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By
Eric Stauffer, School of Criminal Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Monica Bonfanti, Technical Head, Forensic Services, Geneva State Police, Switzerland
Description
Forensic Investigation of Stolen-Recovered and Other Crime-Related Vehicles is the ultimate reference guide for any auto theft
investigator, crime scene technician, criminalist, police investigator, criminologist, or insurance adjuster. In addition to a thorough
treatment of auto theft, the book covers vehicles involved in other forms of crime?dealing extensively with the various procedures and
dynamics of evidence as it might be left in any crime scene. An impressive collection of expert contributors covers a wide variety of
subjects, including chapters on vehicle identification, examination of burned vehicles, vehicles recovered from under water, vehicles
involved in terrorism, vehicle tracking, alarms, anti-theft systems, steering columns, and ignition locks. The book also covers such
topics as victim and witness interviews, public and private auto theft investigations, detection of trace evidence and chemical traces,
vehicle search techniques, analysis of automotive fluids, vehicle registration document examination, and vehicle crime mapping.
Audience
Crime scene investigators, arson experts, insurance agents and agencies, forensic consultants, accident investigators and reconstructionists,
law enforcement officials, Private Security Consultants, forensic engineers, and lawyers.
Contents
1 - The Problem of Auto-Theft
Mikel Longman
2 - Victim and Witness Interviews and Collection of Circumstantial Information
Jean-Francois
Chevalley
Manuel Poza
3 - General Crime Scene Considerations and Documentation
Moira Johnson
Simone Reynolds
4 – Forensic Examination
of Stolen-Recovered Vehicles
Part I: Technical Examination and General Forensic Traces
Marc Demierre
Part II: Chemical Traces - Drugs,
Explosives, and Gunshot Residue
Francesco Saverio Romolo
5 - Traces and their Evidentiary Values
Eric Stauffer
6 - Vehicle Identification
William T. Smylie
7 - Restoration of Serial Numbers
Dr. Horst Katterwe
8 - Anti-Theft Systems
Robert F. Mangine
9 - Examination of
Steering Columns and Ignition Locks
Robert F. Mangine
10 - Examination of Vehicle Keys
Emmanuel Fivaz
Monica Bonfanti
11 - Analysis
of Vehicle Fluids
Eric Stauffer
12 - Examination of Burned Vehicles
Eric Stauffer
13 - Examination of Vehicles Recovered Underwater
Jean-Francois Voillot
14 - Examination of Vehicle License Plates
Didier Brossier
15 - Examination of Vehicle Registration Documents
Diana Ombelli
16 - Vehicle Searching Procedures
Stephane Kummer
17 - Examination of Vehicles Involved in Terrorism
Greg Terp
18 -
Investigation from the Public Side
Greg Terp
19 - Investigation from the Private Side
Part I: The European Perspective
Marc Stauffer
Part II: The US Perspective
Glenn Wheeler
20 - Vehicle Tracking
Greg Terp
21 - Vehicle Crime Mapping
Jerry Ratcliffe
22 - International
Collaboration Through Interpol
Alain G. Barbier
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 632 pages, publication date: AUG-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-088486-5
ISBN-10: 0-12-088486-0
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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