Practice of Crime Scene Investigation covers numerous aspects of crime scene investigation, including the latest in education and training, quality systems accreditation, quality assurance, and the application of specialist scientific disciplines to crime.

Features:

• Covers a wide range of forensic subjects from basic and advanced techniques to specialist crime scene examinations
• Presents the latest information on education and training, quality systems accreditation, and quality assurance
• Describes Australia's forensic methods and criminal investigation procedures

Contents

1. Crime Scene Investigation
2. Associate Evidence - The Locard Exchange Principle
3. The Education and Training of Crime Scene Investigators: An Australian Perspective
4. Crime Scene Investigation and Third Party Quality Systems Accreditation: Australia's Experience
5. Management of Crime Scene Investigation
6. Application of Forensic Light Sources at the Crime Scene
7. Crime Scene Photography
8. Specialized Photography and Imaging
9. Fingerprint Investigation
10. The Ballistics Expert at the Scene
11. The Role of the Pathologist at the Crime Scene
12. Establishing Identity with Odontology
13. Drug Operations, Karl Kent and Bruce Nelson
14. Clandestine Drug Laboratory Investigations
15. Fire and Explosion Scene Examinations
16. The Scientific Requirements and Outcomes of a Sexual Assault Crime Scene Investigation
17. Botanical and Soil Evidence at the Crime Scene
18. The Application of Entomology to Criminal Investigations
19. Physical Comparative Evidence
20. Signal Processing Evidence

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