Research Catalog

Title

The crime scene : criminalistics, science, and common sense / Malcolm R. Greenshields, Gordon D. Scheurman.

Author

Greenshields, Malcolm.

Publication

Toronto : Prentice Hall, c2001.

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Additional Authors

Scheurman, Gordon, 1950-

Description

xiv, 302 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"The Crime Scene: Criminalistics, Science, and Common Sense" procides an informed and practical overview of crime-scene managemnet fo rthose involved in law enforcement, including students of the suibject and professionals in the field. This text offers detailed explanations of the many apsects of crime-scene analysis, concentrating on the detection, gathering, preservation, and presentation of physical evidence. Documentary photographs of crime scenes illustrate the methods discussed. "The Crime Scene" also features valuable appendices on key Canadian criminal justice topics.

Subject

• Crime scene searches > Canada
• Forensic sciences > Canada
• Fouilles du lieu d'un crime > Canada
• Criminalistique > Canada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-292) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Justice Systems, Professionalism, and Common Sense -- Arrival at the Crime Scene -- Crime Scene Coverage -- Processing the Crime Scene -- The Forensic Laboratory and Forensic Science -- Fingerprints -- Impressions -- Firearms and Ammunition -- Blood and Body Evidence -- Hair and Fibre Evidence -- Glass, Soil, and Vegetative Matter -- Paint and Plastics -- Arson -- Documents -- The Investigator as Witness: Presentation of Evidence in Court -- Appendix A: Major Cime Scene Protocols: Judicial Instructions to Police -- Appendix B: Identification of Criminal Acts -- Appendix C: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms -- Research Sources and Further Reading.

ISBN

0130851167 :

LCCN

cn^00931822^

OCLC

44751670

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library