Evidence Found : An Approach to Crime Scene Investigation.

Front Cover -- Evidence Found -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 - The Evidence Search-Where It All Begins -- FIFTEEN MINUTES OF PLANNING CAN SAVE HOURS OF PROBLEMS -- INTENTION IS A CONSCIOUS CHOICE NOT A DEFAULT SETTING -- CASE STUDY 1: CARTRIDGES? WHAT CARTRIDGES? -- Chapter 2 - Evidence Search Techniques-Tips and Tricks -- SITUATION 1-KNOWING WHERE EVIDENCE IS NOT -- SITUATION 2-FIELD TESTING OF THEORIES -- SITUATION 3-GRASS, SHELL CASINGS, AND NIGHT -- SITUATION 4-SUSPECTS WEARING GLOVES (LATENT PRINTS) -- SITUATION 5-SUSPECTS WEARING GLOVES (DNA) -- SITUATION 6-MAGNETIC POWDER USAGE: METAL -- SITUATION 7-NIGHTTIME EVIDENCE SEARCH -- SITUATION 8-NIGHTTIME EVIDENCE SEARCH -- SITUATION 9-EVIDENCE SEARCH INDOORS -- Chapter 3 - Sequential Processing: Determining Evidence Value -- DEFINITIONS -- CRIME SCENE LAYOUT ANALYSIS -- Chapter 4 - Sequential Processing: Evaluating Evidence and Process -- DEFINITIONS -- APPLICATION OF THE CONCEPTS TO THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS -- CASE STUDY 1: A COLLISION OF RESOURCES -- Chapter 5 - Sequential Processing: Crime Scene Briefing -- CASE STUDY 1: THE VIDEO -- CASE STUDY 2: STEP BY STEP -- Chapter 6 - Evidence Processing: The Decision-Making Process -- CASE STUDY 1: A REQUEST FOR DNA -- Chapter 7 - The Schema of Criminal Investigations: Knowing and Not Knowing -- CASE STUDY 1: UNDERSTANDING OUR OWN SCOPE OF KNOWLEDGE -- CASE STUDY 1: RESEARCHING THE TOOL -- CASE STUDY 1: RESEARCHING THE MONEY -- CASE STUDY 2: REDEFINING WHAT MAKES AN EXPERT -- Chapter 8 - The CSI Effect: A New Approach -- ANALYSIS AND HISTORY OF THE PHENOMENON -- RESPONDING TO THE PHENOMENON -- RESPONDING: LET THE AIR OUT OF THE BALLOON BUT DON'T POP IT -- RESPONDING: QUESTIONS: A DISTRACTING OPPORTUNITY -- RESPONDING: FORENSIC TRANSLATION.

CASE STUDY 1: THE RECALCITRANT ASSISTANT -- Chapter 9 - Emergencies: Plan, Respond, Create -- CASE STUDY 1: THE NEED IS URGENT AND THE TIME IS NOW -- Chapter 10 - Courtroom Techniques-Old and New -- ARE "YES" AND "NO" SUFFICIENT FOR TODAY? -- PLANNING FOR THE FIRST IMPRESSION -- WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO? -- USE THE RIGHT WORDS AT THE RIGHT TIME -- PRINT COMPARISON TESTIMONY: AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH -- 100% CERTAINTY IN CONCLUSIONS -- DISCOMFORT AND BOREDOM: DO NOT SHOW THEM -- PUBLIC SPEAKING: YOUR SECRET TERROR? -- THE "OTHER" SIDE -- THE PROSECUTION -- TESTIFYING TO MISTAKES -- CLERICAL ERRORS -- PROCEDURAL ERRORS -- SUBSTANTIVE ERRORS -- CLERICAL ERROR TESTIMONY -- PROCEDURAL ERROR TESTIMONY -- WHEN TESTIMONY TRIES TO DEFLECT THE ERROR -- SUBSTANTIVE ERROR TESTIMONY -- EXPLAINING JUSTIFIED BUT MISUNDERSTOOD DECISIONS -- TESTIFYING TO EVIDENCE CONTAMINATION -- HYPOTHETICALS: WHAT REALLY IS POSSIBLE? -- Chapter 11 - Ongoing Challenges -- REFLECTIONS ON THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON FORENSIC SCIENCE -- APPLIED SCIENCE VERSUS PURE SCIENCE -- Chapter 12 - Miscellany -- DO'S AND DON'TS FOR FIRST RESPONDERS -- ADDITIONAL TIPS AND TRICKS -- Chapter 13 - Final Thoughts -- A NOTE OF ENCOURAGEMENT -- Index.

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