Complete Crime Scene Investigation Workbook

This specially developed workbook can be used in conjunction with the Complete Crime Scene Investigation Handbook (ISBN: 9781498701440) in group training environments, or for individuals looking for independent, stepbystep selfstudy guide. It presents an abridged version of the Handbook, supplying both students and professionals with the most critical points and extensive handson exercises for skill enhancement. Filled with more than 350 fullcolor images, the Complete Crime Scene Investigation Workbookwalks readers through selftests and exercises they can perform to practice and improve their documentation, collection, and processing techniques.Most experienced crime scene investigators will tell you that it is virtually impossible to be an expert in every aspect of crime scene investigations. If you begin to specialize too soon, you risk not becoming a wellrounded crime scene investigator. Establishing a complete foundation to the topic, the exercises in this workbook reinforce the concepts presented in the Handbook with a practical, realworld application.As a crime scene investigator, reports need to be more descriptive than they are at the patrol officer level. This workbook provides a range of scenarios around which to coordinate multiple exercises and lab examples, and space is provided to write descriptions of observations. The book also supplies stepbystep, fully illustrative photographs of crime scene procedures, protocols, and evidence collection and testing techniques.This lab exercise workbook is ideal for use in conjunction with the Handbook, both in group training settings, as well as a standalone workbook for individuals looking for handson selfstudy. It is a musthave resource for crime scene technicians, investigators, and professionals who want a complete manual of crime scene collection and processing techniques.