Using a systematic approach, Crime Scene Investigation & Reconstruction outlines techniques for students and law enforcement professionals on how to answer the critical what, who, and when questions of crime scene investigations. With a focus on crime scene processing, the book includes the latest on database technologies, digital cameras, DNA analyses, and computer-aided crime scene reconstructions.

Across 17 chapters, readers receive a strong grounding in everything from crime scene search principles to investigating bones on a scene. Each chapter is chock-full of pedagogical resources such as Keywords, Learning Outcomes, Case Studies, Review Questions, and tons of photographs and diagrams.

Every chapter in the fifth edition includes the latest technological advances in the field as well as current terminology and standards from the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) and the Academy Standards Board of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.