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Crime Reconstruction is a working guide to the interpretation of physical evidence, designed for the forensic generalist and those with multiple forensic specialties. It was developed to aid these forensic reconstructionists with the formulation of hypotheses and conclusions that stay within the kno...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chisum, W. Jerry (William Jerry)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Turvey, Brent E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Criminal investigation.
Forensic sciences.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1
  • A History of Crime Reconstruction
  • By W. Jerry Chisum & Brent E. Turvey, MS
  • Chapter 2
  • Crime Reconstruction Ethos and Ethics
  • By Dr. John I. Thornton, Napa County Sheriffs Department
  • Chapter 3
  • Observer Effects & Examiner Bias: Psychological Influences on the Forensic Examiner
  • By Craig M. Cooley, MS, JD & Brent E. Turvey, MS
  • Chapter 4
  • Practice Standards for the Reconstruction of Crime
  • By W. Jerry Chisum, BS & Brent E. Turvey, MS
  • Chapter 5
  • Methods of Crime Reconstruction
  • By W. Jerry Chisum, BS & Brent E. Turvey, MS
  • Chapter 6
  • Evidence Dynamics
  • By W. Jerry Chisum, B.S. & Brent E. Turvey, MS
  • Chapter 7
  • Trace Evidence in Crime Reconstruction
  • By John I. Thornton, Dcrim & Donna Kimmel-Lake
  • Chapter 8
  • Shooting Incident Reconstruction
  • By Bruce Moran, BS
  • Chapter 9
  • Reconstruction Using Bloodstain Evidence
  • By W. Jerry Chisum, BS
  • Chapter 10
  • Fire Scene Reconstruction
  • By Dr. John Dehaan
  • Chapter 11
  • Reconstructing Digital Evidence
  • By Eoghan Casey, MA
  • Chapter 12
  • Staged Crime Scenes
  • By W. Jerry Chisum, BS & Brent E. Turvey, MS
  • Chapter 13
  • Surviving and Thriving in the Courtroom
  • By Raymond J. Davis, MS
  • Chapter 14
  • Reconstructionists in a Post-Daubert and Post-DNA Courtroom
  • By Craig M. Cooley, MS, JD.
  • 1. A history of crime reconstruction
  • 2. Crime reconstruction-ethos and ethics
  • 3. Observer effects and examiner bias : psychological influences on the forensic examiner
  • 4. Practice standards for the reconstruction of crime
  • 5. Methods of crime reconstruction
  • 6. Evidence dynamics
  • 7. Trace evidence in crime reconstruction
  • 8. Shooting incident reconstruction
  • 9. Reconstruction using bloodstain evidence
  • 10. Fire scene reconstruction
  • 11. Reconstructing digital evidence
  • 12. Staged crime scenes
  • 13. Surviving and thriving in the courtroom
  • 14. Reconstructionists in a post-Daubert and post-DNA courtroom