Crime Scene Investigation: Methods and Procedures

ISBN-13: 9780335234417 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 352 str.

Ian Pepper

Opis

Detailing all the methods and procedures needed for accurate recording and recovery of evidence from the scene of a crime, this text includes all topics that aspiring or prospective Crime Scene Investigators (CSI) need to be aware of.

Spis treści

AbbreviationsList of tables and figures Introduction
The history and contemporary structure of the police, scientific services and crime scene investigation in the United Kingdom
Approaching the crime scene, packaging the evidence and the documentation required
The basics of crime scene photography
Trace evidence: Fibres, glass, hairs, paint and soil
Impressions: Footwear marks, instrument marks, glove marks and tyres
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and body fluids
Fingerprints
The investigation of a fire scene
Firearms
Terrorism, mass murder and disaster (major incidents)
The leadership and management of the forensic examination of a major crime scene
Other sources of evidence for the crime scene investigator
Health and safety at a crime scene
The Criminal Law Courts across the United Kingdom
Organizations related to crime scene investigation
Answers to questions
References
Index

O autorze

Ian K. Pepper is the Principal Lecturer in Policing at the University of Teesside, UK. Ian manages and teaches on a range of specialist learning and development programmes in partnership with a number of law enforcement and Criminal Justice organisations. He is a former Senior Lecturer in Crime Scene and Forensic Science, police crime scene investigator (CSI) and fingerprint officer. Ian has been an instructor and team leader at the National Training Centre for Scientific Support to Crime Investigation and has designed and delivered training to Crime Scene Investigators and Police Officers in the Far East, Middle East, Africa and across the UK. Ian has also presented papers at conferences in the UK, USA and Canada. He is a member of the International Association for Identification and the Fingerprint Society.