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.
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978-0-13-220715-7 (9780132207157)
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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
