Arson Investigation
Written by Katherine Steck-Flynn The Fire Arson investigation starts with the fire itself. To create and sustain a fire three factors must be present. The three factors are known as the fire…
Hidden Evidence: Latent Prints on Human Skin
By Ivan Ross Futrell Mr. Futrell is a supervisory fingerprint specialist in the Latent Fingerprint Section of the FBI Laboratory in Washington, D.C. This Article Originally Appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement…
January 26, 2013October 13, 2013
Violent Crime Scene Analysis: Modus Operandi, Signature, and Staging
By John E. Douglas, Ed.D. Special Agent Chief of the Investigative Support Unit FBI Academy and Corinne Munn Served as Honors Intern FBI Academy This Article Originally Appeared in the FBI Law…
January 26, 2013October 13, 2013
The Criminal Sexual Sadist
By Robert R. Hazelwood, M.S. Special Agent National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime FBI Academy Quantico, Virginia and Park Elliott Dietz, M.D., Forensic Psychiatrist Newport Beach, California Clinical Professor of Psychiatry…
January 26, 2013October 13, 2013
Case Study: Conviction Through Enhanced Fingerprint Identification
This article originally appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, December 1992. In March 1990, an unknown assailant sexually molested and fatally stabbed a young woman. At the crime scene, an investigator…
January 26, 2013October 13, 2013
Successful Interviewing
By James R. Ryals, Commander Long Beach, California, Police Department This article originally appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, March 1991. Interviewing is one form of communication used extensively by law…
January 26, 2013October 13, 2013
Why Suspects Confess
By David D. Tousignant, M.A. Inspector Lowell, Massachusetts, Police Department This article originally appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, March 1991. Many criminal cases, even when investigated by the most experienced…
January 26, 2013October 13, 2013
Child Abuse: Munchausen’s Syndrome By Proxy
By Kathryn A. Hanon Investigator Orlando, Florida, Police Department This article originally appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, December 1991. The range of investigations for modern day law enforcement officers is…
January 26, 2013October 13, 2013
Serological Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations
By Robert R.J. Grispino, M.A. Special Agent Serology Unit, Laboratory Division FBI Headquarters This Article Originally Appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, October 1990. NOTE: The following article presents a purely…
January 26, 2013October 13, 2013
The Criminal Behavior of the Serial Rapist
By Robert R. Hazelwood, M.S. Special Agent Behavioral Science Instruction/Research Unit Quantico, VA and Janet Warren, D.S.W. Institute of Psychiatry and Law University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA This Article Originally Appeared in…