Forensic Investigation of StolenRecovered and Other CrimeRelated Vehiclesis the ultimate reference guide for any auto theft investigator crime scenetechnician c... » 

Forensic Investigation of StolenRecovered and Other CrimeRelated Vehiclesis the ultimate reference guide for any auto theft investigator crime scenetechnician criminalist police investigator criminologist or insuranceadjuster. In addition to a thorough treatment of auto theft the book coversvehicles involved in other forms of crimedealing extensively with the variousprocedures and dynamics of evidence as it might be left in any crime scene. Animpressive collection of expert contributors covers a wide variety of subjectsincluding chapters on vehicle identification examination of burned vehiclesvehicles recovered from under water vehicles involved in terrorism vehicletracking alarms antitheft systems steering columns and ignition locks. Thebook also covers such topics as victim and witness interviews public andprivate auto theft investigations detection of trace evidence and chemicaltraces vehicle search techniques analysis of automotive fluids vehicleregistration document examination and vehicle crime mapping. Extensively researched and exceptionally wellwritten by internationallyrecognized experts in auto theft investigation and forensic science All the principles explained in the text are wellillustrated anddemonstrated with more than 450 black and white and about 100 fullcolorillustrations many directly from real cases Serves as both a valuable reference guide to the professional and aneffective teaching tool for the forensic science student «