Anti-Terrorism; Forensic Science; Psychology in Police Investigations

by John S Major

Overview

This book presents a broad selection of the papers presented at IDENTA '85 on various topics, including counter-terrorism; Israel's experience with terrorism; police and terrorism; and psychological methods, forensic science and voice identification in criminal investigation. The conference on International Congress on Technologies for Police Identification & Counter-Terrorism, was held in 1985 in Jerusalem.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367006730
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/13/2019
Pages:	430
Product dimensions:	6.31(w) x 9.38(h) x (d)

About the Author

Major, John S

Table of Contents

Note — Introduction — Keynote Speech: The Honourable Haim Bar Lev Minister of Police State of Israel — Keynote Speech: The Honourable Moshe Arens — Keynote Speech: The Role of Forensic Science in Criminal Investigation — Facing Unconventional Terrorism — The Terrorism of Left-Wingers in the Federal Republic of Germany and the Combat Against the Terrorists — Firearms Examination in a Terrorist Situation — Documents & Forgery in Terrorist Operations — Forensic Ballistics in Counter-Insurgency Warfare — Trends in Palestinian Terrorism — The Reemergence of Jewish Terrorism in Israel — International Terrorism a New Threat to Information Systems Security — The Israel National Police Bomb Disposal Unit — Survey of Selected Terrorist Devices — A Method for Estimating the Accuracy of Individual Control Question Tests — A Built-In Validity in Polygraph Field Examinations (1) — Validity of the Control Question Test in Two Levels of the Severity of Crimes — Assessing Polygraph Accuracy: The importance of choosing an evaluation technique which is compatible with the way the examinations were conducted — Decision Rules in Polygraph Examination — Computerized Polygraph Interpretations and Detection of Physical Countermeasures — The Psychological Stress Evaluator: A Validation Field Study — The Effect of Similarity on Psychophysiological Responsitivity to Pictorial and Verbal Stimuli — Hypnosis in Police Investigation: Principles and Safeguards — Field Kits – Forensic Examinations Outside the Lab — The Role of the Forensic/Clinical Specialist (Police Surgeon) — Sexual Abuse Field Kits in the United Kingdom — The System for Evidence Collection from Sexual Assault Victims in Israel — Evidence Technicians — Computer-Based Methods for Forensic Speaker Recognition — The Current Status of Voice Identification in Police Investigation in Israel — Forensic Applications of Automatic Speaker Verification — “Hitler Diaries” Case History, Examination Results, Handling in Court — Hitler Diary Forgery — Techniques for Detecting Documents Created by Photocopy Machines — Surveillance Under Adverse Weather Conditions: Wavelength Filtering Considerations — Analysis of Explosives in the Israel Forensic Science Laboratory — Recent Advances in Laser Latent Fingerprint Development — Speedometer Examination for Traffic Accident Reconstruction — Determination of Firing Distance by Total Nitrite — A Simple Adaptation of the Microspectrophotometer Docuspec Tm/I for the Comparison of Small Quantities of Luminescent Materials — Forgeries of the USSR Drivers License — Handwriting Characteristics of Arabs Writing Hebrew — Identification of the Dead Can Chiropodists Help? — The Identification of the Seriously Damaged Body Using Non-Dental Data — An Approach to Laboratory Automation — Central Collections of Physical Evidence and Possibilities of Support Through Use of Computers — Computerization of Fraudulent Cheques Collection — A Collection of Tool Marks Made by Self-Locking Pliers on Broken Cylinder Locks — An Experimental Video-Disc Based Fingerprint Retrieval System — Automatic Digital Defocus Restoring Filter — Future Priorities in Forensic Science Research and Development in the Federal Republic of Germany — Shi’ite Terrorism