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Record Nr.

UNINA9910583370403321

Autore

Turvey Brent E.

Titolo

Forensic investigations : an introduction / / Brent E. Turvey, Forensic Solutions, LLC, Sitka, Alaska, United States ; Director, The Forensic Criminology Institute (USA & Mexico), Stan Crowder, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, GA, United States

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam : , : Academic Press, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

0-12-800718-4

0-12-800680-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 393 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

363.25

Soggetti

Criminal investigation

Forensic sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical refereneces and index.

Nota di contenuto

Forensic investigations:  a primer -- Law and evidence -- Investigative ethics -- Investigators and the scientific method -- Crime scene investigation and analysis -- Crime scene processing -- Forensic victimology -- The sexual assault examination -- Medicolegal death investigation:  protocols and practice -- Forensic interviews -- The polygraph:  uses and misuses -- Investigating allegations of police torture:  forensic protocols and psychological assessment -- Forensic investigations for court:  probation, sentencing, mitigation issues in capital cases -- Oklahoma v. Elvis Thacker:  evaluating victimology, victim sexual assault evidence, suspect torture by law enforcement, and the quality of a forensic investigation.