Synopses & Reviews
Rich in content, this handbook describes theories and practices of forensic science to both practitioners and students of the subject. Beginning with a strategic orientation, it identifies the processes needed to make scientifically and legally reliable decisions about the focus, priority and sequence of examinations of laboratory evidence. Providing an in-depth review, it features leading voices in the field and discusses cutting edge topics such as DNA typing, infrared theory, forensic toxicology and common practices employed by crime laboratories. Criminologists, anyone interested in forensic science
Synopsis
Rich in content, this handbook describes theories and practices of forensic science to both practitioners and students of the subject. Beginning with a strategic orientation, it identifies the processes needed to make scientifically and legally reliable decisions about the focus, priority and sequence of examinations of laboratory evidence. Providing an in-depth review, it features leading voices in the field and discusses cutting edge topics such as DNA typing, infrared theory, forensic toxicology and common practices employed by crime laboratories.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Securing and Searching the Crime Scene
Chapter 3: Recording the Crime Scene
Chapter 4: Collection of Crime Scene Evidence
Chapter 5: Physical Evidence
Chapter 6: Crime Scene Reconstruction
Chapter 7: Fingerprints
Chapter 8: Firearms, Toolmarks, and Other Impressions
Chapter 9: Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
Chapter 10: Drugs
Chapter 11: Forensic Toxicology
Chapter 12: Trace Evidence I: Hairs and Fibers
Chapter 13: Trace Evidence II: Paint, Glass, and Soil
Chapter 14: Biological Stain Analysis: DNA
Chapter 15: Forensic Aspects of Fire Investigation
Chapter 16: Forensic Investigation of Explosions
Chapter 17: Document Examination
Chapter 18: Computer Forensics
Chapter 19: Forensic Science and the Internet