Overview
Once a crime has been committed, police search for evidence to identify, catch, and convict the perpetrators. This book examines different types of evidence and how they are used to solve crimes. Evidence also looks at how key types of evidence have affected real-life criminal cases, the increasing role of technology in processing evidence, and the chain of custody, including issues of evidence tampering. Also discussed is DNA evidence, which has become important in many criminal cases, as well as expert and eyewitness testimony.
The Criminal Justice set takes readers on a step-by-step journey through crime, law enforcement, and criminal justice with a focus on these subjects in the United States of America. Each volume explains a major facet of crime and punishment and places it in context of the criminal justice system as a whole. Through historical and statistical facts combined with "you-are-there" case studies, this set will help readers understand crime, why and how laws are made and enforced, and the key social and political issues connected to criminal justice.
Synopsis
Once a crime has been committed, police search for evidence to identify, catch, and convict the perpetrators. This book examines different types of evidence and how they are used to solve crimes. Evidence also looks at how key types of evidence have affected real-life criminal cases, the increasing role of technology in processing evidence, and the chain of custody, including issues of evidence tampering. Also discussed is DNA evidence, which has become important in many criminal cases, as well as expert and eyewitness testimony.
The Criminal Justice set takes readers on a step-by-step journey through crime, law enforcement, and criminal justice with a focus on these subjects in the United States of America. Each volume explains a major facet of crime and punishment and places it in context of the criminal justice system as a whole. Through historical and statistical facts combined with "you-are-there" case studies, this set will help readers understand crime, why and how laws are made and enforced, and the key social and political issues connected to criminal justice.