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This Ninth Edition text maintains the practical, real-world focus of its predecessors-the quinessential resource, presenting the latest, up-to-date crime techniques, methodologies, and advances in technology and forensic practice.
List of contents
I: The Crime Scene 1. Introduction 2. First on Scene and Crime Scene Personnel 3. Documenting the Crime Scene 4. Physical Evidence Collection 5. Crime Scene Reconstruction II. Physical Evidence 6. Fingerprint Evidence 7. Blood, Forensic Biology, and DNA 8. Forensic Traces 9. Impression Evidence 10. Firearms Examination 11. Arson and Explosives 12. Illicit Drugs and Toxicology 13. Document Evidence III: The Investigation and Special Considerations 14. Ethics in Crime Scene Investigation 15. Sexual Assault Investigation 16. Burglary Investigation 17. Motor Vehicle Investigation 18. Death Investigation 19. Digital Evidence and the Electronic Crime Scene 20. Report Writing, Testimony and The Future App A. Equipment for Crime Scene Investigation App B. Forensic Science Related Websites
About the author
Barry A. J. Fisher served as laboratory director for the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. He was president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, the International Association of Forensic Sciences, and American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors. He has consulted for the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the US DOJ International Criminal Investigative Training Program, and lectures globally on CSI and forensic science. He holds BS and MS degrees in Chemistry and an MBA.
David R. Fisher is the director of the forensic science program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Before NJIT, he worked as a criminalist in the Department of Forensic Biology at the NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner. He has worked on hundreds of criminal cases and has testified as an expert witness in DNA over 40 times. He is certified in criminalistics by the American Board of Criminalistics and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. David holds an MS in Forensic Science and a BS in Biochemistry and Cell Biology.
Summary
This Ninth Edition text maintains the practical, real-world focus of its predecessors—the quinessential resource, presenting the latest, up-to-date crime techniques, methodologies, and advances in technology and forensic practice.
