Forensic science
Subtitle: an introduction to scientific and investigative techniques
By: edited by Stuart H. James, Jon J. Nordby.
Contributors: James, Stuart H.; Nordby, Jon J.
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boca Raton, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 689
Subjects: Forensic sciences -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Criminal investigation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Evidence, Criminal -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Crime laboratories -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Criminalistique -- Guides, manuels, etc; Enquêtes criminelles -- Guides, manuels, etc; Preuve (Droit pénal) -- Guides, manuels, etc; Criminalistique -- Laboratoires -- Guides, manuels, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Guides, manuels, etc.
Notes: "Forensic websites": p. 615-620.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Here we stand: what a forensic scientist does / Jon J. Nordby; title: SECTION I: FORENSIC PATHOLOGY AND RELATED SPECIALTIES: The role of the forensic pathologist / Ronald K. Wright; title: Investigation of traumatic deaths / Ronald K. Wright; title: Forensic toxicology / John Joseph Fenton; title: Forensic odontology / R. Tom Glass; title: Forensic anthropology / Marcella H. Sorg; title: - Forensic Taphonomy / William D. Haglund; title: SECTION II: EVALUATION OF THE CRIME SCENE: Crime scene investigation / Marilyn T. Miller; title: Recognition of bloodstain patterns / Stuart H. James, Paul E. Kish, and T. Paulette Sutton; title: SECTION III: The forensic laboratory / Linda R. Netzel; title: Identification and characterization of blood and bloodstains / Robert P. Spalding; title: Identification of biological fluids and stains / Andrew Greenfield and Monica M. Sloan; title: Techniques of DNA analysis / George T. Duncan, Martin L. Tracey, and Eric Stauffer; title: Microanalysis and examination of trace evidence / Thomas A. Kubic and Nicholas Petraco; title: Fingerprints / Robert E. Gaensslen and Kimberly R. Young; title: Forensic footwear evidence / William J. Bodziak; title: Forensic tire impression and tire track evidence / William J. Bodziak; title: Firearm and tool mark examinations / Walter F. Rowe; title: Questioned documents / Frank H. Norwitch and Howard Seiden; title: Analysis of controlled substances / Donnell R. Christian, Jr.; title: SECTION  IV: FORENSIC ENGINEERING: Structural failures / Randall K. Noon; title: Basic fire and explosive investigation / David R. Redsicker; title: Vehicular accident reconstruction / Randall K. Noon; title: SECTION V: CYBERTECHNOLOGY AND FORENSIC SCIENCE: Use of computers in forensic science / Zeno Geradts; title: Investigation of computer-related crime / Peter Stephenson; title: SECTION VI: FORENSIC APPLICATION OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: Forensic psychology / Louis B. Schlesinger; title: Forensic psychiatry / Robert L. Sadoff; title: Serial offenders: linking cases by modus operandi and signature / Robert D. Keppel; title: Criminal personality profiling: Michael R. Napier and Kenneth P. Baker; title: SECTION VII: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN FORENSIC SCIENCE: Countering chaos: logic, ethics, and the crimical justice system / Jon J. Nordby; title: Forensic science and the law / Terrence F. Kiely; title: Legal issues in forensic DNA / Susan Herrero; title: Appendix A: DNA Advisory Board (DAB) guidelines; title: Appendix B: Biohazard safety precautions; title: Appendix C: Forensic websites; title: Appendix D; Trigonometic tables: sine and tangent functions; title: Appendix E: Metric measurements and equivalents; title: Glossary.