Crime Scene Management (eBook, ePUB)

Scene Specific Methods
Redaktion: Sutton, Raul; Moran, Christopher; Trueman, Keith

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Second edition of an established text on common procedures for the identification and processing of evidence at scenes of crime * Includes chapters on quality assurance and credibility of practices and processes * issues surrounding major and complex crime * Forensic handling of mass fatalities * Crime scene reconstruction and impact on evidence recovery processes

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119180920
• Artikelnr.: 56898327

Autorenporträt

Raul Sutton, Head of School, Biology, Chemistry and Forensic Science, School of Applied Science, University of Wolverhampton, UK. Raul's research includes the way that we identify people from finger marks and palm marks left at scenes of crime, and also methods to improve the accuracy of post mortem interval determination using cartilage as a marker tissue. Keith Trueman is a retired West Midlands Police officer Christopher Moran, University of Wolverhampton, UK Chris has extensive practical experience in the management of forensic investigations into serious and complex crime. He was a Forensic Scene Manager with West Midlands Police, has been responsible for  the training and mentoring of newly appointed forensic investigators and the provision of training to police investigative officers from trainee detectives to SIOs.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction and Use of this Text xi

List of Contributors xiv

About the Companion Website xv

PART I Crime Scene Principles 1

1 The Crime Scene Context 3
Raul Sutton

1.1 Introduction 3

1.2 What is a crime? 4

1.3 The nature of the UK legal system 6

1.4 The legal system in England and Wales 7

1.5 Other courts 9

1.6 The judicial system in Northern Ireland 9

1.7 The Scottish legal system 11

1.8 Judicial processes that deal with causes of death 12

1.9 What constitutes evidence? 14

1.10 The chain of events in evidence gathering 15

1.11 The relationship between evidence gatherers and analysts 19

1.12 Health and safety considerations 20

Suggested further reading 21

2 First Officer Attending 22
Keith Trueman and Christopher Moran

2.1 Introduction 22

2.2 Response to incident report 23

2.3 Personnel involved in the investigative process 24

2.4 Recording and recovery of scientific evidence 25

2.5 Initial considerations of the First Officer Attending (FOA) 25

2.6 Dealing with the victim 27

2.7 Dealing with witnesses 28

2.8 Dealing with suspects 29

2.9 Dealing with the crime scene(s) 29

2.10 Documentation 35

2.11 Dealing with violent crime 35

2.12 Summary and conclusion 36

3 The Role of the Crime Scene Investigator 38
Keith Trueman and Christopher Moran

3.1 Introduction 38

3.2 Training the CSI 39

3.3 The responsibilities of a CSI 40

3.4 Forensic evidence 42

3.5 Request for CSI attendance at crime scenes 46

3.6 Actions when attending the crime scene 47

3.7 Initial scene assessment (including health and safety considerations) 48

3.8 Planning evidence recovery 51

3.9 Recording the evidence 52

3.10 The elimination process 58

3.11 Details of evidence recovered 58

3.12 Integrity, continuity and contamination 59

3.13 Packaging materials 64

3.14 Conclusion 68

PART II Evidence-gathering Techniques 71

4 Police Photography, Video Recording,3D Laser Scanning 73
Chris Crowe and Christopher Moran

4.1 Introduction 73

4.2 General guidelines 74

4.3 Equipment 75

4.4 Exposure 76

4.5 Image quality/size 80

4.6 Depth of field 81

4.7 White balance 83

4.8 Image data 83

4.9 Flash photography 84

4.10 Room interiors 85

4.11 Vehicles 85

4.12 Evidential items 85

4.13 Recording injuries to the person 86

4.14 Night photography 88

4.15 Footwear impressions 89

4.16 Fingerprints 90

4.17 Recording video evidence at crime scenes 92

4.18 The use of digital images in court 94

4.19 3D laser scanning of scenes 95

Suggested further reading 96

5 Fingerprints 97
David Charlton

5.1 Introduction 97

5.2 The nature of friction ridge skin 99

5.3 The structure of friction ridge skin 100

5.4 Friction ridge growth 100

5.5 Principles of friction ridge identification 102

5.6 Comparison methodology 103

5.7 Chemical composition of latent prints 105

5.8 Identification of common locations for prints 107

5.9 The use of powdering techniques to enhance latent finger marks 109

5.10 Chemical development techniques 112

5.11 Laboratory and scene applications 113

5.12 Fi