TY - JOUR
AU - Sutton, Raul
AB - Book Reviews specific overview approach that underpins most of Dale,W.M.andBecker,W.S.(Eds) the book is extended here and so the reader is left (2007). with a feel for the process. THE CRIME SCENE:HOW FORENSIC SCIENCE There follows a discussion of two specialized types of crime scene: vehicles; and deceased persons. In WORKS both chapters the intention is to give an overview of New York: Kaplan Press. ISBN: 978-1- the processes involved and the types of information 42779632-5, £10.00 that an investigator is looking for. Some of the con- siderations to take into account when processing a This book is aimed at a non-specialist audience, such vehicle are described. There seems to be overlap here as serving law enforcement officers and legal per- between the role of serving enforcement officers and sonnel, as an introduction to the forensic process. crime scene investigators and this may be because in The book begins with several chapters detailing the certain jurisdictions in the United States, the same evidence gathering process, from the initial identi- role may be performed by one person. Thus, the fication of a crime scene, and the role of the first text discusses what to do with someone suspected officer on the 
TI - Dale, W. M. and Becker, W. S. (Eds) (2007). The Crime Scene: How Forensic Science Works
JF - Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice
DO - 10.1093/police/pap036
DA - 2009-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/dale-w-m-and-becker-w-s-eds-2007-the-crime-scene-how-forensic-science-jg4MqQFE9Y
SP - 388
EP - 389
VL - 3
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
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