If you read any modern crime fiction novel. the Glock is a weapon you’ll likely come accross in your travels.
From the revolutionary Glock 17 which combined the features of an ordinary pistol with the firing speed of an automatic weapon, Glock handguns have now become standard throughout many law enforcement agencies around the world.
Glock now […]

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A professional crime scene investigator needs a substantial set of equipment in order to assess physical and latent evidence. This pdf doccument shows the reccomended kit.
Crime Scene Investigation
Nothing to do with the TV show.
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If you are writing a modern police proccedural based in the USA, you need to know about the first fully accredited independent forensic laboratory.
Integrated Forensics Laboratory
They offer services to Law Enforcement Agencies, Attourneys and corporate clients accross the US. There are also some downloads on the site, especially useful is the chain of custody form […]

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The definition of murder in English Law:
The unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought where death shall occur withinn a year and a day.
To prove murder, there must be mens rea (guilty mind) and actus rea (a guilty action0 on the part of the assailant.
First of all, the killing has to be unlawful. […]

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What is a psycopath?
If you saw Silence of the Lambs, you may have some idea of the mental makeup of the psycopath.
A psycopath has a sense of right and wrong, it’s just that they choose to maintain that thier interpretation is different to that held by society.
Killing to the psycopath is not an act of […]

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Bodies are strange things. Throughout the history of murder, the darned things, despite the best efforts of supposedly clever criminals keep turning up to point an accusing dead finger at the instigators of their demise.
In other words, a body is a damned hard thing to dispose of. Here are some true life examples.

Burning.

It takes a […]

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Here’s how blood is classified.
On the surface of every blood cell are organic molecules called antegens. They vary and are classified under the “ABO” system. That means that a person either is Type A. Type B or Type O
Blood Group A has “A” antegens.
Blood Group B has “B” antegens.
Blood Group AB has some of both […]

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There must have been many perfect murders committed> The easiest way is to make the victim’s death appear to be natural. If murder is not suspected then the chances of getting away with it appeoach 100%.
When people mention the perfect murder, they usually mean a murder in which the Police kbow that a crime has […]

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Drugs, like it or not are in common usage on the streets. For the crime writer, there are many opportunities to use drugas as part of a plotline, although the detective uncovering a gang supplying or importing drugs is a little hackneyed.
So, if you want to write drugs into your plot you need to know the effects […]

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Hostile Witness
A Hostile Witness is one where the defence has called a witness who will give favourable testimony for the accused but doesn’t.
Should the witness appear to be giving contrary evidence to that expected by the defence lawyer then the lawyer can ask the judge for permission to treat the witness as hostile.
This means that […]

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