NCJ Number
91475
Date Published
1981
Length
62 pages
Annotation
This chapter discusses the criminologist as an expert witness in both civil and criminal cases and the pathologist's testimony on criminology. It also delineates the techniques of criminal investigation on which such testimony is based.
Abstract
Procedures covered under scene investigation include preservation of the scene, recording techniques, technical procedures of crime scene search, body examination at scene, collection of evidence, evidence preservation, and interview and interrogation of subjects. Physical identification procedures are delineated in terms of fingerprints, footprints, forensic photography, anthropometrical measurements, special physical marks, identification of the human voice, and examination of trace evidence. Specifics under trace evidence relate to hair, nails, fibers, glass, paint fragments, soil, and wood and plant material. Extensive footnotes and some illustrative material is provided. Sample forms are appended.