NCJ Number
40674
Editor(s)
W G ECKERT
Date Published
1976
Length
111 pages
Annotation
COLLECTION OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT A SEMINAR OF AMERICAN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION EXPERTS WHO HAD EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH THE MEDICAL, LEGAL, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ASPECTS OF INVESTIGATING MAJOR CRIMES.
Abstract
THESE INCLUDED CRIMINALISTS WHO WERE WORKING IN FORENSIC CRIME LABORATORIES, POLICE INVESTIGATORS FROM MAJOR CITIES AND RURAL AREAS TO PRESENT THE VARIATIONS IN THE PICTURE IN THESE AREAS. NATIONAL EXPERTS IN CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION AND EXPLOSIVES AS WELL AS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EXPERTS IN MEDICAL-LEGAL INVESTIGATION REPRESENTING EXPERIENCE FROM MAJOR CITIES INCLUDING NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES ALSO PARTICIPATED AS DID SPECIALISTS IN SKELETAL IDENTIFICATION AND TOXICOLOGICAL PROBLEMS. THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE INVESTIGATION OF MAJOR CRIMES ARE PRESENTED IN A PAPER EXPLORING THE FACTS OF THE ROBERT F KENNEDY ASSASSINATION CASE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...EB