Crime Scene Staging Dynamics in Homicide Cases

ISBN-13: 9780367701048 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 416 str.

Laura Gail Pettler

Opis

Criminals and individuals perpetrating murder sometimes pose or reposition victims and rearrange bodies, weapons, and evidence in an attempt to make it look like events happened in a different way than what actually transpired. There is scare literature on crime scene staging, and this is the first book to look at the practice. The book examines the subject in detail and provides investigators and homicide detectives with a toolkit to understand the whys and hows of staging and how to detect it.

Recenzje

"...it is my hope that this book, the first one written on staging, will help investigators, prosecutors, and academicians to begin building a body of work that will bring more killers to justice. Laura Pettler has proposed new conceptual and practical theories here that I hope will get the readers’ creative juices flowing and aid investigators in convicting more of the guilty and sending more of the innocent home."
—From the Book’s Foreword by Michael D. Parker, Esq., Retired Former District Attorney, Prosecutorial District 20A, North Carolina, USA

Spis treści

Introduction to Staging. Offenders and Victims. Victim-Centered Death Investigation Methodology.

O autorze

Laura Gail Pettler is a forensic criminologist, author, educator, and inventor. She is a crusader for justice for victims in homicide cases. Laura is dedicated to using her life to make a difference. Laura holds a bachelor of science degree in preprofessional psychology; a master of science degree in criminal justice where she focused on death investigation, forensic psychology, and aspects of forensic science; and a doctor of philosophy degree in public safety specializing in criminal justice where she focused on forensic criminology and specifically on the study of intimate partner violence and crime scene staging behaviors. Laura is an International Association for Identification (IAI) Certified Senior Crime Scene analyst and is the chairwoman of the IAI’s Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Subcommittee.Laura was inducted into the American Investigative Society of Cold Cases (AISOCC) and served one year on its honorary review board while simultaneously serving as AISOCC’s Director of Development before being promoted to vice president in 2014. Laura dedicates a tremendous amount of time and resources toward furthering AISOCC’s mission in support of cold case victims and their family in the pursuit of justice.