Trace Evidence: Hair
by Kathy Steck- Flynn Edmond Locard was the founder of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyon in France. Locard believed that that when on person came in contact with…
Interpretation, Collection and Preservation of Glass Fragments
By Kathy Steck-Flynn A man is found dead in an abandoned house. Upon examination the medical examiner finds that the man was killed by a single gunshot to the head. Three local…
April 4, 2013October 13, 2013
Statement Analysis: What Do Suspects’ Words Really Reveal?
By Susan H. Adams, M.A. Special Agent Adams teaches statement analysis as part of interviewing and interrogation courses at the FBI Academy. This Article Originally Appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin,…
March 2, 2013March 2, 2013
Ninhydrin Processing
By Pat A. Wertheim This article originally appeared in Minutiae, the Lightning Powder Co. Newsletter, #45, November-December 1997. Perhaps the most productive and cost-effective method of developing latent fingerprints on paper is…
February 28, 2013October 13, 2013
Atmospheric Superglue Method
By Pat A. Wertheim This article originally appeared in Minutiae, the Lightning Powder Co. Newsletter, #44, Sep-Oct 1997. Some latent print technicians believe superglue should be listed second only to powder as…
February 28, 2013October 13, 2013
The Forensic Antropologist
By Robert W. Mann, M.A. and Douglas H. Ubelaker, Ph.D. Physical Anthropologists Department of Anthropology Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. This Article Originally Appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, July 1990. In…
February 27, 2013October 13, 2013
Intent Behind the Bullet
by D.H. Garrison, Jr. Originally published in the Association of Firearm Toolmark Examiners Journal, Oct. 1993. Just because a shot was fired, and just because someone was injured or died as a…
February 19, 2013October 13, 2013
An Introduction to Crime Scene Reconstruction for the Criminal Profiler
by Daryl W. Clemens This article originally appeared in the MAFS newsletter, 27(2), April 1998. Definitions: Crime Scene Reconstruction- The use of scientific methods, physical evidence, deductive reasoning and their interrelationships to…
February 19, 2013October 13, 2013
Why Crime Scene Reconstruction Does Not Answer the Why? Question
By Dean H. Garrison, Jr. This article originally appeared in the MAFS newsletter April 1996. “I tend not to try to determine why people do things at crime scenes.” -Criminalist Charles Morton…
February 14, 2013October 13, 2013
How to Enter a Crime Scene
By Dean H. Garrison, Jr. This editorial originally appeared in “The Scene”, the newsletter of the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction. The yellow tape is up. There are cops everywhere, and maybe…