NCJ Number
10044
Date Published
1972
Length
727 pages
Annotation
BASIC PRINCIPLES AND TOOLS MOST GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO POLICE LABORATORY WORK.
Abstract
INDIVIDUAL SECTIONS DEAL WITH THE CRIME LAB AND WITH THE SPECIFIC SUBJECT AREAS OF SCIENTIFIC CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS, IMPRESSIONS (E.G. FINGERPRINTS, TOOLS, TIREMARKS), PHOTOGRAPHY, AND PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL EXAMINATIONS ARE TREATED. ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS COVER DOCUMENT EXAMINATION, OPTICAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS SUCH AS MICROSCOPY AND PHOTOMICROGRAPHY, AND ADVANCED INSTRUMENTAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS. THE FINAL SECTION OF THE BOOK DISCUSSES SCIENCE AND THE PROBATIVE VALUE OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. REFERENCES AT THE END OF EACH CHAPTER.