
Rape Investigation Handbook
Description
Key Features
- Includes six new chapters on sex crimes, sex trafficking, forensic victimology, eyewitness reports, rape trauma syndrome and rapist motivations
- Written in a clear, practical style, ideal for sex crime investigators including: professionals in forensic nursing, forensic laboratories, law enforcement and the legal community
- Authored by qualified investigators and forensic professionals with over 30 years of collective experience working cases, preparing them for court and offering testimony
Readership
Table of Contents
SECTION I: An Introduction to Sex Crimes
1. Sex Crimes: An Overview
Brent E. Turvey2. Rape and Sexual Assault
John O. Savino and Brent E. Turvey3. Sex Trafficking: A Culture of Rape
John O. Savino and Brent E. TurveySECTION II: Investigative Response
4. The First Investigative Response
John O. Savino and Brent E. Turvey5. Investigative Crime Scene Management
John O. Savino and Brent E. Turvey6. Crime Scene Investigation in Sexual Assaults
John O. Savino and Brent E. Turvey, with Jodi Freeman7. Interviewing Suspects and Victims
John O. Savino and Brent E. TurveySECTION III: The Victim
8. Forensic Victimology in Cases of Sexual Assault
Brent E. Turvey9. Eyewitness Reports, Identifications and Testimony
Michael McGrath10. Rape Trauma Syndrome and the Investigation of Sexual Assault
Michael McGrath11. False Allegations of Sexual Assault
Brent E. Turvey and Michael McGrathSECTION IV: Physical Evidence
12. Sexual Assault Examination and Reconstruction
Brent E. Turvey and Charla Jamerson13. Investigating Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault
Stephen M. Pittel and Laila Spina14. DNA: Investigative Applications
Alan Sandomir, with John ButlerSECTION V: The Offender
15. Rapist Motivations
Brent E. Turvey and Jodi Freeman16. Rapist Modus Operandi and Signature
Brent E. Turvey and John O. Savino17. Investigating Serial Rape
John O. Savino and Brent E. Turvey18. Sex Crimes on Trial
John O. Savino and Brent E. TurveyAppendix I: OCJP 923: Forensic Medical Report: Acute (<72 hours) Adult/Adolescent Sexual Assault Examination form, State of California, Governor's Office of Criminal Justice Planning, revised July, 2002
Appendix II: OCJP 950: Forensic Medical Report: Sexual Assault Suspect Examination form, State of California, Governor's Office of Criminal Justice Planning, revised July, 2002
Appendix III: People v. Oliver Jovanovic: From Cybersex to Sexual Assault Allegations
Michael McGrathAppendix IV: Forensic Case Studies: False Reports of Sexual Assault
Brent E. Turvey
Product details
- No. of pages: 584
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2011
- Published: July 11, 2011
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780123860309
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780123860293
About the Editors
John Savino
Affiliations and Expertise
Brent Turvey
