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Television shows like CSI, Forensic Files, and The New Detectives make it look so easy. A crime-scene photographer snaps photographs, a fingerprint technician examines a gun, uniformed officers seal off a house while detectives gather hair and blood samples, placing them carefully into separate evid...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fisher, Jim, 1939- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Criminal investigation > United States.
Crime scene searches > United States.
Forensic sciences > United States.
Evidence, Criminal > United States.
Enquêtes criminelles > États-Unis.
Fouilles du lieu d'un crime > États-Unis.
Criminalistique > États-Unis.
Preuve (Droit pénal) > États-Unis.
LAW > Forensic Science.
SCIENCE > General.
Crime scene searches
Criminal investigation
Evidence, Criminal
Forensic sciences
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Television shows like CSI, Forensic Files, and The New Detectives make it look so easy. A crime-scene photographer snaps photographs, a fingerprint technician examines a gun, uniformed officers seal off a house while detectives gather hair and blood samples, placing them carefully into separate evidence containers. In a crime laboratory, a suspect?s hands are meticulously examined for gunshot residue. An autopsy is performed in order to determine range and angle of the gunshot and time-of-death evidence. Dozens of tests and analyses are performed and cross-referenced. A conviction is made. Ano.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 324 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813544243
0813544246

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