Crime Scene Investigations

This book brings together some of the most respected and noted experts in forensic science, the law, and bloodstain interpretation to provide a comprehensive overview of the discipline. It discusses research, applications, and the current view of bloodstain pattern interpretation within the legal system at the trial and appellate court levels, as well as scientific approaches and developments in the field.

The first of its kind, this book discusses the forensic examination of clothing in criminal cases.

Born out of the need to recover, analyze, and present physical evidence on individual victims of large scale human rights violations, this book describes an epidemiological framework for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting evidence for use at trial.

This book discusses a range of basic and advanced techniques such as fingerprinting, dealing with trauma victims, photofit technology, the role of the pathologist and ballistic expert, and signal processing. It also reviews specialist crime scene examinations including clandestine laboratories, drug operations, arson, and explosives.

This book is a valuable resource for both dive team members and detectives and focuses on the forensic potential of submerged evidence. Taking an integrated approach, the text demonstrates how techniques from marine archaeology, forensic investigation, criminal procedural law and underwater search and recovery can be used to conduct an underwater crime scene analysis.