It fills a void in the resources available to researchers and practitioners in forensic hair examination by providing photographic archetypes for the microscopic characteristics of human hair and the variates of the characteristics seen in forensic examinations, including curl; color; pigment distribution and density; cortical fusi; and ovoid bodies. These illustrations provide a uniform basis for describing the characteristics and their variations for forensic professionals in differing geographical areas. The documentation of hair characteristics using the scoring system outlined in this atlas allows researchers to develop data regarding the frequency of characteristics within the hairs of one or more individuals and the assessment of whether certain hair characteristics are co-dependent.
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"The Atlas fills a long-overdue need to put information in front of hair analyst."
--John D. Shane, McCrone Research Institute, The Microscope
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Illustrationen
128 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 5 s/w Tabellen
5 Tables, black and white; 128 Halftones, black and white
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-8493-8134-8 (9780849381348)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Robert R. Ogle, Jr. is a forensic scientist retired from active consulting. He remains active in research and is an author and publisher in the field of forensic science. Michelle J. Fox is a forensic scientist at Forensic Analytical in Hayward, CA. She has presented expert testimony in the areas of firearms evidence, gunshot residue analysis, and forensic hair examination.
Preface 1 Introduction to the Atlas of Human Hair Microscopic Characteristics 2 Human Hair Macroscopic Characteristics 3 Human Hair Microscopic Characteristics 4 Human Hair Cross-Section Characteristic Variates 5 Human Hair Microscopic Characteristics: Photographs and Drawings of Variate Archetypes and Examples 6 Human Hair Types
