NCJ Number
177317
Date Published
1998
Length
287 pages
Annotation
This updated fourth edition of "Police Photography" is designed, as was the original edition, to teach the fundamentals of photography and their application to police work.
Abstract
New material on cameras, films, equipment, and processing techniques has been included, and information on digital photography has been added. The first chapter, which focuses on the "Police Photographer," includes a short history of police photography, a review of the uses of photography in police work, and overviews of the use of police photography in fire investigations and evidence presentation. A number of chapters focus on the technology of cameras, picture-taking, and film processing. One chapter addresses the importance and technology of a camera's manipulation of the amount of light to which film is exposed, followed by a chapter that profiles eight types of cameras and their particular advantages for police work. A chapter covers various types of film and their characteristics, and another chapter profiles lenses, filters, exposure meters, flash, and miscellaneous camera equipment. Other chapters on photography technology cover exposure, the darkroom, black-and- white film processing, color processing, video and digital photography, ultraviolet and fluorescence photography, and infrared photography. Five chapters feature how photography can be used in various police tasks. A chapter on accident photography pertains to auto accidents, hit-and-run accidents, and an apparent accident that may involve murder or suicide. A chapter on crime photography contains sections on homicide, suicide, sex-offense, burglary, and arson investigations. Remaining chapters address the use of photography to capture various types of evidence, identification photography, and the use of photography in analyzing questioned documents. Extensive illustrative photographs, appended list of additional readings and resources, a glossary, a subject index, and a 22-item bibliography