Police Books Part Two
Trying an LJ cut before my biblio part 2. These biblios are long, they aren't short. And once they hit the website they will be longer. Hope there aren't any duplicate entries but this is, after all, a draft.
FORENSICS, ETC.
Hidden Evidence: The Use of Forensic Science in Solving Crime
Author(s): David Owen
Publisher(s): Reader's Digest Association
ISBN: 0762102314
Binding: Hardcover 240 pages
Publication Date: 1999-10
Once it took a thief to catch a thief; these days it more often takes forensic scientists the experts who scrutinize fibers and fabrics, tire tracks and shoe prints, cell scrapings and bloodstains. Journalist and engineer Owen's first book shows how these scientists work and what they discover. Forensic geologists trace pebbles and soil; engineers examine aircraft panels and wreckage to find the cause of a crash. Forensic pathologists investigate corpses for their time and manner of death; chemists test hair and blood for DNA. Owen organizes his book by type of evidence, which sometimes corresponds to manner of death: drowning, hanging, poison, guns, and the identification of bodies each get chapters. Each case shows how the scientists work. Some concern famous victims (Czar Nicholas II) or notorious criminals (Josef Mengele); some date from the 19th century, while others show off advanced technology. Fingerprints are the oldest way to prove a person's presence at a crime scene. Another early tool, the comparison microscope, presented two magnified images side by side, making it easy to check if, for example, two bullets came from the same gun. Forensic scientists don't just catch criminals, we learn; they also save lives by preventing accidents. When a U.S.S. Iowa turret blew up in 1989, killing 47 sailors, the navy labeled the disaster sabotage; explosives experts discovered the real cause, a flaw in the guns' loading procedures, thus preventing repeats of the tragedy. More than 420 photos (many in color) enhance the text, and retired L.A. coroner Thomas Noguchi and mystery writer Kathy Reichs vouch for the book in two short introductions
Understanding the Arsonist: From Assessment To Confession
Author(s): Dian L. Williams, Dian L., Ph.d. Williams
Publisher(s): Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company
ISBN: 1930056583
Binding: Paperback 195 pages
Publication Date: 2005-02-28
Topics include: • Firesetting history • Identifying an Arsonist • Interrogation Strategies • Recent research and studies • Arsonist motivation • Actual interviews with arsonists • Types of fires • The Experimental or Curiosity Firesetter • The Delinquent Firesetter • The Though-Disordered Firesetter • The Revenge Firesetter • Thrill Seeker Firesetters • The Disordered Coping Firesetter • Risks for arson
Lie Detectors: A Social History
Author(s): Kerry Segrave
Publisher(s): McFarland & Company
ISBN: 0786416181
Binding: Paperback 218 pages
Publication Date: 2003-11
Price: $36.50
The polygraph, most commonly known as the lie detector, was created and refined by academics in university settings with support from a few early police agencies. This work is a history of the machine, from the experimental work of the late 1800s that led directly to its creation, until the present.
It covers early lie detectors and their inventors from the 1860s to the early 1920s, their use by the police and other law enforcement agencies in the 1930s and their use in Cold War America in the 1940s and 1950s. It then discusses the government's use of the polygraph in the 1960s, the PSE, a new take on the old polygraph, and private businesses' reliance on the polygraph in the 1970s and the government's increasing reluctance to use it in the 1980s. A chapter on new ideas and uses for the polygraph in the 1990s and after concludes the book.
A Fly for the Prosecution: How Insect Evidence Helps Solve Crimes
Author(s): M. Lee Goff
Product Group: Book
Publisher(s): Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674007271
Binding: Paperback 240 pages
Publication Date: 2001-09
The forensic entomologist turns a dispassionate, analytic eye on scenes from which most people would recoil--human corpses in various stages of decay, usually the remains of people who have met a premature end through accident or mayhem. To Lee Goff and his fellow forensic entomologists, each body recovered at a crime scene is an ecosystem, a unique microenvironment colonized in succession by a diverse array of flies, beetles, mites, spiders, and other arthropods: some using the body to provision their young, some feeding directly on the tissues and by-products of decay, and still others preying on the scavengers. Using actual cases on which he has consulted; Goff shows how knowledge of these insects and their habits allows forensic entomologists to furnish investigators with crucial evidence about crimes. Even when a body has been reduced to a skeleton, insect evidence can often provide the only available estimate of the postmortem interval, or time elapsed since death, as well as clues to whether the body has been moved from the original crime scene, and whether drugs have contributed to the death. An experienced forensic investigator who regularly advises law enforcement agencies in the United States and abroad, Goff is uniquely qualified to tell the fascinating if unsettling story of the development and practice of forensic entomology.
ABUSE, DEAD BODIES, ETC.
Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death
Jessica Snyder Sachs
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Perseus Books Group (October, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN: 0738207713
What the Corpse Revealed
Author(s): Hugh Miller
Publisher(s): St. Martin's True Crime
ISBN: 0312975732
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 2000-12-15
Death Investigator's Handbook (Illustrated)
By Louis N. Eliopulos
Hardcover / 961 Pages / Paladin Pr / June 2003 / 1581604130
Chemistry and Crime: From Sherlock Holmes to Today's Courtroom
Publisher(s): American Chemical Society
ISBN: 0841207844
Binding: Hardcover 135 pages
Publication Date: 1984-02
Price: $30.00
An illuminating view of forensic science in fact and fiction. Underlines the relationship between detective fiction and the development of modern forensics. Begins with examples of chemistry at work in the novels of crime fiction writers such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Dorothy L. Sayers. Recounts how the sleuthing techniques in detective fiction laid the foundation for the sophisticated analytical methods of modern forensic science. Relates case histories in which modern forensics played a keynote role
The Medical Documentation of Torture
Author(s): Vincent Iacopino
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1841100684
Binding: Hardcover 238 pages
Publication Date: 2002-01-03
Poison Evidence (Forensic Crime Solvers)
by Michael Dahl
Abusive Head Trauma: Quick Reference for Healthcare Professionals, Social Services and Law Enforcement
by Kay Rauth-Farley, Lori Frasier, Robert Parrish, Randall Alexander
Spiral-bound: 350 pages
Publisher: G. W. Medical Publishing; Spiral edition (July, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 1878060570
Sized to fit in a pocket or briefcase, Abusive Head Trauma Quick Reference allows users of the text to conveniently carry vital information into an examination setting. It contains all of the pertinent information on recognizing injuries, identifying children at risk, and implementing preventive measures, but is arranged in an easy-to-retrieve format for the professional who needs an immediate reference. In addition to assisting in a medical or social service setting, it also details the application of medical and scientific data to legal investigation and prosecution procedures. Abusive Head Trauma Quick Reference is an ideal resource for any professional active in the fields of medicine, social services, education, law enforcement, or legal prosecution. This reference: delivers comprehensive information for diagnosing abusive head trauma in children; details signs and symptoms of associated injuries; conveniently travels for professional use in the field investigation of abusive head injury cases; offers a user-friendly reference for the evaluation and investigation of abusive head injury cases; walks the reader through the evaluation procedures of a child abuse case involving head injury; uses full-color photographs to help professionals interpret findings; includes information on abusive head trauma written for all professionals involved in these cases, including physicians, law enforcement and social service personnel, attorneys, rehabilitation specialists, and educators.
WORDS, DOCUMENTS
Language Crimes: The Use and Abuse of Language Evidence in the Courtroom (Language Library)
Author(s): Roger W. Shuy
Publisher(s): Blackwell Publishers
ISBN: 063120153X
Binding: Paperback 208 pages
Publication Date: 1996-05
Solicitation to murder, bribery, threatening, extortion, perjury - all these are criminal acts whose medium is language. Since the 1970s American law enforcement agencies have been covertly tape recording conversations to bring such crimes to justice. With increasing frequency the decision of the court has come to turn on this taped evidence - and on unraveling the ambiguity and misunderstanding such evidence brings. Language Crimes tells the story of some of the remarkable cases in which Roger Shuy, as a linguist, has served as an expert witness. They include the trial of automobile executive John DeLorean and the U. S. Senate hearing concerning disciplinary action to be taken against Senator Harrison A Williams in the wake of the FBI's Abscam operation, as well as the cases of lesser known, average Americans, including a San Jose jeweler, a Honolulu union representative, a Kansas City lawyer and two Nevada brothel commissioners. These are intriguing stories which show the power of the study of language to assist the courts to achieve justice.
Just Words: Law, Language, and Power (Chicago Series in Law and Society)
Author(s): John M. Conley, William M. O'Barr
Publisher(s): University Of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226114872
Binding: Paperback 184 pages
Publication Date: 1998-08-01
Is it "just words" when a lawyer cross-examines a rape victim in the hopes of getting her to admit an interest in her attacker? Is it "just words" when the Supreme Court hands down a decision or when business people draw up a contract? In tackling the question of how an abstract entity exerts concrete power, Just Words focuses on what has become the central issue in law and language research: what language reveals about the nature of legal power.
Conley and O'Barr show how the microdynamics of the legal process and the largest questions of justice can be fruitfully explored through the field of linguistics. Each chapter covers a language-based approach to a different area of the law, from the cross-examinations of victims and witnesses to the inequities of divorce mediation. Combining analysis of common legal events with a broad range of scholarship on language and law, Just Words seeks the reality of power in the everyday practice and application of the law. As the only study of its type, the book is the definitive treatment of the topic that will be welcomed by students and specialists alike.
Forensic Aspects of Speech Patterns: Voice Prints, Speaker Profiling, Lie and Intoxication Detection
Author(s): Dennis C. Tanner, Matthew E. Tanner
Publisher(s): Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, Incorpor
ISBN: 1930056400
Binding: Paperback 140 pages
Publication Date: 2004-01
Speech patterns play an increasingly important role in criminal investigation and litigation. Historically, a suspect's speech has always provided cues about truthfulness, mental and emotional states, and levels of intoxication. Accent and dialect have also given information about an individual's homeland. However, since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, speech patterns have taken on more important forensic roles. Voice prints are being used to verify the authenticity of terrorists' taped messages, and psychological stress evaluation (fluctuations in laryngeal micro-tremors) of their speech provides information about truthfulness and deception. Voice psychological stress evaluation also can be used to provide information about general levels of anxiety and tension of speakers in airports and other ports of entry. Accent and dialect can be used in speaker profiling as one method of determining whether a suspect is traveling from a hostile country. Finally, speech patterns provide important screening information about intoxication giving law enforcement officers probable cause for detainment and further investigation.
Forensic Aspects of Speech Patterns: Voice Prints, Speaker Profiling, Lie and Intoxication Detection provides lawyers, judges, and law enforcement personnel with basic information when using speech patterns as investigative and litigating tools. The chapters in this book address the basics of human communication, phonetics, anatomy and physiology, speech acoustics, relevant disorders, and the forensic applications.
Advances in the Forensic Analysis and Dating of Writing Ink
Author(s): Richard L. Brunelle, Kenneth R. Crawford
Publisher(s): Charles C. Thomas, Publisher Ltd
ISBN: 0398073473
Binding: Paperback 215 pages
Publication Date: 2003-01
Price: $39.95
The use of the forensic examination and dating of inks on questioned documents has become common, and law enforcement agencies rely heavily on these techniques during criminal investigations whenever there is some question as to when a document was written. In this book, the authors describe the many advances that have occurred in the field of forensic examination and dating of inks on documents. Actual laboratory procedures for examining and dating inks and other related substances are described, as well as the forensic applications of these techniques in criminal and civil litigations. In addition, the authors provide discussion theories for each type of chemical analysis which serve as useful guidelines for explaining the science to lay juries. Major chapter topics include: Historical Development, Ink Analysis Training and Coordination, Ink Chemistry, Methods of Analysis, Forensic Comparison and Identification by Chromatography and Densitome-try, Instrumental Analysis of Inks, Ink Libraries, Ink Dating, Experiments on Ink Dryness Tests, Results of Case Examinations, and Court Admissibility of Relative Age Comparison Techniques. This book will be useful to chemists involved in dating examination work, lawyers trying cases using these techniques, and professors teaching in the field of forensic sciences. In addition, it will be useful serving as a methods manual and reference text for forensic science students.
Forging History: The Detection of Fake Letters and Documents
Rendell, Kenneth W. (1994), Norman, OK: Oklahoma.
Detecting and Deciphering Erased Pencil Writing
Author(s): Ordway Hilton
Publisher(s): C.C. Thomas
ISBN: 0398057230
Binding: Hardcover 125 pages
Publication Date: 1991-04
ISBN: 0-398-05711-7 / 0398057117
Title: The Police Officer's Guide to Survival, Health and Fitness
Author: John F. Reintzell
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
Edition: Hardcover
Scientific Examination of Questioned Documents, Revised Edition
Author(s): Ordway Hilton
Publisher(s): CRC-Press
ISBN: 0849395100
Binding: Hardcover 448 pages
Publication Date: 1992-09-17
Price: $126.95
Disputed document inquiries encompass extensive and varied technical examinations, unique phases of investigation, and specialized legal presentations. This book serves as a guide to all aspects of a questioned document covering the broad spectrum of the work as it is practiced today. From the work of the field investigator and the examination of a document to the presentation of evidence in court, Scientific Examination of Questioned Documents provides a comprehensive approach that is ideal as a training manual for document examiners, investigators, and attorneys.
IMAGES
Sketchcops
by Michael Streed
Author(s): Michael Streed
Publisher(s): PublishAmerica
ISBN: 159286628X
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 2004-02
SketchCops: True Stories From Those Who Draw the Line Against Crime
True Stories from Those Who Draw the Line Against Crime explores the myths about police sketch artists and some of the amazing cases they've been involved with and even helped solve. In this book, the reader will learn about techniques used to develop police sketches and meet some of the leading people in the field, both past and present; as well as learning about the psychological and emotional impact of this high profile investigative tool. Historical anecdotes and the effect of technology will be explored, giving the reader a solid background in what it takes to develop a police sketch. One thing's for sure, after reading SketchCops, you'll never look at a face the same way again!
Mug Shots: A Police Artist's Guide to Remembering Faces
Author(s): Douglas P. Hinkle
Publisher(s): Paladin Press
ISBN: 0873645723
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 1990-09
USE OF FORCE
Officer-Involved Shootings and Use of Force: Practical Investigative Techniques
Author(s): David E. Hatch
Publisher(s): CRC Press
ISBN: 084931268X
Binding: Paperback 200 pages
Publication Date: 2002-09-27
Price: $59.95
Develop easy-to-follow policies that apply to your department's needs. Every time an officer discharges his weapon, whether or not anyone is hit, there is an investigation. However, most police agencies have allowed their investigations to evolve and change as each incident occurs, causing public distrust, unnecessary litigation, and great harm to the agency's and officers' reputations. Officer-Involved Shootings and Use of Force shows that consistent protocols for investigation help avoid these needless repercussions. Known as one of the leading experts on the use of force and officer-involved shootings, author David Hatch provides guidelines for the development of use-of-force investigative policies that will address the concerns of the agency, the employee involved, and the community. These now standardized procedures have proven effective for him over the course of 125 cases.
After the smoke clears: surviving the police shooting: an analysis of the post officer-involved shooting trauma
by Clarence E. Jones, Jr
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : C.C. Thomas, c1989.
ISBN: 0398055270 DDC: 363.232 LCC: HV8141
Police Use-Of-Force Case Law: The Complete Trainer/Instructor Guide
Author(s): Dave Rose, Rocky Warren
Publisher(s): Varro Pr
ISBN: 1888644370
Binding: Hardcover 124 pages
Publication Date: 2004-06
Understanding police use of force: officers, suspects, and reciprocity
Geoffrey P. Alpert, Roger G. Dunham
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Cambridge University Press, 2004.
ISBN: 0521837731 DDC: 363.232 LCC: HV8080
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the context of police use of force -- 1.Police use of force: the history of research -- 2.The crucial element: finding research sites -- 3.Findings from Miami-Dade police department study -- 4.The sequential steps in use-of-force incidents in the Miami-Dade police department -- 5.Miami-Dade police department: inconsistencies between officer and suspect accounts of the use of force -- 6.Findings from Prince George's county police department -- 7.Findings and summary -- 8.Explaining police use of force: the breakdown of an authority maintenance ritual -- App. Frequencies of force sequences for first through tenth actions.
Into the Kill Zone: A Cop's Eye View of Deadly Force
Author(s): David Klinger
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
ISBN: 0787973750
Binding: Hardcover 304 pages
Publication Date: 2004-04-02
Price: $24.95
What's it like to have the legal sanction to shoot and kill? This compelling and often startling book answers this, and many other questions about the oft-times violent world inhabited by our nation's police officers. Written by a cop-turned university professor who interviewed scores of officers who have shot people in the course of their duties, Into the Kill Zone presents firsthand accounts of the role that deadly force plays in American police work. This brilliantly written book tells how novice officers are trained to think about and use the power they have over life and death, explains how cops live with the awesome responsibility that comes from the barrels of their guns, reports how officers often hold their fire when they clearly could have shot, presents hair-raising accounts of what it's like to be involved in shoot-outs, and details how shooting someone affects officers who pull the trigger. From academy training to post-shooting reactions, this book tells the compelling story of the role that extreme violence plays in the lives of America's cops.
POLICE EXAMINATIONS
POLICE SERGEANT EXAM
Author(s): LearningExpress, LearningExpress Editors
Product Group: Book
Publisher(s): LearningExpress
ISBN: 1576853357
Binding: Paperback 288 pages
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
California State Police Exam : Complete Preparation Guide (Learning Express Law Enforcement Series California)
Author(s): LearningExpress
Publisher(s): LearningExpress
ISBN: 1576850056
Binding: Paperback 192 pages
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
This book offers practice tests based on the official California Police Officer Exam, along with the most-up-to date information on hiring procedures, sample applications, salary and benefits, requirements and qualifications, and more. In addition, California State Police Exam includes listings of law enforcement degree programs, customized study planners, hundreds of sample questions and answers and explanations, review of critical basic skills, and tips for passing the physical ability test and the oral interview.
Arco Police Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain Promotion Exams (Police Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Captain Promotion Exams)
Author(s): Francis M. Connolly, George J. Mullins
Publisher(s): ARCO
ISBN: 0768907063
Binding: Paperback 394 pages
Publication Date: 2001-09
THE PUBLIC AND THE POLICE
Beat the Heat : How to Handle Encounters with Law Enforcement
Author(s): Katya Komisaruk
Product Group: Book
Publisher(s): AK Press
ISBN: 1902593553
Binding: Paperback 192 pages
Publication Date: 2004-04-01
Price: $14.00
Saying the right thing during an encounter with the police can mean the difference between going home and going to jail. Beat the Heat gives you a set of easy-to-remember legal tactics for protecting yourself and the people you care about. Written by a Harvard-trained criminal defense lawyer, this illustrated street law manual teaches you exactly:
You & the Police!
Author(s): Boston T. Party, Kenneth W. Royce
Product Group: Book
Publisher(s): Javelin Pr
ISBN: 1888766018
Binding: Paperback 901 pages
Publication Date: 1996-01
Price: $15.00
A concise citizen's guide to understanding and exercising your rights during any police confrontation. For example, if you get pulled over for a broken tail-light and then the officer asks to search your trunk--how do you respond? This tidy book will explain all!
When in Doubt Check Him Out: A Woman's Survival Guide for the '90s
Author(s): Joseph J. Culligan
Publisher(s): Hallmark Press
Product Group: Book
ISBN: 0963062123
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 1997-12
FORENSICS, ETC.
Hidden Evidence: The Use of Forensic Science in Solving Crime
Author(s): David Owen
Publisher(s): Reader's Digest Association
ISBN: 0762102314
Binding: Hardcover 240 pages
Publication Date: 1999-10
Once it took a thief to catch a thief; these days it more often takes forensic scientists the experts who scrutinize fibers and fabrics, tire tracks and shoe prints, cell scrapings and bloodstains. Journalist and engineer Owen's first book shows how these scientists work and what they discover. Forensic geologists trace pebbles and soil; engineers examine aircraft panels and wreckage to find the cause of a crash. Forensic pathologists investigate corpses for their time and manner of death; chemists test hair and blood for DNA. Owen organizes his book by type of evidence, which sometimes corresponds to manner of death: drowning, hanging, poison, guns, and the identification of bodies each get chapters. Each case shows how the scientists work. Some concern famous victims (Czar Nicholas II) or notorious criminals (Josef Mengele); some date from the 19th century, while others show off advanced technology. Fingerprints are the oldest way to prove a person's presence at a crime scene. Another early tool, the comparison microscope, presented two magnified images side by side, making it easy to check if, for example, two bullets came from the same gun. Forensic scientists don't just catch criminals, we learn; they also save lives by preventing accidents. When a U.S.S. Iowa turret blew up in 1989, killing 47 sailors, the navy labeled the disaster sabotage; explosives experts discovered the real cause, a flaw in the guns' loading procedures, thus preventing repeats of the tragedy. More than 420 photos (many in color) enhance the text, and retired L.A. coroner Thomas Noguchi and mystery writer Kathy Reichs vouch for the book in two short introductions
Understanding the Arsonist: From Assessment To Confession
Author(s): Dian L. Williams, Dian L., Ph.d. Williams
Publisher(s): Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company
ISBN: 1930056583
Binding: Paperback 195 pages
Publication Date: 2005-02-28
Topics include: • Firesetting history • Identifying an Arsonist • Interrogation Strategies • Recent research and studies • Arsonist motivation • Actual interviews with arsonists • Types of fires • The Experimental or Curiosity Firesetter • The Delinquent Firesetter • The Though-Disordered Firesetter • The Revenge Firesetter • Thrill Seeker Firesetters • The Disordered Coping Firesetter • Risks for arson
Lie Detectors: A Social History
Author(s): Kerry Segrave
Publisher(s): McFarland & Company
ISBN: 0786416181
Binding: Paperback 218 pages
Publication Date: 2003-11
Price: $36.50
The polygraph, most commonly known as the lie detector, was created and refined by academics in university settings with support from a few early police agencies. This work is a history of the machine, from the experimental work of the late 1800s that led directly to its creation, until the present.
It covers early lie detectors and their inventors from the 1860s to the early 1920s, their use by the police and other law enforcement agencies in the 1930s and their use in Cold War America in the 1940s and 1950s. It then discusses the government's use of the polygraph in the 1960s, the PSE, a new take on the old polygraph, and private businesses' reliance on the polygraph in the 1970s and the government's increasing reluctance to use it in the 1980s. A chapter on new ideas and uses for the polygraph in the 1990s and after concludes the book.
A Fly for the Prosecution: How Insect Evidence Helps Solve Crimes
Author(s): M. Lee Goff
Product Group: Book
Publisher(s): Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674007271
Binding: Paperback 240 pages
Publication Date: 2001-09
The forensic entomologist turns a dispassionate, analytic eye on scenes from which most people would recoil--human corpses in various stages of decay, usually the remains of people who have met a premature end through accident or mayhem. To Lee Goff and his fellow forensic entomologists, each body recovered at a crime scene is an ecosystem, a unique microenvironment colonized in succession by a diverse array of flies, beetles, mites, spiders, and other arthropods: some using the body to provision their young, some feeding directly on the tissues and by-products of decay, and still others preying on the scavengers. Using actual cases on which he has consulted; Goff shows how knowledge of these insects and their habits allows forensic entomologists to furnish investigators with crucial evidence about crimes. Even when a body has been reduced to a skeleton, insect evidence can often provide the only available estimate of the postmortem interval, or time elapsed since death, as well as clues to whether the body has been moved from the original crime scene, and whether drugs have contributed to the death. An experienced forensic investigator who regularly advises law enforcement agencies in the United States and abroad, Goff is uniquely qualified to tell the fascinating if unsettling story of the development and practice of forensic entomology.
ABUSE, DEAD BODIES, ETC.
Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death
Jessica Snyder Sachs
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Perseus Books Group (October, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN: 0738207713
What the Corpse Revealed
Author(s): Hugh Miller
Publisher(s): St. Martin's True Crime
ISBN: 0312975732
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 2000-12-15
Death Investigator's Handbook (Illustrated)
By Louis N. Eliopulos
Hardcover / 961 Pages / Paladin Pr / June 2003 / 1581604130
Chemistry and Crime: From Sherlock Holmes to Today's Courtroom
Publisher(s): American Chemical Society
ISBN: 0841207844
Binding: Hardcover 135 pages
Publication Date: 1984-02
Price: $30.00
An illuminating view of forensic science in fact and fiction. Underlines the relationship between detective fiction and the development of modern forensics. Begins with examples of chemistry at work in the novels of crime fiction writers such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Dorothy L. Sayers. Recounts how the sleuthing techniques in detective fiction laid the foundation for the sophisticated analytical methods of modern forensic science. Relates case histories in which modern forensics played a keynote role
The Medical Documentation of Torture
Author(s): Vincent Iacopino
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1841100684
Binding: Hardcover 238 pages
Publication Date: 2002-01-03
Poison Evidence (Forensic Crime Solvers)
by Michael Dahl
Abusive Head Trauma: Quick Reference for Healthcare Professionals, Social Services and Law Enforcement
by Kay Rauth-Farley, Lori Frasier, Robert Parrish, Randall Alexander
Spiral-bound: 350 pages
Publisher: G. W. Medical Publishing; Spiral edition (July, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 1878060570
Sized to fit in a pocket or briefcase, Abusive Head Trauma Quick Reference allows users of the text to conveniently carry vital information into an examination setting. It contains all of the pertinent information on recognizing injuries, identifying children at risk, and implementing preventive measures, but is arranged in an easy-to-retrieve format for the professional who needs an immediate reference. In addition to assisting in a medical or social service setting, it also details the application of medical and scientific data to legal investigation and prosecution procedures. Abusive Head Trauma Quick Reference is an ideal resource for any professional active in the fields of medicine, social services, education, law enforcement, or legal prosecution. This reference: delivers comprehensive information for diagnosing abusive head trauma in children; details signs and symptoms of associated injuries; conveniently travels for professional use in the field investigation of abusive head injury cases; offers a user-friendly reference for the evaluation and investigation of abusive head injury cases; walks the reader through the evaluation procedures of a child abuse case involving head injury; uses full-color photographs to help professionals interpret findings; includes information on abusive head trauma written for all professionals involved in these cases, including physicians, law enforcement and social service personnel, attorneys, rehabilitation specialists, and educators.
WORDS, DOCUMENTS
Language Crimes: The Use and Abuse of Language Evidence in the Courtroom (Language Library)
Author(s): Roger W. Shuy
Publisher(s): Blackwell Publishers
ISBN: 063120153X
Binding: Paperback 208 pages
Publication Date: 1996-05
Solicitation to murder, bribery, threatening, extortion, perjury - all these are criminal acts whose medium is language. Since the 1970s American law enforcement agencies have been covertly tape recording conversations to bring such crimes to justice. With increasing frequency the decision of the court has come to turn on this taped evidence - and on unraveling the ambiguity and misunderstanding such evidence brings. Language Crimes tells the story of some of the remarkable cases in which Roger Shuy, as a linguist, has served as an expert witness. They include the trial of automobile executive John DeLorean and the U. S. Senate hearing concerning disciplinary action to be taken against Senator Harrison A Williams in the wake of the FBI's Abscam operation, as well as the cases of lesser known, average Americans, including a San Jose jeweler, a Honolulu union representative, a Kansas City lawyer and two Nevada brothel commissioners. These are intriguing stories which show the power of the study of language to assist the courts to achieve justice.
Just Words: Law, Language, and Power (Chicago Series in Law and Society)
Author(s): John M. Conley, William M. O'Barr
Publisher(s): University Of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226114872
Binding: Paperback 184 pages
Publication Date: 1998-08-01
Is it "just words" when a lawyer cross-examines a rape victim in the hopes of getting her to admit an interest in her attacker? Is it "just words" when the Supreme Court hands down a decision or when business people draw up a contract? In tackling the question of how an abstract entity exerts concrete power, Just Words focuses on what has become the central issue in law and language research: what language reveals about the nature of legal power.
Conley and O'Barr show how the microdynamics of the legal process and the largest questions of justice can be fruitfully explored through the field of linguistics. Each chapter covers a language-based approach to a different area of the law, from the cross-examinations of victims and witnesses to the inequities of divorce mediation. Combining analysis of common legal events with a broad range of scholarship on language and law, Just Words seeks the reality of power in the everyday practice and application of the law. As the only study of its type, the book is the definitive treatment of the topic that will be welcomed by students and specialists alike.
Forensic Aspects of Speech Patterns: Voice Prints, Speaker Profiling, Lie and Intoxication Detection
Author(s): Dennis C. Tanner, Matthew E. Tanner
Publisher(s): Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, Incorpor
ISBN: 1930056400
Binding: Paperback 140 pages
Publication Date: 2004-01
Speech patterns play an increasingly important role in criminal investigation and litigation. Historically, a suspect's speech has always provided cues about truthfulness, mental and emotional states, and levels of intoxication. Accent and dialect have also given information about an individual's homeland. However, since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, speech patterns have taken on more important forensic roles. Voice prints are being used to verify the authenticity of terrorists' taped messages, and psychological stress evaluation (fluctuations in laryngeal micro-tremors) of their speech provides information about truthfulness and deception. Voice psychological stress evaluation also can be used to provide information about general levels of anxiety and tension of speakers in airports and other ports of entry. Accent and dialect can be used in speaker profiling as one method of determining whether a suspect is traveling from a hostile country. Finally, speech patterns provide important screening information about intoxication giving law enforcement officers probable cause for detainment and further investigation.
Forensic Aspects of Speech Patterns: Voice Prints, Speaker Profiling, Lie and Intoxication Detection provides lawyers, judges, and law enforcement personnel with basic information when using speech patterns as investigative and litigating tools. The chapters in this book address the basics of human communication, phonetics, anatomy and physiology, speech acoustics, relevant disorders, and the forensic applications.
Advances in the Forensic Analysis and Dating of Writing Ink
Author(s): Richard L. Brunelle, Kenneth R. Crawford
Publisher(s): Charles C. Thomas, Publisher Ltd
ISBN: 0398073473
Binding: Paperback 215 pages
Publication Date: 2003-01
Price: $39.95
The use of the forensic examination and dating of inks on questioned documents has become common, and law enforcement agencies rely heavily on these techniques during criminal investigations whenever there is some question as to when a document was written. In this book, the authors describe the many advances that have occurred in the field of forensic examination and dating of inks on documents. Actual laboratory procedures for examining and dating inks and other related substances are described, as well as the forensic applications of these techniques in criminal and civil litigations. In addition, the authors provide discussion theories for each type of chemical analysis which serve as useful guidelines for explaining the science to lay juries. Major chapter topics include: Historical Development, Ink Analysis Training and Coordination, Ink Chemistry, Methods of Analysis, Forensic Comparison and Identification by Chromatography and Densitome-try, Instrumental Analysis of Inks, Ink Libraries, Ink Dating, Experiments on Ink Dryness Tests, Results of Case Examinations, and Court Admissibility of Relative Age Comparison Techniques. This book will be useful to chemists involved in dating examination work, lawyers trying cases using these techniques, and professors teaching in the field of forensic sciences. In addition, it will be useful serving as a methods manual and reference text for forensic science students.
Forging History: The Detection of Fake Letters and Documents
Rendell, Kenneth W. (1994), Norman, OK: Oklahoma.
Detecting and Deciphering Erased Pencil Writing
Author(s): Ordway Hilton
Publisher(s): C.C. Thomas
ISBN: 0398057230
Binding: Hardcover 125 pages
Publication Date: 1991-04
ISBN: 0-398-05711-7 / 0398057117
Title: The Police Officer's Guide to Survival, Health and Fitness
Author: John F. Reintzell
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
Edition: Hardcover
Scientific Examination of Questioned Documents, Revised Edition
Author(s): Ordway Hilton
Publisher(s): CRC-Press
ISBN: 0849395100
Binding: Hardcover 448 pages
Publication Date: 1992-09-17
Price: $126.95
Disputed document inquiries encompass extensive and varied technical examinations, unique phases of investigation, and specialized legal presentations. This book serves as a guide to all aspects of a questioned document covering the broad spectrum of the work as it is practiced today. From the work of the field investigator and the examination of a document to the presentation of evidence in court, Scientific Examination of Questioned Documents provides a comprehensive approach that is ideal as a training manual for document examiners, investigators, and attorneys.
IMAGES
Sketchcops
by Michael Streed
Author(s): Michael Streed
Publisher(s): PublishAmerica
ISBN: 159286628X
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 2004-02
SketchCops: True Stories From Those Who Draw the Line Against Crime
True Stories from Those Who Draw the Line Against Crime explores the myths about police sketch artists and some of the amazing cases they've been involved with and even helped solve. In this book, the reader will learn about techniques used to develop police sketches and meet some of the leading people in the field, both past and present; as well as learning about the psychological and emotional impact of this high profile investigative tool. Historical anecdotes and the effect of technology will be explored, giving the reader a solid background in what it takes to develop a police sketch. One thing's for sure, after reading SketchCops, you'll never look at a face the same way again!
Mug Shots: A Police Artist's Guide to Remembering Faces
Author(s): Douglas P. Hinkle
Publisher(s): Paladin Press
ISBN: 0873645723
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 1990-09
USE OF FORCE
Officer-Involved Shootings and Use of Force: Practical Investigative Techniques
Author(s): David E. Hatch
Publisher(s): CRC Press
ISBN: 084931268X
Binding: Paperback 200 pages
Publication Date: 2002-09-27
Price: $59.95
Develop easy-to-follow policies that apply to your department's needs. Every time an officer discharges his weapon, whether or not anyone is hit, there is an investigation. However, most police agencies have allowed their investigations to evolve and change as each incident occurs, causing public distrust, unnecessary litigation, and great harm to the agency's and officers' reputations. Officer-Involved Shootings and Use of Force shows that consistent protocols for investigation help avoid these needless repercussions. Known as one of the leading experts on the use of force and officer-involved shootings, author David Hatch provides guidelines for the development of use-of-force investigative policies that will address the concerns of the agency, the employee involved, and the community. These now standardized procedures have proven effective for him over the course of 125 cases.
After the smoke clears: surviving the police shooting: an analysis of the post officer-involved shooting trauma
by Clarence E. Jones, Jr
Publisher: Springfield, Ill. : C.C. Thomas, c1989.
ISBN: 0398055270 DDC: 363.232 LCC: HV8141
Police Use-Of-Force Case Law: The Complete Trainer/Instructor Guide
Author(s): Dave Rose, Rocky Warren
Publisher(s): Varro Pr
ISBN: 1888644370
Binding: Hardcover 124 pages
Publication Date: 2004-06
Understanding police use of force: officers, suspects, and reciprocity
Geoffrey P. Alpert, Roger G. Dunham
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Cambridge University Press, 2004.
ISBN: 0521837731 DDC: 363.232 LCC: HV8080
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the context of police use of force -- 1.Police use of force: the history of research -- 2.The crucial element: finding research sites -- 3.Findings from Miami-Dade police department study -- 4.The sequential steps in use-of-force incidents in the Miami-Dade police department -- 5.Miami-Dade police department: inconsistencies between officer and suspect accounts of the use of force -- 6.Findings from Prince George's county police department -- 7.Findings and summary -- 8.Explaining police use of force: the breakdown of an authority maintenance ritual -- App. Frequencies of force sequences for first through tenth actions.
Into the Kill Zone: A Cop's Eye View of Deadly Force
Author(s): David Klinger
Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
ISBN: 0787973750
Binding: Hardcover 304 pages
Publication Date: 2004-04-02
Price: $24.95
What's it like to have the legal sanction to shoot and kill? This compelling and often startling book answers this, and many other questions about the oft-times violent world inhabited by our nation's police officers. Written by a cop-turned university professor who interviewed scores of officers who have shot people in the course of their duties, Into the Kill Zone presents firsthand accounts of the role that deadly force plays in American police work. This brilliantly written book tells how novice officers are trained to think about and use the power they have over life and death, explains how cops live with the awesome responsibility that comes from the barrels of their guns, reports how officers often hold their fire when they clearly could have shot, presents hair-raising accounts of what it's like to be involved in shoot-outs, and details how shooting someone affects officers who pull the trigger. From academy training to post-shooting reactions, this book tells the compelling story of the role that extreme violence plays in the lives of America's cops.
POLICE EXAMINATIONS
POLICE SERGEANT EXAM
Author(s): LearningExpress, LearningExpress Editors
Product Group: Book
Publisher(s): LearningExpress
ISBN: 1576853357
Binding: Paperback 288 pages
Publication Date: 2000-01-01
California State Police Exam : Complete Preparation Guide (Learning Express Law Enforcement Series California)
Author(s): LearningExpress
Publisher(s): LearningExpress
ISBN: 1576850056
Binding: Paperback 192 pages
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
This book offers practice tests based on the official California Police Officer Exam, along with the most-up-to date information on hiring procedures, sample applications, salary and benefits, requirements and qualifications, and more. In addition, California State Police Exam includes listings of law enforcement degree programs, customized study planners, hundreds of sample questions and answers and explanations, review of critical basic skills, and tips for passing the physical ability test and the oral interview.
Arco Police Sergeant, Lieutenant and Captain Promotion Exams (Police Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Captain Promotion Exams)
Author(s): Francis M. Connolly, George J. Mullins
Publisher(s): ARCO
ISBN: 0768907063
Binding: Paperback 394 pages
Publication Date: 2001-09
THE PUBLIC AND THE POLICE
Beat the Heat : How to Handle Encounters with Law Enforcement
Author(s): Katya Komisaruk
Product Group: Book
Publisher(s): AK Press
ISBN: 1902593553
Binding: Paperback 192 pages
Publication Date: 2004-04-01
Price: $14.00
Saying the right thing during an encounter with the police can mean the difference between going home and going to jail. Beat the Heat gives you a set of easy-to-remember legal tactics for protecting yourself and the people you care about. Written by a Harvard-trained criminal defense lawyer, this illustrated street law manual teaches you exactly:
You & the Police!
Author(s): Boston T. Party, Kenneth W. Royce
Product Group: Book
Publisher(s): Javelin Pr
ISBN: 1888766018
Binding: Paperback 901 pages
Publication Date: 1996-01
Price: $15.00
A concise citizen's guide to understanding and exercising your rights during any police confrontation. For example, if you get pulled over for a broken tail-light and then the officer asks to search your trunk--how do you respond? This tidy book will explain all!
When in Doubt Check Him Out: A Woman's Survival Guide for the '90s
Author(s): Joseph J. Culligan
Publisher(s): Hallmark Press
Product Group: Book
ISBN: 0963062123
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 1997-12