.2|3 pages

Laboratory Exercise: Photography

chapter 3|15 pages

Laboratory #3 Evidence Collection

chapter 3 3.1|7 pages

Evidence Collection

chapter 3 3.2|1 pages

Laboratory Exercise: Evidence Packaging

chapter 4|12 pages

Laboratory #4 Autopsy/Wound Documentation

chapter 4 4.1|2 pages

Autopsy Documentation

chapter 5|14 pages

Laboratory #5 Fingerprint Processing

chapter 5 5.1|10 pages

Introduction to Fingerprints

chapter 5 5.2|2 pages

Laboratory Exercise: Fingerprint Processing

chapter 6|8 pages

Laboratory #6 Fingerprint 10-Print Card

chapter 6 6.1|4 pages

Introduction to Fingerprint 10-Print Card

chapter 6 6.2|2 pages

Laboratory Exercise: Fingerprint 10-Print Card

chapter 7 7.1|9 pages

Introduction to Document Examination

chapter 8 8.1|11 pages

Footwear and Tire Impressions

chapter 9|10 pages

Laboratory #9 Tool Marks

chapter 9 9.1|6 pages

Tool Mark Impressions

chapter 9 9.2|2 pages

Laboratory Exercise: Tool Marks

chapter 10|8 pages

Laboratory #10 Odontology

chapter 10 10.1|4 pages

Odontology

chapter 10 10.2|2 pages

Laboratory Exercise: Odontology

chapter 11 11.1|8 pages

Blood Typing and Biological Fluids

chapter 11 11.2|2 pages

Laboratory Exercise: Biological Fluids

chapter 12|16 pages

Laboratory #12 Blood Spatter Analysis

chapter 12 12.1|12 pages

Blood Spatter

chapter 12 12.2|2 pages

Laboratory Exercise: Blood Spatter

chapter 13|8 pages

Laboratory #13 Glass

chapter 13 13.1|3 pages

Glass

chapter 13 13.2|2 pages

Laboratory Exercise: Glass

chapter 14|10 pages

Laboratory #14 Hair and Fiber

chapter 14 14.1|5 pages

Hair and Fiber

chapter 14 14.2|2 pages

Laboratory Exercise: Hair and Fiber

chapter 15|9 pages

Laboratory #15 Drugs and Toxicology

chapter 15 15.1|4 pages

Drug Chemistry

chapter 15 15.2|3 pages

Laboratory Exercise: Toxicology

chapter 16|10 pages

Laboratory #16 Digital Forensics

chapter 16 16.1|5 pages

Digital Forensics

chapter 16 16.2|2 pages

Laboratory Exercise: Digital Forensics

chapter 17|8 pages

Laboratory #17 The Trial

chapter 17 17.1|3 pages

The Trial

chapter 17 17.2|2 pages

Laboratory Exercise: The Trial