Crime Scene Investigation involves the use of scientific methods, physical evidence, deductive reasoning, and their interrelationships to gain explicit knowledge of the series of events that surround the commission of a crime. See also Criminalistics.


Crime Scene Investigation Links

The Association of Crime Scene Reconstruction (IACSR)

Crime & Clues : Crime Scene Investigation

Forensic Enterprise's Crime Scene Investigations

National Crime Investigation and Training

Polaroid's Photographing a Crime Scene

UC-Riverside's Crime Scene Investigation Page

The Traffic Accident Reconstruction Origin


Crime Scene Investigation Bibliography [ biblio links ] [ add a link ]

  • Crime Scene Investigation, Generally
  • Eckert, Crime Scene Investigation, (I.N.F.O.R.M., Wichita, KS: 1986)

    Federal Bureau of Investigation, Handbook of Forensic Sciences, (GPO, Washington, D.C.: 1990)

    Fisher, Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, (Fifth Edition) (CRC Press, 1992) ORDER

    Fox & Cunningham, Crime Scene Search and Physical Evidence Handbook, (LEAA, Washington, D.C.: 1987) ORDER

  • Criminal Investigation and the Forensic Sciences, Generally
  • Douglas, Burgess, Burgess & Ressler, Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System For Investigating and Classifying Violent Crimes, (Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997) ORDER

    Eckert, Introduction to Forensic Sciences, (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL: 1996) ORDER

    The Federal Judicial Center, Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, (GPO, Order No. 027-001-00067-0, 1995) (Note: This document can be downloaded)

    Giannelli & Imwinkelried, Scientific Evidence, (Michie Co., Charlottesville,VA: 1993)

    Imwinkelried, The Methods of Attacking Scientific Evidence, (Michie Co., Charlottesville, VA: 1997) ORDER

    Moenssens, Inbau & Starrs, Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases, (4th Edition) (Foundation Press, Mineola, NY: 1995) ORDER

    O'Hara, Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation, (6th Edition) (Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, IL: 1994) ORDER

    Saferstein, Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Sciences, (5th Edition) (Prentice-Hall, Englewood, NJ: 1995) ORDER

    Saferstein, Forensic Science Handbook Vols. I, II & III, (Prentice-Hall, Englewood, NJ: 1982 & 1988, 1994) ORDER

    Swanson, Chamelin, and Territo, Criminal Investigation, (Sixth Edition) (McGraw Hill Co., New York: 1996) ORDER

    Wecht, Forensic Sciences, Vols. I-3, ( Matthew Bender, New York: 1995)

    Bailey & Rothblatt, Investigation and Preparation of Criminal Cases, (Lawyer's Cooperative Publishing, Rochester, NY: 1994)

    Weston & Wells, Criminal Investigation: Basic Perspectives (6th Edition), (Prentice-Hall, Englewood, NJ: 1994)

    Zulawski and Wicklander, Practical Aspects of Interview and Interrogation, (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FA, 1992) ORDER

  • Homicide and Death Investigation, Generally
  • Geberth, Practical Homicide Investigation: Tactics, Procedures, and Forensic Techniques, (3rd Ed.) (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FA, 1996) ORDER

    Jerath, et. al., Homicide: A Bibliography, (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FA, 1993) ORDER

    Snyder, Homicide Investigation: Practical Information for Coroners, Police Officers, and Other Investigators, (Third Edition) (Charles C. Thomas, Sprinqfield, IL: 1977) ORDER

  • Sexual Homicide, Serial and Mass Murders
  • Ressler, Burgess & Douglas, Sexual Homicide-Patterns & Motives, (Lexington Books, Lexington, MA: 1988)

  • Rape, Child Abuse and Non-Fatal Sex Crimes
  • Bailey & Rothblatt, Rape and Other Sex Crimes, (Lawyer's Cooperative Publishing, Rochester, NY: 1994)

    Crewdson, By Silence Betrayed: Sexual Abuse of Children in America, (Little, Brown & Co., Boston: 1988)

    Chadwick, et. al., Color Atlas of Child Sexual Abuse, (Year Book Medical Publishers, Chicago: 1989)

    Daly, Child Abuse Investigations: A Manual For Investigators of Child Abuse and Interviews of Children, (Katelynn Productions, Seattle, WA: 1991)

    Daly, Innocence: The Ragged Edge, (Advanced Media Northwest, Tacoma, WA: 1988)

    Gardner, The Parental Alienation Syndrome, (Creative Therapeutics, Cresskill, NJ: 1992)

    Gardner, True and False Accusations of Child Sex Abuse, (Creative Therapeutics, Cresskill, NJ: 1992)

    Goldstein, The Sexual Exploitation of Children: A Practical Guide to Assessment, Investigation, and Intervention, (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FA, 1992)

    Goodwin, Sexual Abuse: Incest Victims and Their Families, (John Wright, Boston: 1982)

    Green, Rape: The Evidential Examination and Management of the Adult Female Victim, (Lexington Books, Lexington, MA: 1988)

    Hazelwood & Burgess, Practical Aspects of Rape Investigation: A Multidisciplinary Approach, (2nd Ed.) (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FA, 1995)

    MacDonald, Rape: Controversial Issues - Criminal Profiles, Date Rape, False Reports and False Memories, (Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, IL: 1995)

    National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, Sexual Abuse of Children, (DHHR, Washington, D.C.: 1980)

    National Institute of Justice), When the Victim Is A Child, (2nd Edition) ("Issues & Practices" Series) (U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: 1992)

    Schetky & Green, Child Sexual Abuse, (Brunner/Mazel, New York: 1988)

    Wakefield and Underwager, et. al., Accusations of Child Sexual Abuse, (Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, IL: 1988)

  • Evidence of Alcohol Intoxication
  • Fitzgerald and Hume, Intoxication Test Evidence: Criminal & Civil, (1987)

    Garriott, Ed., Medicolegal Aspects of Alcohol, (Third Ed.), ( Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co., Tuscon, AZ: 1996)

    Improved Sobriety Testing, (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT HS 806512, 1984)

    Oberman, DUI: The Crime and Consequences in Tennessee, (Harrison Co., Norcross, GA: 1991)

    Taylor, Drunk Driving Defense, (4th Ed.), ( Little, Brown and Co. Boston: 1995)


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