Author : Grace Campbell
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 24,9 MB
Release : 2020-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1728410959
Crime scene investigators walk past the yellow tape with one mission: to figure out what happened. Discover what it takes to be an investigator and learn about the investigation process in this high/low book, from hunting for evidence to interviewing witnesses.
Author : Jacqueline Detwiler-George
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 36,61 MB
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1668049716
A revealing guide to a career as a crime scene investigator written by acclaimed journalist Jacqueline Detwiler-George and based on the real-life experiences of the CSI team at the Baltimore police department—required reading for anyone considering a path to this profession. Becoming a Crime Scene Investigator takes you behind the scenes to find out what it’s really like, and what it really takes, to become a crime scene investigator. Acclaimed journalist Jacqueline Detwiler-George shadows the crime scene investigators of the Baltimore Police Department to show how this job becomes a reality. Forensic science is an essential component of any criminal investigation. CSI evidence can tip the scales of justice during trials, helping to free the innocent and convict the guilty. Discover what it’s like to process a crime scene by collecting evidence, documenting via photos, dusting for fingerprints, and analyzing blood spatter. Confront the gruesome realities of the job, tour their in-house crime labs, and watch as they process results. Gain wisdom and insight from the director of the forensic laboratory and the chief of the forensic division—and learn how this essential job is performed at the highest level.
Author : John Horswell
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 35,44 MB
Release : 2004-04-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 1420023241
The Practice Of Crime Scene Investigation covers numerous aspects of crime scenes investigation, including the latest in education and training, quality systems accreditation, quality assurance, and the application of specialist scientific disciplines to crime. Written by authors specifically chosen for their expertise in this specialized field, the book includes discussion on fingerprinting, dealing with trauma victims, photofit technology, the role of the pathologist and ballistic expert, clandestine laboratories, and explosives. This comprehensive book is a valuable reference for everyone interested in forensic science and the broader application of the justice system.
Author : Everett Baxter Jr.
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 15,53 MB
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 1498701450
Crime scene investigators are the foundation for every criminal investigation. The admissibility and persuasiveness of evidence in court, and in turn, the success of a case, is largely dependent upon the evidence being properly collected, recorded, and handled for future analysis by investigators and forensic analysts in the lab. Complete Crime Sce
Author : Allan Zullo
Publisher : Scholastic Nonfiction
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,94 MB
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : Crime scenes
ISBN : 9780545818117
Ten true stories of real-life crime scene investigators!
Author : National Institute of Justice (U.S.). Technical Working Group on Crime Scene Investigation
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 26,3 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Crime scene searches
ISBN :
This is a guide to recommended practices for crime scene investigation. The guide is presented in five major sections, with sub-sections as noted: (1) Arriving at the Scene: Initial Response/Prioritization of Efforts (receipt of information, safety procedures, emergency care, secure and control persons at the scene, boundaries, turn over control of the scene and brief investigator/s in charge, document actions and observations); (2) Preliminary Documentation and Evaluation of the Scene (scene assessment, "walk-through" and initial documentation); (3) Processing the Scene (team composition, contamination control, documentation and prioritize, collect, preserve, inventory, package, transport, and submit evidence); (4) Completing and Recording the Crime Scene Investigation (establish debriefing team, perform final survey, document the scene); and (5) Crime Scene Equipment (initial responding officers, investigator/evidence technician, evidence collection kits).
Author : Allan Zullo
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 50,32 MB
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0545312086
Ten true stories of real-life crime scene investigators! A gold ring has been discovered at a murder scene, but police have little else to go on. Can State Patrol Investigator Richard Havel use that clue to track down the killers? A bomber is terrorizing a western community. What forensic clues can Investigator Jack Charles gather to stop and solve the bombings?Enter the secret world of crime scene investigators who use the latest forensic techniques to solve mysteries and bring criminals to justice. You will never forget these incredible true stories.
Author : Ross M. Gardner
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 13,51 MB
Release : 2009-06-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 1040082564
This book addresses every aspect of the analysis and reconstruction of the events surrounding a crime. Beginning with established protocols for crime scene processing, the authors outline their unique methodology for event analysis. This technique defines specific actions, discusses the order of those actions, and offers significant insight into determining what did or did not happen in the course of the incident under investigation. Using case studies and more than 200 color photos, the book demonstrates how the method can be used to explain clues that would otherwise be puzzling or ambiguous.
Author : Barry A. J. Fisher
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 32,34 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, Fifth Edition provides field-tested techniques and methods for crime scene investigation and crime detection. The book features methods for using lasers and cyanoacrylate fuming in fingerprint detection, procedures for investigating serial murder cases, and health and safety concerns when dealing with toxic reagents and biological evidence. It also presents a new series of cases to demonstrate the importance of physical evidence, as well as 61 new illustrations.
Author : Larry Ragle
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 12,98 MB
Release : 1995-10-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 0380773791
One of the nation's top forensic scientists, Larry Ragle has investigated countless brutal and baffling crimes during his forty-year career. Now he takes us behind the yellow police tape and into the medical examiner's laboratory for a fascinating look at his most sensational cases, revealing how cutting-edge science and medical technology were used to shed brilliant light on the criminals and their transgressions. Here is the real world of C.S.I. -- where astonishingly detailed portraits of malefactors are painted with a single drop of blood, and a microscopic fiber can direct the police to even the most careful and elusive of murderers.
