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Rape Investigation Handbook,

Edition 1

By Brent E. Turvey, John O. Savino, John O. Savino and Brent E. Turvey

Publication Date: 13 Dec 2004

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The Rape Investigation Handbook is the first practical and hands-on manual written by sex crime investigators and forensic scientists, providing students with first-hand insight into the work of these professionals. It is the only comprehensive reference available on the investigation of sexual assault and rape.

It includes extensive accounts of perpetrators, victims, and other rape case evidence for identification of incidents of rape. The key feature of this text is a thorough overview of the investigative and forensic processes related to sex crime investigation. It takes the reader through investigative and forensic processes in a logical sequence, showing how investigations of rape and sexual assault can and should be conducted from start to finish. This book is designed to be accessible, in terms of language and approach, to the student in the classroom learning about the subject for the first time.

It is an excellent training manual for sex crime investigators as well as an excellent textbook for any hands-on university course on the subject of sex crime investigation. This book would also serve as a useful supplement for any investigative course involving violent crime or death investigation.

Key Features

* The only comprehensive reference available on the investigation of sexual assault and rape, a crime 10 times more prevalent than murder* Authored by qualified investigators and forensic professionals with more than twenty years of collective experience working cases, preparing them for court, and offering testimony* Written in a clear, practical style, ideal for professionals in forensic nursing, law enforcement, the legal community, and the investigative community

About the author

By Brent E. Turvey, MS in Forensic Science and a PhD in Criminology; Forensic Scientist, Criminal Profiler, and Instructor with Forensic Solutions, LLC, and The Forensic Criminology Institute, USA; John O. Savino, Law Enforcement Agency, State of Florida; John O. Savino, Law Enforcement Agency, State of Florida; Brent E. Turvey, MS in Forensic Science and a PhD in Criminology and Forensic Scientist, Criminal Profiler, and Instructor with Forensic Solutions, LLC, and The Forensic Criminology Institute, USA

Table of Contents

Defining Rape & Sexual Assault; The First Investigative Response; Investigative Crime Scene Management; Processing the Rape Crime Scene; Interviewing Suspects & Victims; Forensic Medical Evidence: The Contributions of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE); Investigating Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault; DNA for Detectives; DNA: Investigative Applications; Victims of Rape; False Reports; Rapist Modus Operandi and Motive; Serial Rape: Investigative Issues; Rape & Sexual Assault on Trial.Appendices: Adult/Adolescent Sexual Assault Examination Form; Sexual Assault Suspect Examination Form; People v. Oliver Jovanovich: From Cybersex to Sexual Assault Allegations; Task Force Management

Book details

ISBN: 9780120728329

Page Count: 456

Retail Price : £57.99

Turvey: Criminal Profiling, 2/e (2002, $79.95(USD)/£54.99(GBP), ISBN:0127050418)Hazelwood & Burgess: Practical Aspects of Rape Investigation (CRC, 2001, $84.95(USD)/£56.99(GBP), ISBN:0849300762)Gregory & Lees: Policing Sexual Assault (Taylor & Francis Books, 1999, $31.95(USD)/£18.99(GBP), ISBN:0415163889)

Audience

Law enforcement; crime scene investigators, sexual crime units, sexual assault nurse examiners, forensic nurses, general forensic scientists

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