1st Edition

Practical Cold Case Homicide Investigations Procedural Manual

By Richard H. Walton Copyright 2014
342 Pages 14 Color & 19 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

342 Pages
by CRC Press

342 Pages
by CRC Press

Designed for use by investigators in any agency, large or small , Practical Cold Case Homicide Investigations Procedural Manual provides an overview of the means and methods by which previously reported and investigated—yet unresolved—homicides might be solved. Written by an experienced cold case investigator and consultant, this convenient handbook is drawn from the author’s previous work,... Read more

Investigation

The Cold Case Concept

Case Reactivation and Review

Reading the File

Legal Issues and Prosecution

Investigation

Investigative Resources

ViCAP and Databases

FBI Resources

Death Certificate and Obituary

Coroners and Medical Examiners

Interviewing Senior Citizens

The Media in Cold Case Investigation

Cold Case Investigation Units

Technology

Friction-Ridge Impressions (Fingerprints)

Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems

Serology and DNA

Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)

Mitochondrial DNA Examination Of Cold Case Crime-Scene Hairs

National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN)

Investigative Tools

Forensic Anthropology

Forensic Odontology (Dentistry)

Forensic Exhumation

Criminal Investigative Analysis

Electronic Intercepts (Wiretaps)

Bloodstain Pattern Analysis in Homicide Cold Case Investigations

Luminol

Questioned Documents

Cold Case Polygraph

Geographic Profiling in Cold Case Investigations

Forensic Art

Index

Biography

Walton, Richard H.