Crime Reconstruction

"In this update of the 2006 edition, forensic scientists/consultants discuss reconstructionist approaches to crimes and courtroom presentation of, and testimony on, the physical evidence. This text for advanced students includes case examples with photographs, guidelines for evidence identification and wound analysis, experiments (e.g., to assess bloodstain patterns), an evidence dynamics protocol, review questions, a glossary, companion website, and web references to a report on sharp force homicide, a bloodstain pattern case study, and staged crime scene analysis. The authors also consider the impact of future technologies on interpreting forensic evidence, and educational reforms in the field." --SciTech Book News (2011)

William Jerry Chisum has been a criminalist since 1960. He studied under Dr. Paul L. Kirk at U.C. Berkeley, worked in San Bernardino, and set up the Kern County Laboratory in Bakersfield. After joining the California Dept. of Justice, he took a leave of absence (1971-73) to work at Stanford Research Institute. He has been President of the California Association of Criminalists three times, and has also served as President of the American Society of Crime Lab Directors. In October of 1998, he retired from 37 years of public service but continues working as a private consultant. An accomplished teacher and lecturer, he has also been published in many forensic science journals and books. Brent Turvey, PhD is the author of Criminal Profiling: An Introduction to Behavioral Evidence Analysis, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Editions (1999, 2002, 2008, 2011); co- author of the Rape Investigation Handbook, 1st and 2nd Editions (2004, 2011), Crime Reconstruction 1st and 2nd Editions (2006, 2011), Forensic Victimology (2008) and Forensic Fraud (2013) - all with Elsevier Science. He hold an MS in Forensic Science and a PhD in Criminology. He is a full partner, Forensic Scientist, Criminal Profiler, and Instructor with Forensic Solutions, LLC, and The Forensic Criminology Institute.
Dr. Turvey also maintains a caseload of femicides (e.g., sexual homicides, gender motivated homicides), pre-femicidal violence, trafficking, and human rights cases in Latin America. Many of these are related to drug trafficking and human trafficking. This involves the implementation of the UN Model Protocol for Femicide Investigation in Latin America, with The Forensic Criminology Institute's Behavioral Science Lab (BSL). In operation since 2019, the BSL collaborates with USAID, The United Nations, and The Attorney Generals Office in Bogota DC, providing international support and training to attorneys , investigators and forensic professionals.

SECTION 1: THE FORENSIC EXAMINER 1 Forensic Science 2 A History of Crime Reconstruction 3 Crime Reconstruction: Ethos and Ethics 4 Observer Effects and Examiner Bias: Psychological Influences on the Forensic Examiner 5 Practice Standards for the Reconstruction of Crime

SECTION 2: THE CRIME SCENE 6 Evidence Dynamics 7 Crime Scene Investigation 8 Methods of Crime Reconstruction 9 Staged Crime Scenes

SECTION 3: THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10 Trace Evidence in Crime Reconstruction 11 Wound Pattern Analysis 12 Reconstruction Using Bloodstain Evidence 13 Shooting Incident Reconstruction, Part I 14 Shooting Incident Reconstruction, Part II 15 Fire Scene Reconstruction 16 Sexual Assault: Issues in Evidence Examination and Interpretation 17 Reconstructing Digital Evidence

SECTION 4: THE COURTROOM 18 Crime Reconstruction: Expert Testimony and the Law 19 Forensic Examination Reports 20 Reconstruction Court Presentation and Testimony

Appendix I: Crime Reconstruction Report - Sharp Force Homicide - Brent E. Turvey II: Bloodstain Pattern Case Study - W. Jerry Chisum III: Staged Crime Scene Analysis - Brent E. Turvey