Techniques of crime scene investigation / / by Barry A. J. Fisher and David Fisher

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460744503321
• Autore: Fisher Barry A. J.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2012
• ISBN: 0-429-24478-9; 1-4665-0740-3; 1-4398-1006-0
• Edizione: [Eighth edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (529 p.)
• Collana: Forensic and Police Science Series
• Disciplina: 363.25/2
• Soggetti: Crime scene searches; Criminal investigation; 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Prologue; 1. Introduction; 2. First Officer at the Crime Scene; 3. The Crime Scene Investigator; 4. Specialized Personnel at the Crime Scene; 5. Processing the Crime Scene; 6. Establishing Identity; 7. Trace Evidence; 8. Blood, Forensic Biology, and DNA; 9. Impression Evidence; 10. Firearms Examination; 11. Arson and Explosives; 12. Illicit Drugs and Toxicology; 13. Investigating Sexual Assault; 14. Burglary Investigation; 15. Motor Vehicle Investigation; 16. Homicide Investigation; 17. Digital Evidence; Appendix A: Equipment for Crime Scene InvestigationsAppendix B: Forensic Science-Related Websites; Bibliography; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: "If you are a Professional Crime Scene Investigator, then this book is a must have for both your personal forensic reference library, as well as your office reference library." —Edward W. Wallace Jr., Certified Senior Crime Scene Analyst, Retired First Grade Detective, NYPD"Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation is a well-written, comprehensive guide to the investigative and technical aspects of CSI. The textbook is an educational standard on the theory and practice of crime scene investigation and includes many informative casework examples and ; photographs. On reading this book, students, entry-level personnel, and experienced practitioners will have a better understanding of the strengths and limitations of forensic science in its application to crime scene investigations." —Professor Don Johnson, School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics, California State University, Los AngelesThe application of science and technology plays a critical role in the investigation and adjudication of crimes in our criminal justice system. But before science can be brought to bear on evidence, it must be recognized and collected in an appropriate manner at crime scenes. Written by authors with over 50 years of combined experience in forensic science, Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation examines the concepts, field-tested techniques, and procedures of crime scene investigation. Detectives, crime scene technicians, and forensic scientists can rely on this updated version of the "forensics bible" to effectively apply science and technology to the tasks of solving crimes.

The Catholic revolution [[electronic resource] ] : new wine, old wineskins, and the Second Vatican Council / / Andrew Greeley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780448203321
• Autore: Greeley Andrew M. <1928->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2004
• ISBN: 1-282-35811-1; 9781417510633; 9786612358111; 0-520-93877-1; 1-59734-526-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (239 p.)
• Disciplina: 282/.73/09045
• Soggetti: Councils and synods, Ecumenical
• 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: A Catholic revolution -- The "confident" church -- The wineskins burst -- What happened? -- "Effervescence" spreads from the council to the ; world -- How do they stay? -- New rules, new prophets, and beige Catholicism -- Only in America? -- Why they stay -- Priests -- Recovering the Catholic heritage -- Religious education and beauty -- Authority as charm -- Liturgists and the laity.
• Sommario/riassunto: How, a mere generation after Vatican Council II initiated the biggest reform since the Reformation, can the Catholic Church be in such deep trouble? The question resonates through this new book by Andrew Greeley, the most recognized, respected, and influential commentator on American Catholic life. A timely and much-needed review of forty years of Church history, The Catholic Revolution offers a genuinely new interpretation of the complex and radical shift in American Catholic attitudes since the second Vatican Council (1962-1965). Drawing on a wealth of data collected over the last thirty years, Greeley points to a rift between the higher and lower orders in the Church that began in the wake of Vatican Council II-when bishops, euphoric in their (temporary) freedom from the obstructions of the Roman Curia, introduced modest changes that nonetheless proved too much for still-rigid structures of Catholicism: the "new wine" burst the "old wineskins." As the Church leadership tried to reimpose the old order, clergy and the laity, newly persuaded that "unchangeable" Catholicism could in fact change, began to make their own reforms, sweeping away the old "rules" that no longer made sense. The revolution that Greeley describes brought about changes that continue to reverberate-in a chasm between leadership and laity, and in a whole generation of Catholics who have become Catholic on their own terms. Coming at a time of crisis and doubt for the Catholic Church, this richly detailed, deeply thoughtful analysis brings light and clarity to the years of turmoil that have shaken the foundations, if not the faith, of American Catholics.

Meaning in Positive and Existential Psychology / / edited by Alexander Batthyany, Pninit Russo-Netzer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910298076903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-4939-0308-X
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2014.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (470 p.)
• Disciplina: 150; 150.1988; 150.72; 155
• Soggetti: Personality; Social psychology; Developmental psychology; Experiential research; Personality and Social Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Psychology Research
• 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 indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I: Introduction -- Psychologies of meaning -- Part II: Conceptualizations of Meaning -- Meaning of Life: The Nature, Needs, and Myths -- Existential Mattering: Bringing Attention to a Neglected but Central Aspect of Meaning? -- Meaning as a Buffer for Existential Anxiety -- Meaning in Terror Management Theory -- Finding the Keys to Meaningful Happiness: Beyond Being Happy or Sad is Love -- Part III: A Dialogue Between Positive and Existential Psychology: Exploring Connections -- Extending the contexts of existence: benefits of meaning-guided living -- Ultimate Concerns from Existential and Positive Psychological Perspectives -- Narrative coherence and disruption: negotiating between positive and existential psychology -- Viktor Frankl’s Meaning-Seeking Model and Positive Psychology -- Positive Psychology, Existential Psychology, and the Presumption of ; Egoism -- Anxiety and the Approach of Idealistic Meaning -- Positive and Existential Psychological Approaches to the Experience of Meaning in Life -- Part IV: Empirical and Applied Perspectives -- Clinical Utilizations of Meanings -- Meaning in life and coping: Sense of meaning as a buffer against stress -- Perceived Meaning and Disaster Mental Health: A Role for Logotherapy in Clinical-Disaster Psychology -- Meaning Sensitive Psychotherapy: Binding Clinical, Existential, and Positive Psychological Perspectives -- Special Issues and Challenging Life Events -- Hardiness Leads to Meaningful Growth Through What is Learned when Resolving Stressful Circumstances -- Do Meaning in Life and Purpose in Life Protect Against Suicide Ideation among Community-Residing Older Adults? -- Mourning, Meaning and Memory: Individual, Communal and Cultural Narration of Grief -- Ebb and Flow in the Sense of Meaning Purpose: A Lifespan Perspective on Alcohol and Other Drug Involvement -- Well-Being and Personal Growth in Emerging Motherhood – And What about Meaning?.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This volume, Meaning in Positive and Existential Psychology is a timely and engaging exploration of these contrasting, but potentially reconcilable, orientations. It raises questions that have wide ranging academic, clinical and personal significance… a volume such as this, written by some of the most influential figures in positive psychology, is very much welcomed. But it also gives equal voice to the existentialists and this is where the volume has a distinctive strength" - From the Foreword by Professor Brian R. Little, Ph.D. C.Psychol. FBPsS, Distinguished Scholar, Department of Psychology and Fellow, Well-Being Institute, Cambridge University Meaning in Positive and Existential Psychology presents a broad overview of contemporary empirical research and theoretical work on the meaning/purpose in life construct from two perspectives - Positive psychology and Existential psychology. Although they may have common ground, these perspectives have only recently come into fruitful dialogue. They may, in fact, be viewed as more complementary than strictly opposing. Positive psychology's focus on human strengths tends to emphasize the brighter side of human functioning, whereas existential psychology, traditionally, tends to address the more unsettling aspects of human existence, such as guilt, suffering, and mortality. Despite their different approaches, both positive and existential psychology have come to view meaning and meaning awareness as central psychological (and philosophical) factors, relevant both for human striving and for human coping. Written by an international and interdisciplinary assembly of leading researchers in existential and positive psychology and related disciplines, this book includes twenty-one chapters on current trends and topics in meaning oriented clinical and theoretical psychology. Among the topics covered: A dialogue between positive and existential psychology on: Conceptualizations of meaning Clinical utilizations of meaning Meaning – Oriented Meaning and mortality Meaning and challenging life events Benefits of meaning-oriented living Meaning and existential anxiety Intellectually rich and empirically robust, Meaning in Positive and Existential Psychology is breakthrough reading for instructors and students, psychotherapists, clinical, social, existential, and positive psychologists and psychiatrists, philosophers, and interested general readers.