The Underwater Crime Scene [electronic resource] : Underwater Crime Investigative Techniques

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Becker, Ronald F.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police divers.

Underwater archaeology--Methodology.

Underwater crime investigation.

Underwater crime investigation--Methodology.

Underwater archaeology.

Local Subjects:

Police divers.

Underwater archaeology--Methodology.

Underwater crime investigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Underwater Crime Scene

Place of Publication:

Springfield : Charles C Thomas, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the early 1960s, a group of dedicated archaeologists, with a love for the sea and scuba diving, has given birth, nourished, and raised underwater investigation to a science. Utilizing the same type of concepts and techniques as field archaeologists, including painstaking application of patience, scientific method, measurement, photography, sketches, and recovery, they have been able to retrieve and reconstruct ancient vessels and their cargoes. It is the purpose of this book to bring together the science of marine archaeology to the needs of police agencies that have the responsibility f

Contents:

HALF TITLE: THE UNDERWATER CRIME SCENE; TITLE PAGE: THE UNDERWATER CRIME SCENE; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; THE UNDERWATER CRIME SCENE; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2: LEGAL LIABILITY AND THE UNDERWATER RECOVERY PROCESS; Chapter 3: BEGINNING THE INVESTIGATION; Chapter 4: THE UNDERWATER RECOVERY TEAM; Chapter 5: THE SEARCH; Chapter 6: TEMPORAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL PLOTTING OF EVIDENCE; Chapter 7: UNDERWATER EXCAVATION; Chapter 8: HANDLING EVIDENCE; Chapter 9: MEDICOLEGAL ASPECTS OF UNDERWATER DEATH; Chapter 10: USING RECOVERED EVIDENCE IN THE COURTROOM; Chapter 11: THE FUTURE

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Notes:

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ISBN:

0-398-08920-5

OCLC:

841916768