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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457748203321

Autore

Ensminger John J.

Titolo

Police and military dogs : criminal detection, forensic evidence, and judicial admissibility / / John J. Ensminger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-25145-9

1-283-27462-0

9786613274625

1-4398-7240-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Disciplina

345.73/064

Soggetti

Criminal investigation - United States

Evidence, Criminal - United States

Police dogs - Law and legislation - United States

Searches and seizures - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Author; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1: Development of Police and Military Dog Functions; Chapter 2: Canine Biology and Behavior; Chapter 3: History and Judicial Acceptance of Tracking and Trailing Evidence; Chapter 4: Scientific Analysis of Tracking, Trailing, and Scent Identification; Chapter 5: Tracking and Trailing in Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions; Chapter 6: Judicial Admissibility of Scent Lineup Evidence; Chapter 7: Scent Lineups in Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions

Chapter 8: Judicial Admissibility of Canine Detection EvidenceChapter 9: Scientific Issues in Detection Functions; Chapter 10: Automobile Sniffs; Chapter 11: Sniffs of Luggage, Transportation Facilities, and Hotels; Chapter 12: Mail and Package Sniffs; Chapter 13: Sniffs of Storage Areas, Cargo, and Commercial Spaces; Chapter 14: Residential Sniffs; Chapter 15: Currency Sniffs; Chapter 16: School Sniffs; Chapter 17: Explosives, Landmine, and Bioweapons Detection; Chapter 18:



Accelerant Detection Dogs; Chapter 19: Cadaver Dogs; Chapter 20: Suspect Apprehension and Bite Issues

Chapter 21: Search and Rescue DogsAfterword; Appendix A: U.S. Police Canine Associations; Appendix B: Bibliography; Appendix C: Federal and State Cases Cited; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

It is essential that those in the criminal justice system understand the tasks that police dogs perform and the evidence that their work produces. Police and Military Dogs: Criminal Detection, Forensic Evidence, and Judicial Admissibility examines the use of police and military dogs for a wide variety of functions and explores canine biology and behavior as it applies to police work.The book begins with an overview of the changes that have occurred in the field in the past four decades as discoveries have been made about canine capabilities. The author examine