Ronald F Becker

Underwater Forensic Investigation

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The evidence discovered at underwater crime scenes must be handled with the same attention to proper chain of custody procedures as with any other type of investigation. Updated and expanded, this volume presents a comprehensive approach to the processing of an underwater crime scene and the steps necessary to conduct the operation. This second edition contains several new chapters on photography, contaminated sites, preservation of evidence, and release of the crime scene, and includes expanded information on death investigation and organizing the dive team. Nearly 100 color illustrations supplement the text.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 371
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 780g
• ISBN-13: 9781466507500
• ISBN-10: 1466507500
• Artikelnr.: 36632318

Autorenporträt

Professor Becker completed his studies for a Bachelor of Science degree in Police Science at Sam Houston State University in 1969. He went on to finish his Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction at Texas Agricultural & Mechanical University in 1972. A short hiatus from higher education found him with The Mineral County Montana Sheriff's Office culminating his work there as a criminal investigator and leaving for St. Mary's Law School in 1981. Upon completion of his law studies and passing the Texas Bar Examination in 1983, he became a partner in the general litigation firm of Gish, Radtke, and Becker in Boerne, Texas. The firm became a successful personal injury litigation practice. During that time, Professor Becker served as the Boerne Municipal Court Judge, County Judge, and Juvenile Court Judge. In 1991, he began a teaching career at Texas State University in the Criminal Justice Department. In 1994, he created a facility for training public safety divers in underwater investigation based on a forensic protocol. As director of the Underwater Institute, he started the Texas State University Underwater Institute's Annual Public Safety Diver Seminar and Competition. This annual event drew recovery divers from all over the country and was held at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, each year during Spring Break. As a tenured Full Professor, he has published four books and four editions to this criminal investigation text. During his tenure, he has published numerous articles and textbook chapters. Ron began work at Chaminade University on July 8, 2002 as Chair for the Criminology and Criminal Justice Program. Since that time, he has streamlined the graduate and undergraduate curricula, created an on-line Masters of Criminal Justice Administration tract and a MSCJA specialty tract in Homeland Security as a Partnership School with the Naval Post Graduate School. He was promoted to full professor in the fall of 2006. He has worked as an underwater recovery consultant for the Honolulu Police Department and the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Each summer he conducts a workshop in "Underwater Forensic Investigation". Professor Becker is a member of the Hawaii Emergency Preparedness Executive Consortium and an advisory board member for the Hawaii Law Enforcement Memorial.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. A Brief History of Underwater Investigation. An Explanation
of Pressure and the Laws of Boyle, Charles, Dalton, and Henry. The
Underwater Forensic Investigator. The Law of Search and Seizure. The
Underwater Crime Scene. Underwater Photography. Medicolegal Aspects of
Underwater Death. Firearms Recovery and Investigation. Aircraft and Vehicle
Investigations. Vessel Recoveries. Equipment. Diving in Contaminated Water.
Using Experts and Evidence in the Courtroom. Defense Lawyers, Prosecutors,
and Investigators. Index.