A truly comprehensive handbook, this work serves as a one-stop practical reference for law enforcement and crime scene technicians on finding, collecting, and packaging evidence and all the steps required to preserve and process the crime scene. Topics include: documentation and note taking; photography; sketching; searching; fingerprint lifting; physical, serological, and trace evidence; firearms and toolmark evidence; footwear and tire impressions; digital evidence; injury documentation; bloodstain pattern evidence; clandestine graves and scattered human remains; questioned document evidence; and report writing.