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Forensic evidence field guide : a collection of best practices / Peter W. Pfefferli.

Summary:

Highlights the essentials needed to collect evidence at a crime scene. The unique spiral bound is designed to be utilized in the day to day tasks of anyone collecting evidence at a crime scene. Covering the range of evidence management including: characteristics of different types of crime scenes (arson, burglary, homicide, hit & run, forensic IT, sexual assault), how to recover the relevant evidence at the scene and best practices for the search, gathering and storing of evidence.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780124201989 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0124201989
  • Physical Description: xv, 214 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm.
  • Publisher: Oxford, UK : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Best evidence management commandments -- Break and entry : volume crime evidence -- Explosion and arson : safety risk evidence -- Fraud and forgery : document evidence -- Hit and run : automobile accident evidence -- Homicide and rape : violent crime evidence -- Multimedia and electronic : digital evidence -- Narcotics and drugs : controlled substance evidence -- Documents -- Fabrics -- Firearms -- IT -- Unknown substances -- Vehicles -- Biological/DNA evidence -- Bullet and cartridge evidence -- Explosive debris evidence -- Fiber evidence -- Fingerprint evidence -- Fire debris evidence -- Footwear and tire print evidence -- Glass evidence -- Gunshot residues (GSR) evidence -- Hair evidence -- Paint evidence -- Soil and plant evidence -- Toolmark evidence.
Subject: Forensic sciences.
Criminal investigation.
Evidence, Criminal.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.

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Forensic Evidence Field Guide : A Collection of Best Practices
Forensic Evidence Field Guide : A Collection of Best Practices
by Pfefferli, Peter
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Author Notes

Forensic Evidence Field Guide : A Collection of Best Practices

Peter Pfefferli has a PhD in Forensic Science, University of Lausanne (1984) and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, Quantico (1987). He has 25 years of experience as senior police officer and forensic manager, as former director of the Forensic Science Division of the Zurich Canton Police respectively the Forensic Science Institute in Zurich. In his function as CID police officer he was leading many crime scene investigations. Today he is the Forensic Senior Consultant of thin Forensic Science Institute Zurich, the largest and leading forensic organization in Switzerland. Besides his activities in operational forensic, Peter Pfefferli is a forensic lecturer at the Law Faculty of University of Zurich, teaching since many years forensic sciences to Bachelor students. He is also the forensic lecturer at the Competence Center Forensics & Economic Crime at the University of Lucerne. Peter Pfefferli is a founding member and former chairman of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI), one of the worldwide leading forensic networks. Today he is the chairman of the ENFSI standing committee on education and training. He has also been a former chairman of the Interpol International Forensic Science Manager Symposium. Peter Pfefferli is co-editor of the German law enforcement journal KRIMINALISTIK and he is the editor of the forensic evidence pocket guide DIE SPUR. Since more than 30 years Peter Pfefferli is an international recognized, active forensic specialist, contributing to many major forensic science conferences. In matter of forensic quality assurance and forensic accreditation, Peter Pfefferli is a forensic expert for a number of national accreditation services throughout Europe.


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