Key Features
- Designed to complement any text used in crime scene investigation courses
- Over 20+ proven exercises with material from actual crime scenes, providing students with hands-on learning
- Written by an experienced educator and former crime scene investigator/forensic scientist
Preface and Introduction
Purpose/Summary of the Manual
Coverage and Approach/Table of Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Section I: Crime Scene Investigation: Scientific Methodology and Physical Evidence
Exercise A. Defining a Crime Scene
Objective
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise B. Physical Evidence at Crime Scenes
Objective
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise C. Locard Exchange Principle
Objective
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Section II: Initial Responsibilities and Beginning Scientific Crime Scene Investigation
Exercise D. First Responders at Crime Scenes
Objective
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise E. Crime Scene Security
Objective
Multilevel Crime Scene Security
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise F. Preliminary Scene Survey
Objective
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Section III: Crime Scene Documentation
Exercise G. Crime Scene Documentation: Notes
Objective
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise H. Crime Scene Documentation: Videography
Objective
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise I. Crime Scene Documentation: Photography
Objective
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Special Topic: Laser Scanners at Crime Scenes
Exercise J. Crime Scene Documentation: Sketching
Objective
Laborsatory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Section IV: Physical Evidence at Crime Scenes
Exercise K. Physical Searches
Objective
Objectives of a Crime Scene Search
General Concepts of Crime Scene Searches
Crime Scene Search Patterns
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise L. Visualization and Enhancement: Lighting Aids
Objective
Specific Evidence Applications
Photographic Methods
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise M. Visualization and Enhancement: Biological Evidence
Objective
Biological Evidence Enhancement Reagents
Field Tests for Biological Evidence
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise N. Visualization and Enhancement: Chemical Evidence
Objective
Tests for Gunshot Residue (GSR)
Tests for Explosive Residues
Tests for Controlled Substances and Drugs
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise O. Visualization and Enhancement: Combination Methods
Objective
Impression Evidence
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise P. Packaging, Preservation, and Collection of Evidence
Objective
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Section V: Crime Scene Reconstruction
Exercise Q. Final Scene Survey
Objective
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise R. Crime Scene Reconstruction: Wound Dynamics
Objective
Wound Dynamics
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise S. Crime Scene Reconstruction: Glass Fracture Patterns
Objective
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise T. Crime Scene Reconstruction: Bloodstain Patterns I
Objective
Basic Bloodstain Patterns
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise U. Crime Scene Reconstruction: Bloodstain Patterns II
Objective
Impacted Bloodstain Spatters Pattern
Repetitive Dripping Patterns
Arterial Gushes (Projected Blood)
Point of Origin of Bloodshed Determinations
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise V. Crime Scene Reconstruction: Shooting Investigations
Objective
Muzzle-to-Target Distance Determinations
Methods for Trajectory Determinations
Experimentation of Trajectories
Projectiles and Casings
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise W. Crime Scene Reconstruction: Mock Scene Reconstruction
Objective
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Exercise X. Crime Scene Reconstruction: Report Writing
Objective
Laboratory Data Sheet
Discussion Questions
Appendix. Solutions and Reagents
Acid phosphatase
Alcohol potassium hydroxide solution
Amido black
Cobalt thiocyanate reagent
Coomassie blue
Crowle’s double stain
Dille-Koppanyi reagent
Diphenylamine (DPA) reagent
Greiss Reagent
Kastle-Meyer or phenolphthalein reagent
Leucocrystal violet (LCV)
Luminol
Mandelin reagent
Marquis reagent
Methylene blue solution
Ninhydrin
O-Tolidine
Small particle reagent (SPR)
Tetramethylbenzideine (TMB)
Index
- Fundamentals of Forensic Science, Houck and Siegel, 9780123749895, 1/2010, $99.95
- Henry Lee’s Crime Scene Handbook, Lee et al, 9780124408302, 7/2001, $102.00
- The Science of Crime Scenes, Houck et al, 9780123864642, 7/2012, $99.95
Upper level undergraduate, graduate level forensic science students, instructors, law enforcement training academies, crime scene units.
