Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, Seventh Edition (Hardcover)

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The book is clear, concise, and easy to understand... A copy should be in every police library!
-R.C. Grace
Department of Criminal Justice, California State University --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Description

This latest edition of Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation examines concepts, field-tested techniques and procedures, and technical information concerning crime scene investigation. It has been widely adopted by police academies, community colleges, and universities and is recommended for preparation for certification exams. Written in an easy-to-read style, this comprehensive text offers up-to-date technical expertise that the author has developed over many years in law enforcement. Includes check-off lists, case studies, and 16 pages of full-color illustrated photos. Also included is an appendix on equipment for crime scene investigations.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 544 pages
• Publisher: CRC; 7 edition (September 25, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 084931691X
• ISBN-13: 978-0849316913
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #335,936 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you really want to learn, this is the book for you!, January 17, 2002

By	Charles Brogdon (Ft. Worth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, Sixth Edition (Hardcover)

I teach crime scene techniques to police officers and this book is a mainstay for that instruction. This is the first text book a new CSI should read. If you are an old hand in crime scene you will still learn from Barry Fisher. This is not an old dry text book. Each chapter has real cases for reference. I found the book to be very interesting and it is required reading for all new CSIs in my agency (Tarrant Co. Sheriff's Office, Ft. Worth Texas). This is also one of the required reading texts for the level one crime scene certification examination of the International Association for Identification.

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Second Best Investigation Book, May 8, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation (5th ed) (Hardcover)

I don't know why anyone would buy this book. Not that it's a bad book, it's pretty good, but there's a better book for the money. I had to read this book to take my department's detective exam. A few years later I had to read "Criminal Investigation" (Swanson) to take the Sergeant's exam. "Criminal Investigation" is far and away the better book. Three times bigger, more topics, more techniques, more illustrations, more up to date by two years, and eight dollars cheaper. Fisher better hope that police departments keep making his book required reading, or no one will have a reason to buy it. Sorry, Barry!

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a career and practice in forensics entails, June 7, 2002

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, Sixth Edition (Hardcover)

Now in a newly updated and expanded sixth edition, Techniques Of Crime Scene Investigation by Barry A. J. Fisher, who draws upon his many years of experience and expertise as the Crime Laboratory Director for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and who is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice, California State University, Los Angeles, California, is a comprehensive, detailed text on the applied science forensic medicine. Written at college level for serious students of this fundamental profession, the meticulous, thorough explanations of each chapter will prove fascinating for anyone with an interest in forensics, enhanced for the reader with graphic details highlighted with numerous black-and-white photographs to present a clear overall picture of what a career and practice in forensics entails. Techniques Of Crime Science Investigation is a highly recommended text for anyone studying or considering the study of this aspect of police science.