crime scene searches

Explores the forensic methods, techniques, and story lines shown on several episodes of the television series "C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation, " and examines how they relate to real-life crimes.

Features six invented crime scenarios that are pictured in detail in miniature dioramas. Using modern forensic techniques and investigative genius, officers, detectives, technicians, and medical examiners peel away the crime scenes to solve the cases. Each of the six stories is led by the first detective on the scene, who sets the investigation in motion by examining the key evidence at crimes in a living room, garage, store, kitchen, dorm room, and hotel room.

An illustrated look at crime scene investigation techniques, which explores collection of different kinds of evidence, crime scene photography, equipment, and other topics and discusses real cases.

Explores crime scene investigators, providing information about their training and techniques and procedures they use, including processing evidence, identifying victims, analyzing forensics, and more.

An introduction to forensic science that examines real-life criminal cases and the technologies used to solve them.

Examines the world of underwater forensics from investigators who are on the frontline of solving the most notorious crimes. Includes sidebars, bibliographies, full-color photographs, charts, graphs and index.

The author interviews a number of experts from various stages of the criminal justice process in order to establish the vast differences between the ways in which forensic science is portrayed on television and reality.

Contains true stories based on extensive interviews with police personnel and forensic scientists about criminal cases which have been solved using a variety of forensic techniques.

Explores how crime scene investigators sort through clues to identify murderers and bring them to justice, explaining the methods used to secure a crime scene, identify the time of death, lift fingerprints, trace evidence from firearms and explosives, match DNA, and prepare a case for trial.

An introduction to crime scene investigation, looking at the field as an important twenty-first century career option, with notes designed to help readers identify the skills needed for success in the areas of learning and innovation, business and money, and life and career.