Crime & Clues
The Art and Science of Criminal Investigation
Shooting Reconstruction Training I’ll be presenting with John Paolucci at this years ICSIA conference and talking about shooting reconstruction. “Two veteran instructors have teamed up to share their experience on how to work scenes involving…
This is a video produced by the FBI in the 1960’s. A lot has changed since then, but a lot remains the same as well. This isn’t a completely awful guide to…
Interesting article over at Forensic Magazine: Devil’s in the Details for Ed Hueske, Who Wrote the Book on Shooting Reconstructions
This is a really cool video from the Shooting Scene Investigation class I taught last week. Thanks to the Jacksonville, AR Police department for playing host.
Interesting historic video on crime scene investigation and forensic science. I have a copy as well, that I purchased on DVD from the National Archives. The date on the original is a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Dwayne S. Hilderbrand, CLPE Lead Latent Print Examiner Scottsdale Police Crime Lab This article originally appeared in Minutiae, The Lightning Powder Co. Newsletter, Nov-Dec 1995, p. 2-5, 11. “The scope of a…