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Textbook.

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Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Preliminary Preparations -- 1.Crime Scene Investigations -- Types of Physical Evidence and Crime Scenes -- Use of Physical Evidence Found at the Crime Scene -- Locard Exchange Principle -- General Processes and Procedures at the Crime Scene -- Scientific Crime Scene Investigation -- Legal Concerns for the Crime Scene Investigator -- Discussion Questions -- Example Mincey Warrant Template -- 2.Initial On-Scene Procedures -- First Responders at the Crime Scene -- Crime Scene Security -- Preliminary Scene Survey -- Discussion Questions -- pt. II Making a Scene Relevant-Documentation -- 3.Notes and Videography -- Documentation at the Crime Scene -- Note Taking at the Crime Scene -- Videography at the Crime Scene -- Discussion Questions -- 4.Crime Scene Photography -- Purpose -- Process: Equipment -- Process: General to Specific Photographs -- Process: EMS Personnel in Crime Scene -- Process: Surroundings, Roads, and Structures -- Process: Photographing Vehicles and Conditions -- Process: Points of Access -- Process: Aerial Photography of Crime Scenes -- Process: Photography of Interior Crime Scenes -- Process: Close-up and Examination Quality Photographs of Evidence -- Process: Additional Photographs of Marked Evidence -- Process: Evidence Markers and Different Situations -- Process: Documentation within the Documentation of Close-up and Examination (Evidence) Quality Photographs -- Process: The Photo Log and Digital Image Formats -- Process: Lighting -- Process: Photographing the Use of Alternate Light Sources -- Photographic Documentation of a Crime Scene -- Rules to Follow -- Rule # 1 Do Not Disturb the Scene -- Rule # 2 Complete Set of Photographs -- Rule # 3 Pay Attention to Angles -- Types of Photographs by the Type of Crime -- Homicide or Death Investigation -- Suicide -- Motor Vehicle Accident -- Fires -- Discussion Questions -- 5.Crime Scene Sketching and Measurement -- Purpose and Method -- Challenges and Barriers -- Crime Scene Drawings -- Discussion Questions -- 6.Searching for Evidence -- Introduction -- Physical Searches -- General Concepts and Theory -- Areas of High Probability for Finding Physical Evidence -- Physical Searches -- Geometric Patterns -- Link Method -- Line (STRIP) Method -- Grid Method -- Zone Method -- Wheel/Ray Method -- Spiral Method -- Enhancement and Visualization -- General Concepts and Theory -- Optical or Lighting Methods for Visualization and Enhancement -- Specific Evidence Types Using ALS -- Chemical Content and Reactions -- Biological Evidence Visualization and Enhancement -- Hemoglobin (Heme)-Based Visualization and Enhancement Reagents -- Protein-Based Visualization and Enhancement Reagents -- Chemical Evidence Visualization and Enhancement -- Latent Fingerprints and Other Impressions -- Gunshot Residue -- Explosive Residues -- Controlled Substances and Drugs -- Portable Instrumentation for Visualization and Enhancement -- Discussion Questions -- pt. III Concluding Processes -- 7.Reconstruction Activities -- Introduction and Requirements -- Challenges and Barriers -- Crime Scene Reconstructions by Type of Evidence -- Patterned Evidence in Reconstructions -- Bloodstain Patterns -- Glass Fracture Patterns -- Wound Dynamics -- Fire Burn Patterns -- Footwear Trails and Tire Mark Patterns -- Clothing Damage or Position Patterns -- Shooting Scene Reconstruction -- GSRs for Shooting Incident Investigations -- Role of Markings on Projectiles -- Muzzle-to-Target Distance Determinations -- Methods for Trajectory Determinations -- Shell Casing Ejection Patterns -- Writing a Reconstruction Report -- Reenactment versus Reconstruction -- Report of Findings -- Discussion Questions -- Sample Crime Scene Reconstruction Report -- 8.Emerging Technologies -- Documentation -- Measurement -- Forensic Science from the Laboratory to the Scene -- Raman Spectroscopy -- FTIR Spectroscopy -- Ground-Penetrating Radar -- Advancements in Alternate Light Sources -- Rapid DNA Profiles -- Biometrics at the Crime Scene -- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or Drones -- Teleforensics -- Databases -- New Technologies at the Crime Scene: Use of 3-D Laser Scanners -- Concluding Thoughts -- Discussion Questions -- 9.Concluding Thoughts -- Probative Value of Crime Scene Evidence -- Usefulness or Probative Value of Physical Evidence -- The Cumulative Effect of Physical Evidence -- Challenges and Barriers -- The Harassed and Hurried Crime Scene Investigator -- Sworn versus Nonsworn Crime Scene Investigator -- Budgets and Funding -- Concluding Thought -- Discussion Questions.