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Crime Scene and Evidence Photography
2nd Edition
ISBN 978-1-933373-07-2
© 2014 by Steven Staggs
Crime Scene and Evidence Photography, 2nd Edition is designed for those responsible for photography at the crime scene and in the laboratory. It may be used by law enforcement officers, investigators, crime scene technicians, and forensic scientists. It contains instructions for photographing a variety of crime scenes and various types of evidence. It is a valuable reference tool when combined with training and experience. Crime Scene and Evidence Photography is also a helpful resource for students and others interested in entering into the field of crime scene investigation. This book has been used as a textbook by a number of Colleges and Universities in their forensic photography courses.
This book is currently out of print but the author/publisher is making the book available at no charge via download under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction, provided the original work is properly cited and not changed in any way.
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Download the complete book (144 pages):
The complete book is a big file (47MB), so if you can't download it you can download the individual chapters:
- Front: Cover, Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Camera and Lighting
- Chapter 3: Crime Scene Fundamentals
- Chapter 4: Crime Scene: Crimes Against Persons
- Chapter 5: Crime Scene: Against Property
- Chapter 6: Crime Scene: Vehicles
- Chapter 7: Evidence Photography—Basic Concepts
- Chapter 8: Evidence Photography—At the Crime Scene
- Chapter 9: Evidence Photography—In the Laboratory
- End: References
See also the instructional videos on "Crime Scene and Evidence Photography"
About the Author
For 34 years Steven Staggs was a forensic photography instructor and trained more than 4,000 crime scene technicians and investigators for police and sheriff departments, district attorney offices, and federal agencies. He was also a guest speaker for investigator associations, appeared as a crime scene investigation expert on Discovery Channel's Unsolved History, and provided consulting to law enforcement agencies.
Steve has extensive experience in crime scene photography and identification. He has testified in superior court concerning his crime scene, evidence, and autopsy photography and has handled high profile cases including a nationally publicized serial homicide case.
Steve is the author of two books on crime scene and evidence photography, the text book Crime Scene and Evidence Photography and the Crime Scene and Evidence Photographer's Guide. The guide is a field handbook for crime scene and evidence photography, which sold over 10,000 copies and has been in use by investigators in more than 2,000 law enforcement agencies.
Steve retired in 2004 after 32 years in law enforcement having served as a detective and crime scene investigator, but continued to teach forensic photography and crime scene investigations at a university in Southern California. He is the President of Crime Scene Resources and Webmaster of the Crime Scene Investigator Network, the world's most popular Crime Scene Investigation and Forensic Science website (www.crime-scene-investigator.net).
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