Covering a range of fundamental topics essential to modern forensic investigation, the fifth edition of the landmark text Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques presents contributions and case studies from the personal files of experts in the field. In the fully updated 5th edition, Bell combines these testimonies into an accurate and engrossing account of cutting edge of forensic science across many different areas.
Designed for a single-term course at the undergraduate level, the book begins by discussing the intersection of law and forensic science, how things become evidence, and how courts decide if an item or testimony is admissible. The text invites students to follow evidence all the way from the crime scene into laboratory analysis and even onto the autopsy table. Forensic Science offers the fullest breadth of subject matter of any forensic text available, including forensic anthropology, death investigation (including entomology), bloodstain pattern analysis, firearms, tool marks, and forensic analysis of questioned documents.
Going beyond theory to application, this text incorporates the wisdom of forensic practitioners who discuss the real cases they have investigated. Textboxes in each chapter provide case studies, current events, and advice for career advancement. A brand-new feature, Myths in Forensic Science, highlights the differences between true forensics and popular media fictions. Each chapter begins with an overview and ends with a summary, and key terms, review questions, and up-to-date references. Appropriate for any sensibility, more than 350 full-color photos from real cases give students a true-to-life learning experience.
*Access to identical eBook version included
Features
Showcases contributions from high-profile experts in the field
Highlights real-life case studies from experts' personal files, along with stunning full-color photographs
Organizes chapters into topics most popular for coursework
Covers of all forms of evidence, from bloodstain patterns to questioned documents
Includes textboxes with historical notes, myths in forensic science, and advice for career advancement
Provides chapter summaries, key terms, review questions, and further reading
Includes access to an identical eBook version
Ancillaries for Instructors:
PowerPoint (R) lecture slides for every chapter
A full Instructor's Manual with hundreds of questions and answers-including multiple choice
Additional chapters from previous editions
Two extra in-depth case studies on firearms and arson (photos included)
Further readings on entomological evidence and animal scavenging (photos included)
Auflage
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Illustrationen
354 farbige Abbildungen, 410 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder, 20 farbige Tabellen
20 Tables, color; 410 Halftones, color; 354 Illustrations, color
Maße
Höhe: 280 mm
Breite: 220 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-138-04812-6 (9781138048126)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Dr. Suzanne Bell obtained her Ph.D. from New Mexico State University, and her M.S. in Forensic Science from the University of New Haven. She has extensive professional experience as a forensic chemist and crime scene prosecutor with the New Mexico State Police and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. She started her career in academia in 1994 at Eastern Washington University, where she helped develop a forensic chemistry major. In 2003 she joined the Chemistry Department at West Virginia University. In addition to numerous research articles, she has authored and edited many text and reference books, including Forensic Chemistry and the 4th edition of Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques.
Autor*in
West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA
Section 1. Setting the Stage 1. Justice and Science 2. Evidence Section 2. The Crime Scene 3. Crime Scene Investigation 4. Bloodstain Patterns Section 3. Investigation of Death 5. Medicolegal Investigation of Death 6. Forensic Toxicology 7. Forensic Anthropology 8. Forensic Entomology Section 4. Forensic Biology 9. Biological Evidence 10. DNA Typing Section 5. Forensic Chemistry 11. Drugs and Poisons 12. Arson and Fire Investigation 13. Explosives Section 6. Pattern and Microscopic Evidence 14. Fingerprints 15. Firearms and Toolmarks 16. Tread Impressions 17. Trace Evidence Section 7. Other Forensic Disciplines 18. Questioned Documents 19. Forensic Engineering 20. Forensic Computing 21. Behavioral Science
