SECTION 1: THE SCIENCE OF CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION1. The “Forensic
Mindset2. What Is a Crime Scene?
SECTION 2: PERSONNEL AND PROCEDURES3. Personnel4. General Crime
Scene Procedure
SECTION 3: DETECTION AND RECONSTRUCTION5. Searching for Evidence:
Recovery6. Evidence Types and Enhancement7. Crime Scene
Reconstruction
SECTION 4: SPECIAL CRIME SCENES8. Special Crime Scenes
A textbook addressing the science behind the scenes and demonstrates the latest methods and technologies in depth
Dr. Max M. Houck is an international forensic expert with over 25
years of experience. Houck has experience in the private sector,
academia, local government, and worked at the Federal Bureau of
Investigation Laboratory Division. He has worked as a forensic
anthropologist, a trace evidence analyst, a researcher, and has
managed millions of dollars in grants and awards. Most recently, he
was the inaugural Director of the Department of Forensic Sciences
in Washington, D.C., overseeing 150 employees and managing the
forensic science laboratory, the public health laboratory, and
crime scene sciences for the nation’s capital. Houck has worked on
a number of mass casualty scenes, including the Branch Davidian
Investigation and the September 11, 2001 attack on the
Pentagon.
Widely published, Houck has dozens of peer-reviewed journal
articles and is the author and editor of numerous books. He is
co-author of the best-selling Fundamentals of Forensic Science,
Science of Crime Scenes, and Success with Expert Testimony, among
others. He is the editor of the Advanced Forensic Science series of
books. Houck is also founding co-editor of Forensic Science Policy
and Management (the official journal of ASCLD), the only journal
that addresses the management, policy, and administration of
forensic science.
Houck has served on numerous committees, including for the National
Academies of Science, NIST, Interpol, The Royal Society, the
Director of the FBI, and the White House. He is a popular public
speaker and has given presentations at NASA, the Max Planck
Institute, an Oxford Roundtable, as well as keynote talks at
numerous international conferences. Houck has taught at several
universities, including West Virginia University and University of
Tampa. His research topics include management, leadership, and
policy implications for forensic organizations.
Houck has a Bachelors and Masters degree in anthropology from
Michigan State University. He received his Ph.D. in Applied
Chemistry Summa Cum Laude from Curtin University in Perth,
Australia. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. MPhil
and PhD from the University of Lausanne, Frank Crispino is a former
Cadet of the French Air Force Academy and a retired Colonel of the
French Gendarmerie, qualified from the French War College (the
Gendarmerie is a French police with a military status). During his
law enforcement career, he served as:
- Head of two Gendarmerie regional criminal investigations
departments in charge of investigating serious, organized
international crimes and preventing terrorist incidents;
- Deputy chief of the anti-terrorism office at the General
Directorate of the French Gendarmerie in Paris.
- Head of the forensic anthropology department (1993-1997) and the
fingerprint department (1997-1999) at the Institut de Recherche
Criminelle de la Gendarmerie Nationale (IRCGN – Forensic Lab of the
Gendarmerie).
- Forensic adviser of the Brigadier General, head of the forensic
assets of the Gendarmerie, in charge of proposing new strategies to
develop forensic intelligence.
From February 1999 to July 2002 he provided forensic capacities to
the Palestinian Authority granted by the European Union within the
Oslo Agreements, and became Scientific and Forensic Adviser of the
European Union Special Adviser Office (EUSAO) in the West Bank and
the Gaza Strip on counter-terrorism. He left the Middle East after
the destruction of the Palestinian forensic assets in 2002.
In the summer of 2012, prof. Frank Crispino joined the University
of Quebec in Trois-Rivières, Canada, to launch the first forensic
academic programme in this French Canadian Province, aiming at
educating forensic scientists dedicated to security traces
investigation and analysis. He is the author of about 50 papers in
various forensic and security journal. Mr. McAdam has 40 years of
experience in the field of forensic investigations. He has served
with distinction both the Washington State Patrol (30 years) and
The Northern Ireland Forensic Science Service (10 years). He is
currently employed as the Laboratory Director of the Washington
State Patrol Crime Laboratory in Seattle, Washington. He is also a
proud graduate of the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, where
he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1979. He has
developed subject matter expertise and decades of total experience
in the following areas of trace evidence:
• Glass analysis (23 years)
• Paint analysis (23 years)
• Small particle identification (23 years)
• Fibers (14 years)
• Explosives (3 years)
• Hair (17 years)
• Clothing damage interpretation (20 years)
• Scanning Electron Microanalysis (17 years)
• Shoe impressions (14 years)
• Tire impressions (14 years)
Furthermore, during the course of his career, Terry McAdam has
personally processed over 330 violent felony crime scenes, to
include homicides and rapes (175), arsons and bombings (60), hit
and run accidents (45), and firearms assaults (50). Terry McAdam
has also played an integral role in the investigations of both the
Robert Lee Yates (Spokane and Tacoma serial murder) and the Gary
Leon Ridgeway (Green River serial murder) cases. He has testified
in various felony cases in superior and federal courts throughout
the State of Washington on 175 occasions involving trace evidence
and crime scene processing. In addition to his academic credentials
and work experience, Terry McAdam has successfully completed nearly
900 hours of additional education and training in forensic science
and crime scene technology during his tenure with the Washington
State Patrol.
"This is a valuable resource text for anyone training crime scene
investigators or in being one. It is wonderfully comprehensive in
its treatment of the discipline from basic critical logic and
management through the intimidating complexities of today’s crime
scene processing. [...] It would be suggested reading for all
laboratory forensic scientists who should want to know what the
bits and pieces they are analyzing in the laboratory really mean in
the context of crime scene investigation and crime reconstruction."
--CSEye
"…crime scene investigators will learn that returning to this book
after each crime scene will lead to steady improvement of their
skills from initial contact with a crime through testimony in
court. The Science of Crime Scene is the first successful crime
scene investigation manual for the information age." --Karl
Williams, Chief Medical Examiners, Office of the Allegheny County
Medical Examiner, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA "The second edition
of The Science of Crime Scenes is not only excellent text for
forensic scientists and crime scene investigators, but also a great
reference book for the detective, prosecutor, and defense attorney.
As the end user of the forensic sciences, I must understand what is
possible (and not) as well as the mindset that is behind the work.
This book provides that and more, and will be a well highlighted
occupant of my bookshelf." – James Trainum (Criminal Case
Consultant, Homicide Detective (Retired)
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