NCJ Number
44516
Editor(s)
W G ECKERT
Date Published
1976
Length
98 pages
Annotation
PAPERS ARE PRESENTED CONCERNING INVESTIGATION OF CRIME SCENES, FIRES AND ARSON, AND VEHICULAR PROBLEMS.
Abstract
ARTICLES IN THE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION SECTION OF THE VOLUME DEAL WITH PROCEDURES AND PROBLEMS OF THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF EVIDENCE AND LABORATORY PROCESSING OF EVIDENCE. SPECIAL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN THE AREA OF SEX CRIMES ARE EXPLORED. THE VARYING ROLES PLAYED BY THE TOXICOLOGIST, PATHOLOGIST, PROSECUTOR, AND DEFENSE ATTORNEY ARE EACH EXAMINED. THE DISCUSSIONS OF FIRES, ARSONS, AND FIRE VICTIMS INCLUDE ROLES OF THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR AND THE CRIMINALIST IN THE INVESTIGATION OF FIRES AND ARSON; THE ANTHROPOLOGIST'S METHODS OF EXAMINING AND IDENTIFYING FIRE VICTIMS; AND THE FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST'S INVESTIGATION OF FIRE VICTIMS. IN THE AREA OF VEHICULAR PROBLEMS, THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE CONSIDERED: FIELD INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS; CRIMINAL ASPECTS OF VEHICULAR PROBLEMS; THE ROLE OF THE LABORATORY INVESTIGATION; AND THE PATHOLOGIST'S INVESTIGATION OF VEHICULAR FATALITIES. (VDA)