A Bibliography Related to Crime Scene Interpretation with ...

Photography
Photography of latent fingerprint evidence
Perhaps no aspect of crime scene documentation is more important and more demonstrable than
photographs. The mere click of a shutter can lock in time a theoretically unbiased account of a scene or subject.
How often have we experienced, or heard of, cases that were affected by accurate and complete photographs, or the
lack of same. For the analyst, jurist and jury person who have not had the opportunity to be at the crime scene as it
was found by the investigator, photographs may be the only remaining means of observing the condition of remains
and environmental factors which may have affected their state. Most forensic anthropologists can relate personal
horror stories of remains brought or shipped to their laboratories with little or no contextual record. Photographs of
the original position/context of the scene can be invaluable in such situations. An often used adage in police
investigations is “film is cheap,” meaning that one can never take too many pictures of the crime scene, its contents,
and its environs. For these reasons, this bibliography devotes an entire category to photography and
photogrammetry - The art or process of surveying or mapping via photographs, and usually aerial photographs.
Several references to photogrammetric mapping may be found in “Reconnaissance, Surveys, and Mapping
Techniques”. This section of the bibliography also includes several references to remote sensing and satellite
imagery. For more sources related to remote sensing, the reader is directed to " Geophysical/Remote Sensing
Technology and Applications"
This section is divided into the following categories:
Aerial Photography and Photogrammetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 035
Evidence Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 042
General and Miscellaneous Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 051
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