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Subject(s)

• Bombing investigation [Browse]
• Explosions [Browse]
• Forensic sciences [Browse]

Series

• CRC series in practical aspects of criminal and forensic investigations. [More in this series]
• CRC Series in Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations

Summary note

Now in its Third Edition, Practical Bomb Scene Investigation explores the investigative process that improvised explosive device (IED) specialists undertake at the scene of an explosion. Providing easy-to-understand, step-by-step procedures for managing and processing a bomb scene, it enables investigators to find the evidence and then make sense of what is found. The book is not only a roadmap on how to find and collect evidence and assess the scene, but also provides instruction on identifying the bombmaker's signature through latent print, DNA, explosive residue, metallurgical, and toolmark examination and forensic analysis.

Notes

Earlier edition: 2011.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• chapter 1. Explosion theory and dynamics
• chapter 2. Identification and recognition of commercial, improvised, and military explosives
• chapter 3. Improvised explosive device components : pre- and postblast identification
• chapter 4. Investigation of the explosion scene and collection of evidence
• chapter 5. Bomb scene investigator and weapons of mass destruction
• chapter 6. Introduction to the identification of military ordnance
• chapter 7. Capabilities of the forensic laboratory : reading the bomber's signature
• chapter 8. Tactical postblast investigation.

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ISBN

• 1-4987-7310-9
• 1-315-22892-0
• 1-351-85761-4

OCLC

982451395

Doi

• 10.1201/9781315228921

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