Science of Crime Scenes 2nd edition

The crime scene is the alpha and omega, the sine qua non, the epicenter of forensic science. Rightfully so, the primacy of the crime scene is emphasized in typical text and technical books but often at the expense of the science behind the process of a properly-worked scene. The updated 2nd edition of The Science of Crime Scenes offers a science-based approach to crime scenes, one that stresses the “why? as much as the “how?, emphasizing that understanding is more important than just knowing. Without sacrificing technical details, The Science of Crime Scenes adds significantly to the philosophy and theory of crime scene science. The 2009 National Research Council’s report and the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology called for more fundamental education and training in the science behind the discipline. Nowhere is this need greater than in crime scene investigations. Long seen as merely “bagging and tagging,? crime scene investigation and processing is now a complex process, involving numerous sciences and methods. The 2nd edition addresses the science behind the scenes and demonstrates the latest methods and technologies in depth with updated figures and images. It covers the philosophy of crime scene as historical events, the personnel involved at a scene (including the media), the detection of criminal traces and their reconstruction, and special crime scene, such as mass disasters and terroristic events. Written by an international trio of authors with decades of crime scene experience, The Science of Crime Scenes is the next generation of crime scene textbooks. This volume will serve both as a textbook for forensic programs and an excellent reference for forensic practitioners and crime scene technicians with science backgrounds.Includes in-depth coverage of disasters and mass murder, terror crime scene, and CBRN (Chemical, biological, radioactive and nuclear) – not covered in any other textIncludes an instructor site with lecture slides, images, and links to resources for teaching and training