Crime Scene Investigation Laboratory Workbook

The book presents lab exercises that place crime scene investigation into the overarching context of forensic science, separating what evidence and information can be derived from the crime scene and preliminary tests, versus advanced drug, ballistics, and other such testing back at the lab. This is to clearly distinguish those individuals who collect the evidence from those who solely work within the lab analyzing. The book presents lab exercises that can be completed within two-hour windows while offering the appropriate amount of content and level of rigor necessary to properly train students on procedure, methods, and the scientific process.

Introduction to the Scene? Who Is at the Scene. Lab 1: Basics of Observation at the Scene. Lab 2: Systematic and Random Errors in Scene Management. Lab 3: Documentation, Reports, and Evidence Packaging at the Scene. Lab 4: Field Photography. Lab 5: Scene Processing. Lab 6: Blood Spatter Evidence. Lab 7: Recovering Fingerprints: Basics. Lab 8: Visualizing Latent Fingerprints. Lab 9: Firearm Recovery. Lab 10: Foot and Tire Impression Evidence. Lab 11: Death Scene Investigation. Lab 12: Testing for Food Contamination. Lab 13: Bodily Fluids Collection and Testing. Lab 14. Vehicle Accident Reconstruction. Appendix A: Scene Investigation Manual. Appendix B: Documentation Manual for Scene Investigation.