Cold Case Homicides: Practical Investigative Techniques

 Content: Preface --
 Acknowledgments --
 Contributing authors --
 Introduction --
 Part I. Investigation. Chapter 1. The cold case problem / Richard H. Walton --
 Chapter 2. Case file review / Richard H. Walton --
 Chapter 3. Read the book : learn the case / Richard H. Walton --
 Chapter 4. Investigation / Richard H. Walton --
 Chapter 5. The prosecution of cold case murders / Anne Marie Schubert --
 Chapter 6. Databases : ViCAP, HITS, and TracKRS / Richard H. Walton --
 Chapter 7. FBI : NCJIS and NCIC / Richard H. Walton --
 Chapter 8. Interviewing senior citizens / Richard H. Walton --
 Chapter 9. Death certificate and obituary / Richard H. Walton --
 Chapter 10. The coroner\'s inquest / Richard H. Walton --
 Chapter 11. Cold case squads / Richard H. Walton --
 Chapter 12. The media in cold case investigation --
 Part II. Technology. Chapter 13. Friction skin impressions / Edwardo Palma --
 Chapter 14. Automated fingerprint identification systems / Peter D. Komarinski --
 Chapter 15. From serology to DNA in cold case investigations --
 Chapter 16. Mitochondrial DNA examination of cold case crime scene hairs / Terry Melton --
 Chapter 17. DNA as a witness / Zach Gaskin --
 Chapter 18. Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) / Richard H. Walton --
 Chapter 19. National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) --
 Part III. Investigative tools. Chapter 20. Forensic anthropology in cold cases / Madeleine Hinkes --
 Chapter 21. Forensic dentistry in cold case homicide investigations / Norman D. Sperber --
 Chapter 22. Forensic exhumation / Richard H. Walton --
 Chapter 23. Criminal investigative analysis in cold case investigations / Sharon Pagaling Hagan --
 Chapter 24. Warming up with wiretaps / Robert P. Hickey --
 Chapter 25. Bloodstain pattern analysis in homicide cold case investigations / Tom Bevel --
 Chapter 26. Luminol / Rod Englert --
 Chapter 27. Forensic document examination / Paul R. Edholm, Jr. --
 Chapter 28. Forensic art in cold cases / Karen T. Taylor --
 Chapter 29. Cold case polygraph / Paul Redden --
 Chapter 30. Geographic profiling in cold case investigations / D. Kim Rossmo --
 Chapter 31. \"El Segundo\" / Richard H. Walton --
 Chapter 32. Other cold case resources / Richard H. Walton --
 Chapter 33. Conclusion / Richard H. Walton --
 Acronyms --
 Index.
 Abstract:             
              Presents information on cold case reconstruction, investigative techniques and case reviews. This work merges theory with practice using case histories, photographs, and checklists to convey concepts and provide a practical basis for cold cases. It offers coverage of the legal perspective of following a cold case from reopening through trial.                 Read more...