Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction

Comprehensive, authoritative, systematic coverage of the latest topics in crime scene investigation

Using a systematic approach, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Fourth Edition, outlines techniques that help investigators answer the critical what, who, and when questions of crime scene investigations. With a focus on crime scene processing, the book includes the latest on database technologies, digital cameras, DNA analyses, and computer-aided crime scene reconstructions. Each chapter includes introductions and summaries that demystify the technical aspects of the field. This edition features a new coauthor with almost 20 years of experience handling crime scene work; ready-to-use forms to help with proper documentation of crime scenes and collection of evidence; and updated content, including new photographic techniques, coverage of detection and enhancement of evidence on crime scenes, and a new chapter on entomology.

1. Introduction to Physical Evidence

2. Crime Scene Search Principles

3. Crime Scene Photography

4. Crime Scene Sketches

5. Latent Fingerprint Evidence

6. Trace Evidence

7. Biological Fluid Stain Evidence: Blood, Semen, and Saliva

8. Firearms Evidence

9. Impression Evidence

10. Drug and Alcohol Evidence

11. Document Evidence

12. Vehicle Scene Investigations

13. Sexual Assault Investigations

14. Homicide Crime Scene Investigations

15. Crime Scene Reconstruction

16. Entomological Evidence