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This latest edition addresses rape and sexual assaults from all clinical, pathological, medical, and legal aspects. The book focuses on the victim and covers contemporary issues in sexual violence, investigative aspects of rape and sexual assault, offender fantasy, the personality of the offender, collection of evidence, medical examinations, and treatment, as well as trial preparation issues. Special topics include pedophiles, female and juvenile offenders, drug-facilitated rape, sexual sadism, elder abuse, and sexual assault within the military.

Renowned for being THE definitive resource for homicide investigators, this book presents the recognized protocols used by investigative divisions of major police departments throughout the world. Now in its fifth edition, with new case histories and techniques to reflect the latest forensic methods and investigative procedures.

Written by the nation's foremost authority on gunshot wounds and forensic techniques as they relate to firearm injuries, this third edition of a bestseller provides critical updates to information on gunshot wounds and the weapons and ammunition used to inflict them. The book describes practical aspects of ballistics, wound ballistics, and the classification of various wounds caused by handguns, bang guns, rifles, and shotguns. It also explains autopsy techniques, procedures, and laboratory analyses relating to weapons and gunshot evidence.

Describes the methods used worldwide to recover and identify footwear impressions from the scene of a crime. This book includes information on recovery procedures and materials such as lifting, photography and casting; chemical enhancement; updated information about footwear manufacturing; and footwear sizing.

Part of the "Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations" series, this book details advanced applied techniques for conducting a fire and arson investigation. It includes chapters on determining origin and cause, eliminating accidental fire causes, investigating fatal fires and vehicular fires, and documenting the fire/crime scene.

Covers the principles of kinesics, including how to determine behavior from speech and body language, and how behavior is often exhibited in written statements. This book contains chapters covering the electronic recording of interviews, tools of influence and compliance, interviewing psychopaths, interviewing children, and false confessions.

This book provides protocols for suicide and equivocal death investigation, police action shooting investigations and a homicide supervisor's checklist. It contains state-of-the-art anatomical graphics in full color to assist the investigator in describing any injuries or wounds to the body.

Written by a former DA investigator, this handy field guide follows the successful format of Vernon Gebertha (TM)s Practical Homicide Investigation: Checklist and Field Guide. Using techniques perfected during the authora (TM)s many years as an investigator, this guide features simple, step-by-step instructions for investigating cold homicides. The book is designed for use by cold case squads in any precinct, no matter how large or small the department. The book features a specific investigation matrix, contains investigation steps in a bulleted format for rapid reference, and includes a multitude of critical tips, including how to interact with the media.

Combines directions for the old tried and true methods of photographic documentation (cameras, films, lighting sources) with analyses of the methods used in the practice (video, thermography,digital imaging). This book discusses the 'how-to' of basic photography, and shows the essentials of videography.

Gives information on digital imaging in the forensic sciences. Written at a basic level, this book begins with an introduction to technical aspects of digital photo imaging, hardware, and storage of media, light, and filters. It presents information on 35mm cameras for comparison, and also covers photographic evidence in the context of law.

The felonious activities of prisoners reach out into society every day. These inmates run lucrative drug operations, hire contract murders, and commit a multitude of criminal offenses from inside the walls of our prisons. This book gives advice on how to handle crime in a community in which 100 per cent of the population are convicted felons.