Crime Scene Investigation

2. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-335-24025-8
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

Forensic evidence is dynamic in its context and continues to be highly significant in the detection and prosecution of crime. This means that the knowledge, skill and ability of the person who examines the scene of the crime - the Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) - must be thorough and up to date.

The second edition of this book guides trainee and newly appointed CSIs through the methods and procedures for the accurate recording and recovery of evidence from the scene of a crime. This step-by-step handbook has been thoroughly updated and includes features such as:

- Photographs of the recording, recovery and comparison of evidence

- Detailled drawings of evidence, organizational structures and procedures

- Checklists of roles, equipment and activities required at a crime scene

- Self-assessment questions

There is also information on best practice and professional development that is invaluable to any new or aspiring CSI.

Crime Scene Investigation is essential reading for all students - undergraduate or FE - with an interest in forensic law enforcement, particularly those wishing to become Crime Scene Investigators. It is also a handy reference for trainee and professional forensic practitioners.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pepper, Ian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Abbreviations

Introduction

Dedication

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 and explosives

The leadership and management of the forensic examination of a major crime scene

Other sources of evidence for the crime scene investigator

The Criminal Law Courts in the United Kingdom

Organizations related to crime scene investigation

Health and safety at a crime scene

Answers to questions

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

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. He is a member of the International Association for Identification and the Fingerprint Society.