Crime scene investigation : crack the case with real-life experts / Joseph T. Dominick ... [et al.] ; introduction by Cyril H. Wecht.

Includes index.

_ Ch. 1: The Crime scene -- First-responders, the death call, death investigators, the investigation -- On-scene procedures, time of death, removing the body -- Enter the specialized forensics experts, morgue procedures -- Case files: Charles Manson -- Frederick and Rosemary West -- A Day in the life of a death investigator: Joseph T. Dominick -- A Day in the life of a forensic photographer -- ch. 2: The Inquiry team -- The Homocide detectives, forensic photographers, the forensic pathologist -- Case studies: Malcom Fairley -- Byron de la Beckwith -- Robert Hansen -- Tracie Andrews -- A Day in the life of a criminal intelligence analyst: Nicola Aranyi -- ch. 3: The Forensic eam -- Fingerprints examiner, DNA examiner, firearms examiner, hair/fiber examiner, bloodstain examiner, document examiner, other types of criminalists -- Case Files: Richard Ramirez -- Wayne Williams -- Stephen Bradley -- A

_ Day in the life of a forensic odontologist: Dr. Michael N. Sobel -- A Day in the life of a forensic toxicologist: Dr. Frederick W. Fochtman -- ch. 4: The Autopsy -- Types of autopsy, the complete postmortem examination, forensic toxicology, collecting physical evidence from the body, the stages of death, the death certificate -- Case files: Dr. Harold Shipman -- James S. Vlassakis et al. -- Ted Bundy -- A Day in the life of a forensic epidemiologist: Dr. Steven A. Koehler -- A Day in the life of a forensic pathologist: Dr. Shaun Ladham -- ch. 5: Weapons of the killer -- Death by shooting, stab wounds, blunt force trauma and asphyxiation, poisoning -- Case files: Joann Curley -- A Day in the life of a DNA criminalist: Thomas Meyers -- A Day in the life of a forensic knot analyst: John J. Van Tassel -- A Day in the life of a forensic barefoot morphologist: Robert B. Kennedy -- ch. 6: Psychology of crime --

_ George Russell -- Jean Harris -- O. J. Simpson -- A Day in the life of a criminal lawyer: Todd Edelman.

_ Primary, secondary and tertiary motive, conscious vs. unconscious motive, motive and gain, predatory motives, reactive motives, motiveless crimes, psychosis and motive, resolving questions of motive, criminal profiling -- Case files: George Metesky -- Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka -- Arthur and Jackie Seale -- A Day in the life of a criminal profiler: Dean A. Wideman -- A Day in the life of a forensic psychologist: Dr. Katherine Ramsland -- A Day in the life of a geographic profiler: Dr. Kim Rossmo -- ch. 7: The Arrest -- Pre-arrest procedures, was a crime committed?, establishing probable cause, the intervioew and interrogation of suspects, filing the criminal complaint and charging the suspect , the role of the media -- ch. 8: The Pre-trial procedures, the criminal trial, conduct of the trial, proof beyond a reasonable doubt, forensic scientific expert witnesses, medical vs. legal concepts of proof -- Case files: Timothy Spencer --