Complete Crime Scene Investigation Handbook
Complete Crime Scene Investigation Handbook
Editor/Author
Baxter, Jr., Everett
Publication Year: 2015
Publisher: CRC Press
Single-User Purchase Price:
$119.95

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ISBN: 978-1-49-870144-0
Category: Social Sciences - Criminology & Law
Image Count:
410
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Complete Crime Scene Investigation Handbook is the most complete, one-stop practical reference for law enforcement and crime scene professionals as well as students looking to enter the field. The book provides step-by-step methods and best practice protocols for effectively finding, recognizing, recording, collecting, preserving, handling, and packaging evidence.
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Author
- Introduction
- Investigative Team
- 1.1 INVESTIGATIVE TEAM AND THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Forensic Search and Seizure
- 2.1 INTRODUCTION
- 2.2 STANDING
- 2.3 LEGAL MEANS TO PROCESS A SCENE
- 2.4 EXCLUSIONARY RULE
- 2.5 FORENSIC EVIDENCE
- 2.6 BLOOD, DNA, AND BODY SAMPLES
- 2.7 NONTESTIMONIAL EVIDENCE
- 2.8 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 2.9 SKETCHES
- 2.10 NOTES
- 2.11 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- IMPORTANT COURT CASES
- Documentation
- Note Taking
- 3.1 PURPOSE OF DOCUMENTATION
- 3.2 KEY ELEMENTS OF A PROPERLY DOCUMENTED CRIME SCENE
- 3.3 FIELD NOTES
- 3.4 TASK LISTS/TO-DO LISTS
- 3.5 NOTE CATEGORIES
- 3.6 PREFORMATTED NOTE FORMS
- 3.7 VEHICLE DOCUMENTATION
- 3.8 NOTES
- Photography
- 4.1 ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHY
- 4.2 POLICE PHOTOGRAPHY
- 4.3 STOP AND EXPOSURE
- 4.4 APERTURE (F/STOP)
- 4.5 DEPTH OF FIELD
- 4.6 SHUTTER SPEED
- 4.7 ISO
- 4.8 ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING
- 4.9 HARD LIGHT VERSUS SOFT LIGHT
- 4.10 CRIME SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY
- 4.11 CATEGORIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS
- 4.12 SUCCESSFUL PHOTOGRAPHS
- 4.13 PHOTOGRAPHIC PSYCHOLOGY
- 4.14 PHOTOGRAPH ADMISSIBILITY INTO COURT
- 4.15 CRIME SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY: OVERALL PHOTOGRAPHS
- 4.16 CRIME SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY: MIDRANGE PHOTOGRAPHS
- 4.17 CRIME SCENE PHOTOGRAPHY: CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHS
- 4.18 PHOTOGRAPHS WITH EVIDENCE MARKERS
- 4.19 EXAMINATION QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHS
- 4.20 VICTIM/SUSPECT/WITNESS PHOTOGRAPHS
- 4.21 OFFICER-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS
- 4.22 VEHICLE PHOTOGRAPHY
- 4.23 COLLISION OR ACCIDENT PHOTOGRAPHY
- 4.24 OTHER USES OF EVIDENCE PHOTOGRAPHS
- 4.25 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
- 4.26 ADDING TO AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
- 4.27 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 4.28 SKETCHES
- 4.29 NOTES
- 4.30 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- IMPORTANT CASE LAW
- Sketching
- 5.1 USES OF SKETCHES AND FORENSIC MAPS
- 5.2 DETERMINING WHEN TO CREATE A SKETCH OR FORENSIC MAP
- 5.3 CATEGORIES OF SKETCHES
- 5.4 SKETCH VERSUS FORENSIC MAP
- 5.5 SKETCH INFORMATION AND FORMAT
- 5.6 SKETCH ADMISSIBILITY INTO COURT
- 5.7 TYPES OF SKETCHES
- 5.8 MEASURING DEVICES
- 5.9 MEASURING METHODS
- 5.10 NOTE ABOUT MEASURING TECHNIQUES
- 5.11 CREATING A ROUGH SKETCH
- 5.12 MEASURING METHODS FOR STRUCTURES
- 5.13 USE OF TABLE OR MEASUREMENT LOG
- 5.14 CREATING A FINAL SKETCH
- 5.15 MAKING YOUR ROUGH SKETCH PERMANENT
- 5.16 THREE-DIMENSIONAL SKETCHES
- 5.17 COMPUTER-GENERATED SYMBOLS
- 5.18 SKETCHES
- Locating Evidence
- Crime Scene Searching Techniques
- 6.1 SEARCH PATTERNS
- 6.2 INFORMATION PROVIDED PRIOR TO SEARCH
- 6.3 INTRUSIVENESS OF THE SEARCH
- 6.4 SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
- 6.5 ADDITIONAL SEARCHING TECHNIQUES
- 6.6 SEARCH PROBLEMS
- 6.7 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 6.8 SKETCHES
- 6.9 NOTES
- 6.10 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- Alternate Light Source
- 7.1 ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
- 7.2 HOW WE SEE OBJECTS
- 7.3 WHITE LIGHT
- 7.4 LIGHT
- 7.5 PHOTOLUMINESCENCE
- 7.6 FLUORESCENT EFFECT
- 7.7 FILTERS
- 7.8 ALTERNATE LIGHT SOURCE
- 7.9 OTHER USES OF THE ALS
- 7.10 PAINTING WITH LIGHT REVISITED
- 7.11 IR/UV PHOTOGRAPHY
- 7.12 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 7.13 SKETCHES
- 7.14 NOTES
- 7.15 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- Presumptive Tests and Chemical Enhancements
- 8.1 PRESUMPTIVE TESTS
- 8.2 TYPES OF PRESUMPTIVE TESTS
- 8.3 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 8.4 SKETCHES
- 8.5 NOTES
- 8.6 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- 8.7 CHEMICAL ENHANCEMENTS
- 8.8 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 8.9 SKETCHES
- 8.10 NOTES
- 8.11 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- 8.12 CLEANING CHEMICALS
- 8.13 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 8.14 SKETCHES
- 8.15 NOTES
- 8.16 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- 8.17 CONFIRMATORY TESTS FOR BLOOD
- 8.18 SEMEN
- 8.19 NOTE ON SHELF LIFE
- 8.20 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 8.21 SKETCHES
- 8.22 NOTES
- 8.23 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- Latent Fingerprint Development
- 9.1 INTRODUCTION
- 9.2 ATTEMPTS TO AVOID DETECTION
- 9.3 FINGERPRINT CHARACTERISTICS
- 9.4 FINGERPRINT MAKEUP
- 9.5 POINT OF CLARIFICATION
- 9.6 USES OF FINGERPRINTS
- 9.7 THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE FINGERPRINTING
- 9.8 THREE CATEGORIES OF FINGERPRINTS
- 9.9 TRAINING IS IMPORTANT
- 9.10 EXPERIMENTATION AT THE SCENE
- 9.11 TYPES OF BRUSHES
- 9.12 PROPER USES OF BRUSHES
- 9.13 POWDERS
- 9.14 CLEAR LIFTING TAPE
- 9.15 LATENT FINGERPRINT BACKING CARDS
- 9.16 FINGERPRINT LIFTING AIDS
- 9.17 APPLYING TAPE TO SURFACES TECHNIQUES
- 9.18 ATTACHING TAPE TO BACKING CARD TECHNIQUES
- 9.19 EXTENDING A BACKING CARD
- 9.20 USING 2” TAPE TO MAKE PALM-SIZED TAPE
- 9.21 TRIM ENDS OF TAPE
- 9.22 LIFTING THE LATENT FINGERPRINT USING HINGE LIFTERS
- 9.23 LIFTING THE LATENT FINGERPRINT USING RUBBER/GEL LIFTERS
- 9.24 LIFTING THE LATENT FINGERPRINT USING SPECIAL LIFTING TAPE
- 9.25 LIFTING THE LATENT FINGERPRINT USING FORENSIC SIL
- 9.26 LIFTING THE LATENT FINGERPRINT USING CLEAR GLUE
- 9.27 LIFTING THE LATENT FINGERPRINT USING MIKROSIL
- 9.28 LIFTING THE LATENT FINGERPRINT USING ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES
- 9.29 INCIDENTAL MARKS ON THE LIFTING TAPE
- 9.30 POWDER PROCESSING METHODS
- 9.31 ADDITIONAL FINGERPRINT DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES
- 9.32 CHEMICAL PROCESSING
- 9.33 PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENT
- 9.34 DYE STAINS FOR POST-CYANOACRYLATE FUMING
- 9.35 ADDITIONAL PROCESSING METHODS
- 9.36 DEVELOPING LATENT FINGERPRINTS ON PAPER EVIDENCE
- 9.37 DEVELOPING LATENT FINGERPRINT ON ADHESIVE SIDE OF TAPE
- 9.38 DEVELOPING LATENT FINGERPRINTS ON BLOOD-CONTAMINATED EVIDENCE
- 9.39 DEVELOPING LATENT
- 9.40 DEVELOPING LATENT FINGERPRINTS ON FIRE SCENE EVIDENCE
- 9.41 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 9.42 SKETCHES
- 9.43 NOTES
- 9.44 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- 9.45 FINGERPRINT FLOWCHARTS
- 9.46 CHEMICAL SOLUTION CONTROL TEST
- Evidence Collection and Packaging
- 10.1 SINGLE ITEM OF EVIDENCE VERSUS MULTIPLE ITEMS COLLECTED TOGETHER
- 10.2 EVIDENCE COLLECTION METHODS
- 10.3 EVIDENCE PACKAGING
- 10.4 PACKAGING, LABELING, AND SEALING
- 10.5 PROTECTION OF EVIDENCE FROM LOSS, CROSS CONTAMINATION, OR OTHER ALTERATIONS
- 10.6 DECONTAMINATION OF EQUIPMENT
- 10.7 CONTROL SAMPLES
- 10.8 CHAIN OF CUSTODY
- 10.9 EVIDENCE NUMBERING
- 10.10 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 10.11 SKETCHES
- 10.12 NOTES
- 10.13 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- Types of Evidence
- Physical Evidence
- 11.1 PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
- 11.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
- 11.3 LOCARD'S EXCHANGE PRINCIPLE
- 11.4 CATEGORIES OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
- 11.5 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
- 11.6 PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AND THE INVESTIGATIVE QUESTIONS
- 11.7 CLOTHING DOCUMENTATION
- 11.8 PHOTOGRAPHS
- 11.9 CUT CLOTHING
- 11.10 TORN CLOTHING
- 11.11 SKETCHES
- 11.12 NOTES
- 11.13 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- Serological Evidence
- 12.1 DNA
- 12.2 SOURCES OF DNA
- 12.3 IMPORTANCE OF DNA EVIDENCE
- 12.4 DNA EVIDENCE
- 12.5 DNA TRANSFER/CONTAMINATION IN FINGERPRINT PROCESSING
- 12.6 TYPES OF BIOLOGICAL/ SEROLOGICAL EVIDENCE
- 12.7 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 12.8 SKETCHES
- 12.9 NOTES
- 12.10 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- 12.11 BUCCAL SWABS
- 12.12 DNA ISSUES
- Trace Evidence
- 13.1 SOURCES OF TRACE EVIDENCE (INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO)
- 13.2 TYPES OF TRACE EVIDENCE (INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO)
- 13.3 VALUE OF TRACE EVIDENCE
- Firearms and Toolmark Evidence
- 14.1 INTRODUCTION
- 14.2 FIVE FIREARMS STYLES
- 14.3 FIREARM BORE
- 14.4 AMMUNITION
- 14.5 EXAMINATION OF FIREARMS EVIDENCE
- 14.6 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 14.7 SKETCHES
- 14.8 NOTES
- 14.9 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- 14.10 GUNSHOT RESIDUE
- 14.11 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 14.12 SKETCHES
- 14.13 NOTES
- 14.14 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- 14.15 TOOLMARKS
- 14.16 TYPES OF TOOLMARKS
- 14.17 QUALITY OF THE TOOLMARK
- 14.18 KNIVES
- 14.19 VALUE OF TOOLMARK EVIDENCE
- 14.20 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 14.21 SKETCHES
- 14.22 NOTES
- 14.23 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- Footwear and Tire Impression Evidence
- 15.1 INTRODUCTION
- 15.2 USEFULNESS OF FOOTWEAR IMPRESSIONS
- 15.3 FOOTWEAR IMPRESSION FORMATION
- 15.4 LOCATING IMPRESSIONS
- 15.5 KNOWN/EXEMPLAR/ALIBI FOOTWEAR
- 15.6 TIRE IMPRESSIONS
- 15.7 USEFULNESS OF TIRE IMPRESSIONS
- 15.8 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 15.9 SKETCHES
- 15.10 NOTES
- 15.11 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- 15.12 KNOWN/EXEMPLAR/ALIBI TIRES
- 15.13 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 15.14 SKETCHES
- 15.15 NOTES
- 15.16 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- Digital Evidence
- 16.1 INTRODUCTION
- 16.2 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 16.3 SKETCHES
- 16.4 NOTES
- 16.5 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- Injury Documentation
- 17.1 INJURY DOCUMENTATION
- 17.2 EXAMINATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF INJURIES USING THE ALS
- 17.3 PHOTOGRAPHS
- 17.4 SKETCHES
- 17.5 NOTES
- 17.6 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- Special Considerations
- Shooting Scene Documentation
- 18.1 BALLISTICS
- 18.2 PROPER DOCUMENTATION OF SHOOTING SCENE
- 18.3 BULLET DEFECT LABELING
- 18.4 PROPER MEASUREMENTS TO DOCUMENT BULLET DEFECTS
- 18.5 RICOCHETS
- 18.6 GLASS
- 18.7 SHOOTING SCENE CONFIRMATORY TESTS
- 18.8 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 18.9 PHOTOGRAPHING BULLET DEFECTS AS A MEASURING TOOL
- 18.10 SKETCHES
- 18.11 NOTES
- 18.12 BULLET DEFECT CHARACTERISTICS
- 18.13 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- Bloodstain Documentation
- 19.1 INTRODUCTION
- 19.2 BLOODSTAIN TERMINOLOGY
- 19.3 ADDITIONAL TERMS TO BE AWARE OF
- 19.4 ADDITIONAL AREAS TO BE AWARE OF
- 19.5 PHOTO DOCUMENTATION TECHNIQUE FOR BLOODSTAINS
- 19.6 CLOTHING
- 19.7 PHOTOGRAPHS
- 19.8 SKETCHES
- 19.9 NOTES
- 19.10 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- Clandestine Graves and Scattered Human Remains
- 20.1 INTRODUCTION
- 20.2 FORENSIC BOTANY
- 20.3 FORENSIC ENTOMOLOGY
- 20.4 GEOLOGY
- 20.5 GEOPHYSICS
- 20.6 ARCHEOLOGY
- 20.7 SITE EVALUATION
- 20.8 EXHUMATION TECHNIQUES
- 20.9 SPECIAL CONSIDERATION
- Fire Scenes
- 21.1 FIRE SCENE DOCUMENTATION AND EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- 21.2 TYPES OF FIRE SCENES
- 21.3 FIRE
- 21.4 FIRE INVESTIGATION TERMINOLOGY
- 21.5 BURN PATTERNS AND INDICATORS
- 21.6 FOUR ACCEPTABLE FIRE CAUSES
- 21.7 WHAT YOUR EVIDENCE MUST SHOW
- 21.8 ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION: ACCIDENTAL IGNITION SOURCES
- 21.9 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 21.10 SKETCHES
- 21.11 NOTES
- 21.12 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- 21.13 ARSON ACCELERANTS
- 21.14 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 21.15 SKETCHES
- 21.16 NOTES
- 21.17 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- 21.18 CONTROL SAMPLE
- Questioned Document Evidence
- 22.1 INTRODUCTION
- 22.2 IMPORTANCE OF QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS EXAMINATIONS
- 22.3 PHOTOGRAPHY
- 22.4 SKETCHES
- 22.5 NOTES
- 22.6 EVIDENCE COLLECTION
- Putting It All Together
- Develop a Working Plan and Processing Methodology
- 23.1 DEVELOP A WORKING PLAN
- 23.2 PROCESSING METHODOLOGY
- 23.3 EVIDENCE LOCATED DURING SUBSEQUENT SEARCHES
- Report Writing
- 24.1 AUTHOR'S FINAL REPORT FORMAT
- 24.2 PRIMARY SCENE REPORT
- 24.3 SECONDARY OR ASSISTING REPORTS
- 24.4 “COVER” REPORTS
- 24.5 SKILL AND KNOWLEDGE LEVEL
- 24.6 ANALYSIS REPORTS
- 24.7 TECHNICAL REVIEW
- 24.8 IDENTIFY YOUR AUDIENCE
- 24.9 CASE FILE MANAGEMENT
- Appendix A: Search Waivers
- Appendix B: Sample Forms
- Appendix C: Additional Camera Equipment
- Appendix D: Equipment Lists
- Appendix E: Fingerprint Flowcharts
- Appendix F: Personal Protective Equipment
- Appendix G: Trajectory Kits
- Glossary