The opening chapter profiles the police photographer with a short history of police photography, the uses of photography in police work, police photography and fire investigation, and the future of photography. This is followed by 10 chapters on the basics of cameras and how they produce photographic images. Discussions pertain to the principles of light and how they apply to the operations of the simple camera, types of cameras, film, equipment (lenses, filters, exposure meters, and flash), exposure, the design of the darkroom, black-and-white processing, color processing, and video photography. Eight chapters address aspects of the use of photography in police work. A chapter on accident photography includes discussions of viewpoints when photographing accidents, working under poor conditions, what to photograph, how to photograph an auto accident scene, and basic rules for accident photography. A chapter on crime photography includes sections on the use of photography in the investigation of homicide, suicide, sex offenses, burglary, and arson. Other chapters address evidence photography, identification photography, questioned documents, ultraviolet and fluorescence photography, infrared photography, and the photographer in court. Glossary, an 18-item bibliography, and a subject index