NCJ Number
44304
Editor(s)
D C DILWORTH
Date Published
1977
Length
177 pages
Annotation
THIS TEXT CONTAINS A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES AND SPEECHES OF HISTORICAL INTEREST WRITTEN DURING THE EMERGENCE OF SCIENTIFIC CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BY PERSONS WHO WERE ACTIVE IN POLICING IN THE 1920'S AND 1930'S.
Abstract
CHAPTERS DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: POLICE ENTHUSIASM FOR SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION AND TECHNIQUES; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES PRECEDING THE DECADES OF INTENSE ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTS DURING THE TWENTIES, DEVELOPMENTS DURING THE THIRTIES, AND PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DURING THAT PERIOD. INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES COVER ALL ASPECTS OF FORENSIC INVESTIGATION AND EVIDENCE ANALYSIS, INCLUDING FINGERPRINTING, HANDWRITING ANALYSIS, FIREARMS, POLICE LABORATORIES, LIE DETECTORS, AND ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT.