Includes bibliographical refereneces and index.

Forensic investigations: a primer -- Law and evidence -- Investigative ethics -- Investigators and the scientific method -- Crime scene investigation and analysis -- Crime scene processing -- Forensic victimology -- The sexual assault examination -- Medicolegal death investigation: protocols and practice -- Forensic interviews -- The polygraph: uses and misuses -- Investigating allegations of police torture: forensic protocols and psychological assessment -- Forensic investigations for court: probation, sentencing, mitigation issues in capital cases -- Oklahoma v. Elvis Thacker: evaluating victimology, victim sexual assault evidence, suspect torture by law enforcement, and the quality of a forensic investigation.