Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction

By Robert R. Ogle Jr. and Robert R. Ogle

Comprehensive, authoritative, systematic coverage of the latest topics in crime scene investigation

Using a systematic approach, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Fourth Edition, outlines techniques that help investigators answer the critical what, who, and when questions of crime scene investigations. With a focus on crime scene processing, the book includes the latest on database technologies, digital cameras, DNA analyses, and computer-aided crime scene reconstructions. Each chapter includes introductions and summaries that demystify the technical aspects of the field. This edition features a new coauthor with almost 20 years of experience handling crime scene work; ready-to-use forms to help with proper documentation of crime scenes and collection of evidence; and updated content, including new photographic techniques, coverage of detection and enhancement of evidence on crime scenes, and a new chapter on entomology.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0134548078
• ISBN13: 9780134548074
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Pearson Education
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Great book for classes on crime scene reconstruction

This book was required for a graduate level advanced crime scene investigation & reconstruction course @ Nebraska Wesleyan University. The books reads fairly easily & builds on crime scene introduction concepts.