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.
Copyright date: Amsterdam : Academic Press, is an imprint of Elsevier, c2017Copyright date: copyright 2017Description: xx, 393 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0128006803
- 9780128006801
- 363.25 .T963 2017
- HV8073 .T87 2017
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Includes bibliographical refereneces and index.
"Forensic Investigations: An Introduction provides an overview of major subjects related to forensic inquiry and evidence examination. It will prepare Criminal Justice and Criminology students in forensic programs for more specialized courses and provide a valuable resource to newly employed forensic practitioners. Written by practicing and testifying forensic professionals from law enforcement, academia, mental health and the forensic sciences, this work offers a balanced scientific approach, based on the established literature, for broad appeal.
The purpose of this book is to help students and professionals rid themselves of the myths and misconceptions they have accumulated regarding forensic investigators and the subsequent forensic investigations they help to conduct. It will help the reader understand the role of the forensic investigator; the nature and variety of forensic investigations that take place in the justice system; and the mechanisms by which such investigations become worthy as evidence in court. Its goals are no loftier than that. However, they could not be more necessary to our understanding of what justice is, how it is most reliably achieved, and how it can be corrupted by those who are burdened with apathy and alternative motives." --Publisher's description
Adult
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