Subjects:  1. Anatomy    2. Anthropology - Physical    3. Archaeology / Anthropology    4. Forensic Science    5. Growth    6. Human skeleton    7. Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology    8. Medical    9. Pediatrics    10. Science    11. Skeletal maturity    12. Chiropractic & osteopathy    13. Social Science / Anthropology / General   

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One of the finest Bloodstain texts I have read. OUTSTANDING!
This is one of the finest reference books I have had the pleasure to read.It is easy to understand, no far out explanations.I believe this bookshould be on the shelf of any and all investigators, new or old.The tableof contents was very informative.You are taken from the history of thisdisipline, all the way to case study.Nothing is missed and you can carrythe book by yourself!!Credit was properly given to those that were first,there was no attempt to make one believe the editors were the"first" to discover this disipline.Photos often assisted text. I believe this is necessary for those investigators who do not see this asmuch as others.There was even a glossary !! EXCELLENT WORK !I lookforward to treating my eyes to the next book by James & Eckert

A must for anyone interested in Criminal Law and Enforcement
Anyone involved in law enforcement or Crimial Law will cherish this informative, well written text. It takes a very complicated, mind numbing subject and pilots the reader in an organized, comprehensible manner to awell rounded understanding of the subject. This one should be requiredreading for all law students and Criminal Law practitioners. AMasterpiece!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Analysis    2. Bloodstains    3. Criminal Evidence And Analysis    4. Evidence    5. Forensic Medicine    6. Forensic Science    7. Forensic hematology    8. Law    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. Medical    11. Pathology   

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A dissenting opinion....
In order to temper the unrestrained exuberance of the formerreviews, I think it is appropriate to point out what I believe are a couple of major shortcomings of this book. Excellent
This book is an excellent source for information on learning the bones, how to side them, and many other interesting aspects of osteology.

Complete and concise course
This is quite possibly the most useful book I have ever bought. "Human Osteology" is clear and complete. The photos and diagrams are clear and complete. The text is clear and complete. I have used this book in three separate classes and it has proved invaluable to me all three times. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anatomy    2. Anthropology - Physical    3. Archaeology    4. Bones    5. Forensic Medicine    6. Human remains (Archaeology)    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Physical Anthropology    9. Skeleton    10. Social Science    11. Sociology    12. Dentistry / oral & maxillofacial medicine    13. Forensic science    14. Medical / Endocrinology & Metabolism    15. Palaeontology   

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A must have book!
I recently purchased the Shooting Incident Reconstruction book by Lucien Haag and would highly recommend it for every forensic scientist who may examine this type of evidence. University's offering forensic science courses, as well as all forensic laboratory's, should have a copy available to their students / practitioners. The book contains an absolute wealth of material concerning the subject matter. Jim Hamby, Ph.D. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Evidence    2. Forensic Science    3. Forensic ballistics    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    7. Police & security services    8. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology   

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Review of On-scene guide for crisis negotiators
Good 1st book to read on those wanting to be Negotiators in the Law Enforcement field.

A Worthy Addition To The Field
Frederick Lanceley's "On-Scene Guide for Crisis Negotiators" is a long needed compendium of technique and definition in the field of crisis negotitations. Mr. Lanceley's vast experience has enabled him to providetechniques based on real-life situations not just theory. The volume isarranged in a concise, easy-to-reference format which should be a part ofevery negotiator's "Ready Kit". One of the most important pointsabout this book is the fact that it addresses the types of situations faceddaily by police negotiators. Suicide intervention, long a subject ignoredin many negotiations seminars, is given in-depth treatment. In addition,the entire book is an interesting read. His account of his involvement atRuby Ridge is fascinating. I would recommend this book to anyone involvedin the field, police commanders and anyone interested in crisisintervention.

On-Scene Guide for Crisis Negotiators
Recently retired FBI Special Agent Fred Lanceley gives us the benefit of his expertise in this highly detailed book on the actions a crisis negotiator must take in the field.Lanceley describes techniques that willbe of benefit to any police officet, tactical dispatcher, hostagenegotiator or crisis counselor who is confronted with a barricaded subject,a mentally disturbed individual or a potential hostage taker. These peopleare encouraged to read Lanceley's book and to include it in your currenttraining.Dave Larton, Member, California Association of HostageNegotiators ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Law - General    2. Crisis intervention (Mental he    3. Forensic Science    4. Hostage negotiations    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Life Sciences - General    7. Negotiation    8. Prevention    9. Science    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Suicide    12. Abnormal psychology    13. Criminal or forensic psychology    14. Law / Forensic Science    15. Police & security services   

Editorial Review

The mightiest fortresses in the world can fail, and when that happens all you can do (you being the person responsible for castle security) is figure out what went wrong, what damage was done, and by whom. If the castle was located in the right kind of kingdom--to take a metaphor too far--you can hope to prosecute the perpetrator. Read more

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New/updated info is spot on!
This edition of the book addresses the most current concerns/issues that every computer professional/layman should be aware of.The sheer amount of information offerd is impressive but, as always, presented in the same easy-to-absorb manner as John's numerous other books.

Computer Forensics: Computer Crime Scene Investigation (With CD-ROM) (Networking Series)
Computer Forensics is very appropriate considering a number of data storage facilities that
The "CSI" of computer security
With jails overcrowded this book certainly won't help.
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Subjects:  1. Computer Bks - General Information    2. Computer Books And Software    3. Computer Books: General    4. Computer Science    5. Computer networks    6. Computer security    7. Computers    8. Computers - General Information    9. Forensic Science    10. Forensic sciences    11. Internet - Security    12. Security    13. Security - General    14. Security measures    15. Computer Software Packages    16. Data security & data encryption    17. Internet    18. Network security   

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A difficult read
The title of this book, should be "Ballistics".There is little information on the actual wounds, but more on the grains and callibers of the bullets.The book has black and white photos, which makes it very difficult to see stippling, powder burns and soot.You will learn detailed information about bullets and the brands (if you can rememeber all that), unfortunately, not much more.

Shocking
Very informative about the destructive power a bullet can have.As wrong as this may sound, if you own guns and have children, this is a good book to buy.It is difficult to explain to a child what a bullet can do to a human being.With this, you can show them.

An excellent textbook on the subject of firearm injuries
This text should be in the library of any reader who has an interest in the topic of guns and the injuries they produce. While written with the practising forensic pathologist in mind, the book is appropriate forinvestigators, attorneys and other healthcare providers. The discussions offirearms and their features are very good and should help those withlimited knowledge about guns understand what they do, how they do it andthe terminology used in the field. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Ballistics    2. Criminal Evidence And Analysis    3. Firearms    4. Forensic Medicine    5. Forensic Science    6. Forensic ballistics    7. Forensic pathology    8. Gunshot wounds    9. Medical    10. Medical / Nursing    11. Pathology    12. Law / Forensic Science   

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Great book
The book was sent on time, and it cost less then other places that I looked at.Nice shape, and a great place to buy from.Kudo's!

CADAVER DOG HANDBOOK
This is an excellent book! Great for the civilian SAR Dog Handler or a person jutst doing research on the subject.
Best Reference Book Out There
I found this handbook well written, organized and thorough. A must have for anyone interested or involved in this specialized field of cadaver dog handlers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Procedure    2. Forensic Science    3. Forensic anthropology    4. Police dogs    5. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    6. Politics / Current Events    7. Reference    8. Science    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Training    11. Criminal investigation & detection    12. Law / Forensic Science   

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THE CSI OF COMPUTER EVIDENCE!!
Are you a law enforcement officer, system administrator, IT professional, legal professional or a computer forensics student? If you are, this book is for you! Author Christopher LT Brown, has done an outstanding job of writing a great book by focusing on the first two phases of the computer forensics process: computer evidence collection and preservation.
The Most Comprehensive Book on the Subject
This is a timely book as we are hearing more and more about the U.S. military and intelligence agencies collecting the computers used by terrorists. This same trend is appearing in conventional law enforcement. The amount of information that can be stored on a computer is, of course huge, also important is the transient: What web site is the computer viewing? What e-mail system is on-line? What can be gotten from the router being used?
Great resource
It seems that a lot of books on forensics concentrate on making a disk image of the hard drive being examined, filtering the information on the disk, and presenting it in proper format for court use.However, collecting and preserving the evidence is much more than imaging the hard disk.If the computer is still on then evidence may be in memory, potential evidence may be on routers, proxy servers, etc.This book details this part of forensic evidence gathering, an area often just skimmed over in other computer forensics texts.This is a critical aspect of investigation because it does not matter how well your filtering works and how much evidence you obtain if your data preservation was not done correctly and the evidence is inadmissible in court.
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Subjects:  1. Computer Books: General    2. Computer crimes    3. Computers    4. Computers - Computer Security    5. Computers - General Information    6. Forensic Science    7. Information Technology    8. Investigation    9. Security    10. Security - General    11. Computers / Networking / General    12. Criminal investigation & detection    13. Data security & data encryption   

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The Only Book Available on the Subject
The advent of fire arms spelt the end of the armored knight of old. Until very recently the soldier on the battlefield had no protection from being shot. The problem is that the only materials that would offer suitable protection was steel, and steel is so heavy that it is impractical to protect more than a small part of the body. Usually only the head was protected using helmets that offered some protection from the fragments of shrapnel of grenades and exploding artillery.
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Subjects:  1. Forensic Science    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Material Science    4. Military Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Technology / Material Science   

Subjects:  1. Forensic Psychology    2. Forensic Science    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Pediatrics    5. Psychiatry - General    6. Psychology    7. Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent    8. Adolescents    9. Children    10. Criminal or forensic psychology    11. Psychiatry   

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Criminal Interrogation and Confessions: bias and distortion at work
Old material that has been rehashed a number of times, but it is necessary to read it in order to understand the bias that is inherent in contemporary investigations.It is clearly illustrated that there is no actual scientific approach, no consideration of alternative explanations, but instead there is only an attempt to obtain confessions.Inbau, Reid, and others have never included consideration of other, more scientifically supported discussions such as those by Gudjunsson and G. Wells.The writing in the book is not very good.It is overly simple in style, and the organization is also simple, but not informative.Read the book for history and for understanding, but not for factual, supported knowledge.

Still the interrogator's Bible
Decades after its first edition, this is still considered the best work on interrogating a criminal suspect.The authors walk you through every step, towards the goal of clearing the innocent and eliciting confessions fromthe guilty.No detail or nuance is left unexplored, not only of thesuspect's behavior, but of your own as well.This book is a must read foranyone involved in criminal justice. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Confession (Law)    2. Criminal Law - General    3. Forensic Science    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Police questioning    7. United States    8. Criminal investigation & detection   

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Shaking habits
Originating from the Forensic University of Lausanne (Switzerland), the authors produced an up-to-date register of not only optico-physico-chemical skin impression developments, but also of their interpretation to produce a ridge (fingerprint, barefoot) individualization.Read more

Subjects:  1. Criminal Law - General    2. Criminal investigation    3. Fingerprints    4. Forensic Science    5. Forensic sciences    6. Identification    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Life Sciences - Human Anatomy & Physiology    9. Science    10. Science/Mathematics    11. Criminal investigation & detection    12. Law / Forensic Science   

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Masterpiece -- The Art and Science of Interviewing and Interrogation
This book is the benchmark by which all other books on the art and science of interviewing and interrogation should be measured.It is truly a grand tour in every sense of the term.The text covers the greatest discoveries, techniques and practices in the field, and provides valuable insights by the authors, who are widely acknowledged experts and seasoned practitioners.The historical basis for truth-determining techniques is discussed at some length.However, the book really shines in its coverage of interviewing and interrogation theories and techniques developed over the past eighty years, paralleling the great advancements in law enforcement and psychology.The authors present a concise, insightful and balanced examination of the significant theories and theoreticians in the field, all the while drawing upon their substantial knowledge and expertise when evaluating and assessing the various theories and techniques discussed throughout the book.Their observations on interrogation ethics post 9-11 are thought-provoking.
Effective Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques
I have read several books on this topic in the past.I found this book to be very interesting and easy reading.It contained excellent information applicable for anyone involved in the field of interviewing. This Book Delivers
I have just finished reading this book and I am thoroughly impressed with it's attention to detail, usable procedures, and overall organization.It was a very quick read, and I now feel like an expert in the art of interrogation.I am already confidently putting these new techniques into practice and seeing results.If your goal is attaining the truth in an interview situation, buy & read this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Forensic Psychology    2. Forensic Science    3. Interviewing    4. Interviewing in law enforcement    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Police questioning    7. Political Freedom & Security - Law Enforcement    8. Political Science    9. Politics/International Relations    10. Criminal investigation & detection    11. Psychology & Psychiatry / Forensic Psychology   

Subjects:  1. Chemistry - Organic    2. Forensic Medicine    3. Medical / Nursing    4. Polymer Chemistry    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Telechelic polymers    7. Materials science   

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Take a bite out of this book
Other odontology texts devote a mere few pages or maybe a chapter on bitemark evidence. This book is solely devoted to bitemarks and contains everything that you wanted to know about the topic, including minutae that would make an odontologist's toes curl.The text begins with a rather detailed history of landmark cases that used bitemark evidence to identify perpetrators of a crime (see Ted Bundy). The rest of the book takes the reader through the sequential process of bitemark identification, from the anatomy and physiology of bitemarks to the technical aspects of gathering, studying, and interpreting data from a typical bitemark case.The book is laden with color and b/w photos. There is also a very detailed section on presentation of bitemark evidence in court, as well as the controversial topic of reliability of bitemark data as the sole means of positively identifying criminals in a court of law.Indeed, the book is concept-heavy and overly detailed for the conventional forensics enthusiast (they may, dare I write it, find it a boring read);but if you're in the profession of forensics, whether it is pathology, odontology, or anthropology, or are thinking about pursuing it down the road, this book would serve as a terrific resource in your forensics armamentarium.
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The must have DNA Evidence book
If you can only buy one book about DNA evidence interpretation then get this one. The vast range of DNA topics this book covers is incredible. As well as giving the theory behind calculations it gives philosophies behind various schools of thought.
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Subjects:  1. DNA fingerprinting    2. Forensic Medicine    3. Forensic Science    4. Forensic genetics    5. Genetics    6. Law    7. Medical / Nursing    8. Criminal investigation & detection    9. DNA    10. Law / Forensic Science   

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a useful source
I found this book to be both interesting and informative and also very useful in writing a crime story.It will definitely give you an idea of how the cops in your story should act at a crime scene and what they should and shouldn't do.The book is also helpful even if your main character isn't a cop at all.I do have a couple of complaints about the book though.For one thing, the author gives way too much detail on some things.Like the fingerprints.The chapters on fingerprints seemed to be aimed more at someone who wants to become a fingerprint expert instead of just writing fiction about them.I found parts of the fingerprint chapters to be extremely boring and I even skipped through a small portion of it.Although some amount of detail can add realism to a story, I really cannot understand why anyone would want to put THAT much detail on fingerprints into a work of fiction.Secondly, the author slips into stories of personal experience several times in the novel.Most of the stories are interesting and could help a writer, but a couple of them just seem to be rambling by the author and really have nothing to add that would help anyone in writing a novel.But despite these complaints, I still found the book to be very useful and, for the most part, very interesting.I would definitely recommend it.

Scene of the Crime:The Howdunit Series
A great source of information on the field of Crime Scene Investigation.This books gives a great comprehensive overview of the field and how it may work from small towns to larger cities.A great source to find out if it may be something you would like to get into as a career.

A fingerprint in the Howdunit series
Scene of the Crime has lots of facts about fingerprints and examining possible pieces of evidence at a crime scene.I found the sections about identifying remains and what changes the body goes through after death very interesting. I learned a lot of information that will help me in my writing.Read more

Subjects:  1. Authorship    2. Composition & Creative Writing - Genre Fiction    3. Criminal Investigation    4. Forensic Science    5. General    6. Handbooks, manuals, etc    7. Reference    8. United States    9. Writing Skills    10. Writing & editing guides   

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Excellent Text
This book is an outstanding reference on crime scene investigation. Gardner writes from experience after many years with the US Army's Criminal Investigation Division, an agency known for their superb crime scene skills. Gardner's book covers the many facets of crime scene investigation with particular emphasis on documentation, one of the most important aspects. He presents the Army's 18-step method for crime scene processing which the reader will find to be an excellent model to follow.
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Subjects:  1. Crime scene searches    2. Criminal Law - General    3. Criminal investigation    4. Criminology    5. Evidence, Criminal    6. Forensic Science    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. Social Science    9. Sociology    10. Criminal investigation & detection    11. Law / Forensic Science   

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Too many problems
I found way too many problems with this text.I perform computer forensics investigations for a living, and would not recommend this book. There is too much focus on the DriveSpy program, and much of the information is repeated from chapter to chapter.This is an example of the reviewers not actually taking a look at the book. Your best bet is to purchase the book by Warren Kruse.

Just ok...
As a new examiner, I found this book somewhat useful, but I thought the book was edited horribly. It looks to me as though the publisher hired an English major to edit a Computer Forensics book... too bad... Do not buy this book used!You won't be able to use the CD
This book represents the core of what is wrong with corporate America today. This book is packaged with a CD that has software on it used throughout the book.What they don't tell you anywhere is that you must register the software using a unique and one time only coupon in the cd pouch.Furthermore the software then expires in 120 days.To not mention this limitation that basically makes the book useless for resale is very deceitful on the part of the publisher and the company that supplied the software.Never have I seen such B.S. before as this when it comes for games that publishers play!!!THIS INFORMATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN BIG BOLD LETTERS -- YOU CANNOT RESELL THIS BOOK DUE TO THE ONE-TIME USE OF THE ENCLOSED CD SOFTWARE -- ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Computer Books And Software    2. Computer Science    3. Computers    4. Forensic Science    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Networking - General    7. Computers / Networking / General