Crime science : methods of forensic detection /
Explains some of the techniques of forensic science used in criminal investigations, including fingerprinting, DNA testing, impression analysis, pathology, and others; and includes case studies that show how the methods have been used in practice.
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Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
[1999]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction to forensic science and criminalistics
- History
- The modern crime laboratory
- Crime-scene investigation
- Preliminaries
- Documentation
- Collection and preservation
- Crime reconstruction
- Legal considerations
- Case study : the Jeffrey MacDonald case
- Trace evidence
- The microscope
- Hair and fibers
- Soil and botanicals
- Glass, paint, etc.
- Case study : the Atlanta child murders
- Firearms
- Basic arms and ammunition
- Ballistics
- Identifying characteristics
- Firearm residues
- Case study : the Sacco and Vanzetti trial
- Fingerprinting
- History
- Classification
- Identification
- Processing and recovery
- Case study : Aileen Wuornos, female serial killer
- Impression analysis
- Fabric prints
- Shoe and tire impressions
- Tool marks
- Case study : the Lindbergh kidnapping
- Questioned documents
- Handwriting composition
- Forgery detection
- Analytical techniques
- Case study : the Mormon forgery murders
- Serology
- Principles
- Conventional analyses
- DNA testing
- Case study : the O.J. Simpson Trial
- Chemistry
- Introduction
- Drugs
- Toxicology
- Arson
- Explosives
- Case study : the World Trade Center bombing
- Pathology
- Identification of decedent
- Time of death
- Autopsy
- Cause of death
- Case study : the death of Marilyn Monroe
- Anthropology
- Recovery of remains
- Skeletal examination
- Forensic identification
- Case study : the assassination of the Romanovs.