Crime Scene Investigation Procedural Guide

ISBN-13: 9781466557543 / Angielski / Spiralna / 2014 / 348 str.

Michael S. Maloney; Donald Housman; Ross M. Gardner

Opis

Those tasked with investigating crime scenes come from a variety of backgrounds and varying levels of experience. Crime Scene Investigation Procedural Guide gives the novice investigator the procedures for almost any crime scene imaginable while providing the seasoned pro a ready reference for crimes occurring even under the most unusual of circumstances. Designed as a stand-alone text or as a companion to Ross Gardner s Practical Crime Scene Investigation, the book details the precise steps that need to be taken when processing and analyzing a crime scene. Using a bulleted format for quick, easy access, the authors provide hands-on, concise instruction in a style friendly to a range of professionals. Topics discussed in this practical manual include:

• Preparation for response, initial response, scene management, and scene evaluation/analysis
• Scene photography, videography, sketching, and search and processing procedures
• Steps to be taken prior to releasing the scene
• Response, documentation, processing, and collection of evidence for specific crimes against persons and property
• Evaluation, processing, collection, and preservation of all items of evidence encountered at the scene, including friction ridge evidence, two- and three-dimensional impression evidence, and trace and biological evidence
• Bloodstain pattern documentation and shooting incident documentation

Appendices include direction on working with potential blood-borne pathogens and worksheets for documenting and evaluating the scene and processing various types of evidence. A supplemental CD is included with downloadable forms for crime scene investigations. Adherence to the instructions provided in this guide will help ensure investigators that vital evidence is properly documented and preserved. "

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Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments About the Authors -- Section I -- CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION -- 1 Initial Response -- Notification -- Scene Coordination -- Arrival at the Scene -- Immediate Actions -- Emergency Medical Services (EMS) -- Law Enforcement -- First Responders -- Legal Concerns -- Identifying the Scope of the Scene -- Primary Scene -- Identifying Ancillary Scenes -- Administrative Scene Controls -- Major Scene Considerations -- 2 Crime Scene Management -- Arrival and Initial Organization -- Investigative Plan/Scene Strategy -- Scene Considerations -- Investigative Direction -- Scene Processing -- Order of Processing -- Available Personnel -- Scene Documentation -- Command Function -- Scene Completion and Post Scene Activities -- 3 Crime Scene Notes and Observation -- Scene Observer Duties Notes -- Observations (Scene Indicators) for Indoor Scenes -- Structure Type/Location -- General Appearance -- Possible Related -- Video Coverage -- Entry/Exit Windows -- Kitchen and Dining Room -- Environmental Controls -- Laundry and Utility Areas -- Lighting (in Each Room as well as Outside Lights) -- Telephones and Cellular Phones -- Mail -- Contents of Wastebaskets and Ashtrays -- Bath and Toilet Areas -- Calendars and Planners -- Computers and Internet -- Observations for Outdoor Scenes -- Environmental Conditions -- Immediate Area of Crime Scene -- Extended Area of Crime Scene -- Observations for Motor Vehicle -- Scenes Exterior Interior -- 4 Crime Scene Videography and Photography -- Videography -- Setup -- Technique -- Recording -- Photography -- Setup -- Technique -- General Photography Guidelines -- Use of Flash -- Use of Filters -- Scene Photography -- Overlapping Method/Panographic -- Progressive Method -- Photographing Items of Evidence -- Photographic Perspectives -- 5 Crime Scene Sketching -- General Components of a Sketch -- Depictions Types of Sketches -- Scene Measurements -- Methods of Measuring -- Evidence Identification -- 6 Crime Scene Search Procedures -- General Search Guidelines -- Confined Area Searches -- Point-to-Point Search -- Circle or Spiral Search -- Sector Search (Zone Search or Quadrant) -- Open-Area Searches -- Strip or Line Search -- Grid Search -- Circle or Spiral Search -- Specific Search -- Guidelines Vehicle -- Searches Exterior -- Interior Trunk -- Engine Compartment -- Computer Searches -- Seizure Analysis -- 7 Aquatic Recovery of Evidence -- General -- Visually Locating Evidence -- Surface Searches -- Aerial Searches -- Visual Searches (Completely Submerged) -- Modeling -- Technological Search -- Recovery of Evidence -- 8 Releasing the Scene and Postscene Activities -- Postscene Assessment -- General Guidelines -- Documentation -- Releasing the Scene -- Section II -- CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY -- 9 Burglary and Housebreaking -- Initial Actions -- Establish Perimeter -- Legal Concerns -- Establishing Context -- Crime Scene Processing Guidelines -- Stolen Property List -- Commonly Encountered Evidence -- 10 Larceny -- Initial Actions -- Establish Perimeter -- Legal Concerns -- Establishing Context -- Crime Scene Processing Guidelines -- Stolen Property List -- Commonly Encountered Evidence -- 11 Larceny of a Motor Vehicle -- Initial Actions -- Establish Perimeter -- Legal Concerns -- Establishing Context -- Crime Scene Processing Guidelines -- Recovered Motor Vehicle—Crime Scene Processing Guidelines -- Establish Perimeter -- Establishing Context -- Abandoned Motor Vehicle -- Vehicle Recovered in Control of Suspects -- Determine if There Are Any Indications of Forced Entry to the Vehicle -- Vehicle Processing Guidelines -- Stolen Property List -- Commonly Encountered Evidence -- 12 Vandalism and Malicious Mischief -- Initial Actions -- Establishing Perimeter -- Legal Concerns -- Establishing Context -- Crime Scene Processing Guidelines -- Commonly Encountered Evidence -- Searches Related to Suspect -- 13 Fire and Arson Scenes -- Initial Actions -- Establishing Perimeter -- Legal Concerns -- Establishing Context -- Structural Fire Scene Investigations -- Fire Scene Processing Guidelines -- General Considerations -- Scene Photography -- Documenting Fire Patterns -- Documenting Indicators of Suspected Area(s) of Origin -- Documenting Indicators of the Cause of the Fire -- Documenting Any Indications the Fire Was Accelerated -- Documenting Depth of Charring -- Sampling, Collecting, and Packaging Fire Scene Evidence -- General -- Sampling for Accelerants -- Liquids -- Solids -- Searches Related to Suspect -- Vehicle Fire Scene Investigations -- General -- The Scene -- The Vehicle -- Fire Scene Evidence -- 14 Postblast (Explosive Incident) Scenes -- Initial Actions -- Establishing Perimeter -- Legal Concerns -- Establishing Context -- Crime Scene Processing Guidelines -- Initial Briefing -- Initial Walk-Through -- Blast Scene Mapping (Searching and Evidence Recovery) -- Procedure for Mapping -- Collecting the Evidence -- Associated Fire -- Commonly Encountered Evidence -- Associated with Device and Component Parts -- Postblast Debris -- Explosive Evidence Collection Guidelines -- Sampling for Explosive Residue -- Collecting and Packaging -- Liquids -- Solids -- Section III -- CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS -- 15 Aggravated Assault -- Initial Actions -- Establishing Perimeter -- Legal Concerns -- Establishing Context -- Crime Scene Processing -- Processing the Scene -- Examination of the Assault Victim -- Examination of Suspect -- Commonly Encountered Evidence -- 16 Robbery from an Individual -- Initial Actions -- Establishing Perimeter -- Legal Concerns -- Establishing Context -- Strong-Armed Robbery -- Armed Robbery -- Crime Scene Processing Guidelines -- Examination of Robbery Victim if Assaulted during Incident -- Examination of Suspect -- Additional Searches -- Stolen Property List -- Commonly Encountered Evidence -- 17 Robbery from a Business -- Initial Actions -- Establishing Perimeter -- Legal Concerns -- Establishing Context -- Crime Scene Processing Guidelines -- Evidence of Injury -- Examination of Assault Victim -- Examination of Suspect -- Commonly Encountered Evidence -- 18 Carjacking -- Initial Actions -- Establishing Perimeter -- Legal Concerns -- Establishing Context -- Crime Scene Processing Guidelines -- Evidence of Injury -- Commonly Encountered Evidence -- 19 Kidnapping and Missing Persons -- Initial Actions -- Establishing a Perimeter -- Primary Scene -- Secondary or Ancillary Scenes -- Legal Concerns -- Establishing Perimeter -- Establishing Context -- Kidnapping -- Missing Person -- Crime Scene Processing Guidelines -- Evidence of Injury -- Commonly Encountered Evidence -- Rape and Sexual Assault -- Initial Actions -- Establishing Perimeter -- Primary Scene -- Secondary Scenes -- Legal Concerns -- Establishing Context -- Stranger Rape -- Acquaintance Rape -- Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assaults -- Crime Scene Processing Guidelines -- Evidence of Injury -- Minimizing Cross-Contamination of Evidence -- Examination of Sexual Assault Victim -- Evidence of Additional Physical Assault -- Examination of Sexual Assault Suspect -- Examination of a Third Party -- Commonly Encountered Evidence -- Injuries Commonly Associated with -- Violent Crime -- Manual Strangulation (Throttling) -- Injury in Context -- The Scene -- The Victim -- Blunt Force Injury -- Injury in Context -- The Scene -- The Victim -- Sharp Force Injury -- Injury in Context -- The Scene -- The Victim -- Chopping Injury -- Injury in Context -- The Scene -- The Victim -- Gunshot Wounds -- Injury in Context -- The Scene -- The Victim -- Entrance Wounds -- Exit Wounds -- Effect of Distance on Gunshot Wounds -- Contact Gunshot Wounds -- Close Gunshot Wounds -- Intermediate-Range Gunshot Wounds -- Distant Gunshot Wounds -- CSI Wound Documentation Concerns -- 22 Child Sexual Assault or Abuse -- Initial Actions -- Determine the Scene and Establish a Perimeter -- Legal Concerns -- Establishing Context -- Crime Scene Processing Guidelines -- Sexual Assault Scenes -- Failed Sexual Assault/Abduction -- Missing Child Report -- Abduction Scene -- Assault Scene -- The Pedophile and Production of Pedophile Media and Materials -- Sexual Abuse Scene --