Librería Servicio Médico

Author: Nordby

Language: English

Finishing: Hardcover, 645 pages

ISBN: 978-1-4200-5168-1

Edition Number: December 2012

Author information:

Jon J. Nordby runs Final Analysis Forensics, an independent consulting practice in death investigation, forensic science, and forensic medicine. He specializes in scientific scene reconstruction, evidence recognition, collection and analysis, ballistics, bloodstain pattern analysis and medical-legal death investigations.
He served the National Disaster Medical System with Region X DMORT, deploying to the scene of the 9-11 World Trade Center attack on the United States. He has worked as a medical investigator with the Pierce County and King County (Washington) medical examiners' offices and the British Columbia Coroner’s Service Forensic Unit. He also taught crime scene investigation and scientific evidence analysis to countless members of Washington State's legal, coroner, and law enforcement agencies. In addition, Dr. Nordby has investigated and reconstructed a number of officer-involved shootings as well as many homicide cases around the United States, Canada, and Europe. All the cases and discussions in this volume are developed from his own scientific work with each case and his investigative experience over the last 25 years.

Description:

Philosophers of science have long used reconstructive reasoning to develop historical explanations covering the origins of natural phenomenon. The application of the scientific method is a powerful tool for solving crimes through reconstruction of the events. Scientific Foundations of Crime Scene Reconstruction: Introducing Method to Mayhem demonstrates how to use the scientific method and exercise the critical thinking that is essential for the development of sound data and the construction of reliable explanations.

• Provides a clear yet rigorous account of the scientific method accessible to non-philosophers
• Supplies examples showing the application of scientific methods to the reconstruction of events that leave physical evidence at crime scenes
• Presents self-contained chapters—each with specific points about how a scene reconstruction is built upon the analysis of specific physical evidence
• Discusses the scope and limitations of physical evidence and the resulting analyses that they support in crafting scientific crime scene reconstructions
• Includes case studies of crime scene reconstructions from Dr. Nordby’s experience, complete with color photographs and laboratory notes

Moving systematically from case to case, this volume is an essential reference for forensic and law enforcement professionals who need to step into new or unfamiliar areas to understand how science can help them do their jobs. It enables forensic scientists to apply the natural sciences to casework in shooting and nonshooting cases. It also educates attorneys who need to understand scientific evidence and the process of crime scene reconstruction from the scientific point of view.

Features:

• Provides scientific support for crime scene events
• Shows scientific investigators how to conduct their own experiments
• Presents real case studies upon which Dr. Nordby’s experiments were based
• Discusses interpretation and reporting of analyses
• Includes more than 800 color photographs

Table of Contents:

SHOOTINGS

• Three Strikes and Out 
• Introduction to a Shooting Reconstruction 
• Ballistics and Scientific Method 
• The Scope of This Reconstruction 
• Hoodie Analysis: Photogrammetry Method 
• Use of the Autopsy Photos in the Shooting Reconstruction 
• Reconstruction Methods 
• External Autopsy Photographs and Developed Measurements of Entrances and Exits 
• Shooting Reconstruction of Deal’s Position for the 1-Second, Three-Shot Sequence Only 
• Laboratory Notes and Drawings 
• Laboratory Photographs: Clothing and Other Items Submitted to the Laboratory 
• Microscopy 
• Entrance Wounds and Scene Measurements, Photogrammetry, and Total Station Measurements for Limited Shooting Reconstruction 
• The Medical Examiner’s Autopsy Report 
• Scientific Shooting Reconstruction Independent Measurements 
• Trajectory and Muzzle Movement in Triple-Tap Firing 
• Instrument Calibration and Validation Data 
• Misplaced Method 
• The Scene 
• Shotguns, Shells, and Sabots 
• Other Shotgun Injuries to Document 
• Search of the Premises 
• The State’s Expert "Reconstructionist" Reconstructs the Shooting Murder from the Clues 
• Revisiting the Scene Science: The Problem of Data 
• Testing to Develop Scientific Inferences from Data 
• Scientific Inferences from the Decedent’s Sweater 
• Scientific Inferences from the Suspect’s Glasses 
• Scientific Conclusions about the Shooting Events 
• The Room with the View 
• Case Review 
• Autopsy Terminal Ballistics 
• Examination of Smith & Wesson Revolver 
• Trace Evidence 
• Bloodstain Pattern Summary: Clothing, Bedding, and Cloth Items 
• Ballistics 
• Issues with a Small Room and Powerful Ammunition 
• The Experiment’s Conclusion 
• Results 
• Maxalline’s Injury Hypothesis 
• Clothing Examination: The Blue Sweatshirt from Lesella 
• Blanket Folded on Bed 
• Yellow Towel 
• Red Bedspread 
• White Pillow 
• Bedsheet 
• Basic Progress 
• See No Evil 
• "Ballistics" Further Clarified 
• Gunshot Residue as Trace Evidence Analysis and Analytical Chemistry 
• Posing the Questions 
• Scene Visit 
• Evidence Examinations 
• Crime Scene 
• Scene Reconstruction Based upon Physical Evidence Examined 
• Brief Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Glossary 
• A Christmas Story 
• Target Construction Based upon My Analysis of Jimmy DeLauro’s Jacket 
• U.S. Model 856 Air Rifle 
• Canadian Model 856 Air Rifle
• Summary of the Project 
• Summary of Conclusions
• Medical Data 
• Ballistics and Firearms/Bullet Examinations 
• Comments Regarding the Limits of Both the Data and the Conclusions 
• Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dancer
• Official Stories 
• My Assignment 
• Scene of Shooting 
• Evidence Examination: Item #10 Orange Jacket 
• Evidence Examination: Item #11 Black Nylon Pants 
• Trajectory Analysis: Item #10 Orange Jacket, Item # 11 Black Pants, and Autopsy Data 
• Scene Photographs 
• Limited Trajectory Analysis 
• Evidence Examination: Item #5 Old English Label Bottle—Broken Pieces of Glass 
• Shooting Evidence Examination: Item #6 "Black Bag Containing Miscellaneous Items" 
• Use of Deadly Force Issues 
• Crime Scene Shooting Reconstruction Summary 
• Laboratory Notes and Evidence Photographs 
• Postscript 
• Man Down 
• Administrators’ Use of the Shooting Reconstruction 
• Further Administrative Review 
• Reconstruction Data 

NONSHOOTINGS

• A Flash in the Pan 
• Basis for Arson Determination 
• Analysis of the Data 
• Fire Basics 
• Melting Points of Common Substances 
• Flash Points and Autoignition Temperatures 
• J.B.J. Fourier, French Mathematician and Physicist: Heat Transfer 
• Testing and Experiments 
• Aftermath: Trial 
• The Party’s Over 
• Bloodstain Pattern Analysis and Scientific Method 
• Conclusions and Their Basis 
• Documentation in Reconstruction Reports 
• Data and Interpretations 
• Medical Examination: Defendant’s Injuries 
• Bloodstain Pattern Analysis: Examination of Bloodstains and Trace Evidence 
• The Dagger 
• Event Reconstruction Based Upon Data Supplied 
• Developing Additional Data 
• Brief Illustrated Reconstruction 
• Dagger, Decedent’s Left Hand Injury and Bloodstained Clothing 
• The Dagger and Its Location in the Truck 
• Brief Summary of Overall Conclusions 
• Manner of Death Issues 
• The Picture of a Crime 
• Issue and Focus 
• The Videotape Data 
• Method: Photogrammetry 
• Photographic Comparisons 
• The Best Method Possible versus This Method of Relative Approximation 
• Caveats 
• Addendum: Bertillon’s Anthropometric Calculations for Identification 
• Cold Case Crackpots 
• Introduction: "Cold Cases" and Forensic Science 
• Science versus Nonscience 
• Case Review 
• Summary of Basic Conclusions 
• Shoe Print Evidence 
• Necessary Preliminaries for Photoanalysis 
• Photogrammetry Again (Measurements from Photos) 
• Pattern Matching and Analysis 
• Tracker Report: The Photographic Evidence 
• The Photos in General 
• Bloodstain Pattern Evidence 
• Decedent’s Position(s) and Movements Based on BPA and Autopsy Data 
• Limited Crime Scene Reconstruction: Postmortem Position Only 
• Sciences That Could Have Been Applied in 1973, in 1986, or Now 
• Negative Effects of Evidence Destruction 
• Bombs Away 
• The Device and the ATF Review 
• The Device Errata 
• Description and Analysis of the Device 
• Testing the Device 
• Alternative Contexts and Their Effects on the Device 
• The Brothers Grimm 
• Scene Description 
• Examination of the Suspect 
• Examination of the Knife 
• The Scenario 
• Testing of Force Required to Reproduce the Victim’s Fatal Injury 
• Examination of Bloodstain Patterns and Trace Evidence 
• Crime Scene Analysis: One-Story Residence 
• Crime Scene Reconstruction 
• Photographs from Final Analysis Forensics 
• Slow But Sure: Testudines Chelonia 
• The Evidence and the Trial 
• The Injuries 
• Histology Study 

APPENDIX A: Error Rates, Certainty Factors, and Confidence Coefficients
APPENDIX B: Bloodstain Pattern Basics
INDEX

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