
Forensic Science
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This new edition incorporates revised text and information reflecting the latest knowledge in the field, as well as additional worked examples and review boxes.
Approachable and comprehensive, this book serves as an ideal companion for undergraduate students beginning a forensic science course, as background for MSc students, as a reference for related professions, or for those with a casual interest in forensics.
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Dr Julie Jackson is a freelance science writer, with a background in biology.
Dr Harry Mountain (guest author of Chapter 6) is a Senior Lecturer in molecular biology at Staffordshire University, UK, with a special interest in forensic genetics.
Mr Dan Brearley (guest author of Section 2.5, Chapter 2) has acted as a digital forensics expert witness in many cases heard in the Criminal and Civil Courts over the last eight years.
Content
Chapter 2: The crime scene
Chapter 3: Trace and contact evidence
Chapter 4: Trace and contact evidence Part II: Fingerprints and other marks and impressions
Chapter 5: The examination of body fluids, including bloodstain pattern analysis
Chapter 6: The analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA): DNA profiling
Chapter 7: Forensic toxicology and drugs of abuse
Chapter 8: Questioned documents
Chapter 9: Firearms
Chapter 10: Fires
Chapter 11: Explosions and explosives
Chapter 12: The recovery and forensic examination of human remains
Chapter 13: Statistics and the analysis, interpretation and evaluation of evidence
Chapter 14: Forensic science in court
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