The Crime Scene: A Visual Guide

Description

The Forensic Crime Scene: A Visual Guide, Second Edition presents knowledgeable chapters on crime scene investigation, the various types of documentation, scene reconstruction, and the value of evidence and proper evidence collection. Additionally, a companion site hosts video and additional instructional materials. The primary goal of this book is to provide visual instruction on the correct way to process a forensic crime scene. By using photographs and video clips to show proper vs. improper procedures, the reader will be able to identify the correct principles required to process a scene.

Key Features

• Provides coverage of techniques, documentation and reconstruction of crime scenes
• Shows side-by-side comparisons of the correct vs. incorrect process
• Online website hosts videos and additional instructional materials

Table of Contents

1. Forensic Scene Investigation
2. First Responders, Legal Concerns, Scene Security, Safety and Preliminary Scene Survey
3. Forensic Scene Documentation-Videography
4. Forensic Scene Documentation-Photography
5. Forensic Scene Documentation-Measuring and Sketching
6. Enhancement, Visualization, and Presumptive Testing
7. Forensic Scene Reconstruction
8. Evidence and Its Probative Value
9. Evidence Collection
10. Evidence Packaging
11. Evidence Preservation
12. Technology
13. Concluding Thoughts

Author Description

Marilyn Miller is a graduate of Florida Southern College with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. She earned a master’s degree in forensic chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh and a Doctorate in Education from Johnson & Wales University in post-secondary educational leadership. Miller is a tenured, associate professor in the Department of Forensic Science at Virginia Commonwealth University. As a post-secondary educator for almost twenty years, she teaches a wide variety of forensic science and crime scene investigation classes to both forensic science and criminal justice majors at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She is a Fellow in the Criminalistics section of the American Academy of Forensic Science, the Southern Association of Forensic Scientists and the American Chemical Society.