Crime reconstruction / W. Jerry Chisum, Brent E. Turvey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chisum, W. Jerry (William Jerry)

Contributor:

Turvey, Brent E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal investigation.

Forensic sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (619 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 known limits of forensic evidence. Crime Reconstruction begins with chapters on the history and ethics of crime reconstruction, and then shifts to the more applied subjects of general reconstruction methods and practice standards. It concludes with chapters on courtroom conduct and ev

Contents:

Front cover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; COVER ART DETAILS; PREFACE: A Holistic Approach to Crime Reconstruction; ORIGINS: THE FORENSIC GENERALIST; THE FORENSIC GENERALIST FADES; MODERN CRIME RECONSTRUCTION; HOLISTIC CRIME RECONSTRUCTION; REFERENCES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; W. Jerry Chisum; Brent E. Turvey; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; EOGHAN CASEY, MA; W. JERRY CHISUM, BS; CRAIG M. COOLEY, MS, JD; RAYMOND J. DAVIS, BS; JOHN D. DeHAAN, PhD; DONNA KIMMEL- LAKE; BRUCE R. MORAN, BS; JOHN I. THORNTON, PhD; BRENT E. TURVEY, MS; 1 A HISTORY OF CRIME RECONSTRUCTION; DR. JOSEPH E. BELL (1837-1911)

SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859-1930)DR. JOHANN (HANS) BAPTIST GUSTAV GROSS (1847-1925); DR. ALEXANDRE LACASSAGNE (1843-1924); DR. EDMOND LOCARD (1872-1966); EDWARD OSCAR HEINRICH (1881-1953); DR. PAUL L. KIRK (1902-1970); THE BROADER THEME; REFERENCES; 2 CRIME RECONSTRUCTION - ETHOS AND ETHICS; FALLACIES OF LOGIC; DELIBERATE DECEPTION; THE FRAUD; HASTE; THE INEXPERIENCED; THE HONEST CRIME RECONSTRUCTIONIST SUBJECTED TO PRESSURE; RECONSTRUCTION BASED ON UNEVALUATED SURMISE; A CANON OF ETHICAL CONDUCT FOR THE CRIME RECONSTRUCTIONIST; REFERENCES

3 OBSERVER EFFECTS AND EXAMINER BIAS: PSYCHOLOGICAL INFLUENCES ON THE FORENSIC EXAMINERPURPOSE; OBSERVER EFFECTS; ""HUSHED"" CONVERSATIONS AND THE THIRD RAIL; SUBJECTIVITY AND EXPECTATION IN FORENSIC SCIENCE; RECOMMENDATIONS TO BLUNT OBSERVER EFFECTS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; 4 PRACTICE STANDARDS FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CRIME; IS CRIME RECONSTRUCTION A SCIENCE?; OVERSIMPLIFICATION AND OCCAM'S RAZOR; THE POLITICS OF BIAS; ZEALOUS ADVOCATES; TAKING STEPS; THINKING ABOUT THINKING; THE SOCRATIC METHOD AND THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD; INDUCTIVE AND DEDUCTIVE REASONING; CRITICAL THINKING

NO GOOD REASON: LOGICAL FALLACIES IN CRIME RECONSTRUCTIONPRACTICE STANDARDS; REFERENCES; 5 METHODS OF CRIME RECONSTRUCTION; CRIME RECONSTRUCTION AND EXPERIENCE; REASON, METHODS, AND CONFIDENCE; EVENT ANALYSIS; THE ROLE OF EVIDENCE: RECONSTRUCTION CLASSIFICATIONS; CREATING TIME LINES; THE CRIME SCENE; THE NATURE OF RECONSTRUCTION; CRITICAL/CREATIVE THINKING EXERCISES; ANSWERS - SORT OF; REFERENCES; 6 EVIDENCE DYNAMICS; EVIDENCE DYNAMICS; DYNAMIC INFLUENCES: PREDISCOVERY; DYNAMIC INFLUENCES: POSTDISCOVERY; CHAIN OF CUSTODY/CHAIN OF EVIDENCE; THE CASE OF JAMIE PENICH

QUESTIONING THE EVIDENCE DYNAMICSCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 7 TRACE EVIDENCE IN CRIME RECONSTRUCTION; FINGERPRINTS; BLOOD AND SEMEN; HAIR; FIBERS; PAINT; GLASS; SOIL; DUST; FOOTWEAR AND TIRE TRACKS; GUNSHOT RESIDUE; TOOL MARKS; PROJECTILE WIPES; EXPLOSIVES RESIDUE; AUTOMOBILE LIGHT ""ON-OR-OFF"" DETERMINATION; TRACE EVIDENCE TRANSFER; TRACE EVIDENCE INTERPRETATION IN CRIME RECONSTRUCTION; TRACE EVIDENCE AND THE FUTURE; REFERENCES; 8 SHOOTING INCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION; SHOOTING INCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION - A PROCESS; APPLICATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD (A KEY ELEMENT IN THE RECONSTRUCTIVE PROCESS)

CONSIDERATIONS DURING DIRECT INVESTIGATION OF THE SHOOTING INCIDENT

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-70759-3

9786610707591

0-08-046551-X

OCLC:

437175543