Crime scene reconstruction is the process of determining or eliminating the events and actions that occurred at the crime scene through analysis of any crime scene patterns the location and position of the physical evidence found at the crime scene and the laboratory examination of the physical evidence. This manual is intended to accompany any crime scene investigation textbook written by a former crime scene investigator and forensic scientist the information is practical straightforward and will be immediately applicable. This manual is intended to accompany any crime scene investigation textbook written by a former crime scene investigator and forensic scientist the information is practical straightforward and will be immediately applicable. Crime scene investigation laboratory manual second edition is written by a former crime scene investigator and forensic scientist who provides practical straightforward and immediately applicable best practices readers will learn the latest techniques and procedures including deconstructing first responder contamination the preliminary walk through utilizing associative evidence . This lab manual provides information examples and exercises for all aspects of crime scene investigation the exercises will teach the proper techniques for securing documenting and searching a crime scene how to visualize or enhance the evidence found how to package and preserve the evidence and how to reconstruct what happened at the crime scene