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VAR525819.B.4
WINGATE, Anne
Scene of the crime : a writer's guide to crime-scene investigations / Anne Wingate ; ed. Charles Clark ; capa Chris Spollen.- 1st ed.- Cincinnati : Writer's Digest Books, cop. 1992.- 231 p. : il. ; 23 cm. - (The howdunit series ; 10319)
ISBN 0-89879-518-4

LOCAL DO CRIME, RECOLHA DA PROVA, IDENTIFICAÇÃO DE CADÁVER, IDENTIFICAÇÃO DE PESSOAS, GUIA DE INFORMAÇÃO

Introduction. 1. Working the crime scene. A detailed explanation of crime-scene procedures from arrival to departure. Arriving at the scene. Preserving the scene. Capturing the scene: notes, photographs, sketches and measurements. Dividing the work. Table I: Who does what when? 2. Crime-scene search. What to look for at the crime scene, how to find it, and what to do with it once you've found it. Searching with a warrant. Collecting evidence. Preserving evidence. Table 2: Processing the crime scene. 3. Firearms. Guns, bullets, and how to understand the clues they leave behind. Types of firearms. Types of ammunition. Collecting and assessing firearms and ammunition at the crime scene. Firearm and trace metal residue tests. Table 3: Some characteristics of handguns. 4. Working with fingerprints. A thorough examination of finding, testing and assessing fingerprints. What surfaces hold fingerprints and for how long? Dusting for prints. Finding and collecting latent prints. Testing and fuming. Using lasers and x-rays to find prints. Latent prints from human skin. Where to look. Table 4: The latent fingerprint. 5. More about fingerprints. How to use fingerprints to solve crimes. A brief history of fingerprinting. The Automated Fingerprint Identification System. Types of fingerprints. Identification by fingerprints. Using AFIS. Table 5: How you can use experts. 6 Identifying human remains. How to identify the body as well as determine the cause and time of death. Identifying the body. Unusual coloration. Defense and hesitation wounds and other visible marks. Spontaneous human combustion. Postmortem lividity. Rigor mortis. The processes after death. Bodies under water. Identifying the remains. Ear-print identification. Table 6: Finding reference sources. 7. More on identifying human remains. A detailed list of identification methods. Forensic dentistry. Sieving. Long-bone X rays. Dealing with skeletal remains. Reconstructing the face from the skull. Strange identifications. Corpus delicti. DNA fingerprinting. Table 7: Cost and value of different means of identification. 8 The autopsy and after. How an autopsy is performed, what information it can yield, and how that information is used in criminal investigations. The importance of the autopsy. Determining the cause of death. Difficulties in proving disguised murder. Tools of the investigative trade. Murder or suicide? Table 8: The person who finds the body. 9 Inside the crime lab. Functions, procedures and uses of the crime lab in analyzing many types of evidence. Bombings. Bloodstain evidence. Other types of evidence. documents. table 9: Sex-crimes evidence collection. 10. The unofficial investigator. How private detectives, reporters and amateur sleuths overcome obstacles that official investigators don't face. I know who did it but i can't prove it. Why is an innocent person on trial? Table 10: What is that thing? Afterword. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index.