Forensic science
Subtitle: from the crime scene to the crime lab
By: Richard Saferstein
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall; Prentice Hall
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: Criminal Evidence; Forensic sciences; Crime scene searches; Criminal investigation
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Definition and scope of forensic science; title: Securing and searching the crime scene; title: Recording the crime scene; title: Collection of crime-scene evidence; title: Physical evidence; title: Death investigation; title: Crime-scene reconstruction; title: Fingerprints; title: Firearms, toolmarks, and other impressions; title: Bloodstain pattern analysis; title: Drugs; title: Forensic toxicology; title: Trace evidence I: hairs and fibers; title: Trace evidence II: paint, glass, and soil; title: Biological stain analysis : DNA; title: Forensic aspects of fire and explosion investigation; title: Document examination; title: Computer forensics; title: Appendix I: guides to the collection of physical evidence : FBI; title: Appendix II: instructions for collecting gunshot residue; title: Appendix III: chemical formulas for latent fingerprint development; title: Appendix IV: Chemical formulas for development of footwear impressions in blood; title: Answers to end-of-chapter questions; title: Index.