Crime scene to court
Subtitle: the essentials of forensic science
By: edited by P.C. White
Contributors: Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: RSC Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 569
ISBN-13: 9781847558824
Subjects: Forensic sciences; Forensic Sciences; Criminalistique; Forensic science
Description: These contributions address all aspects of forensic science in a non-technical manner. The aim of the work is to help to prevent some of the injustices which can occur when lawyers, and jurors lack knowledge of the concepts of forensic science.
Notes: Previous edition: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Forensic practice / Brian Rankin; title: The crime scene / Orlando Elmhirst; title: Forensic ecology / Patricia Wiltshire; title: Forensic entomology / Dorothy Gennard; title: Trace and contact evidence / Tiernan Coyle; title: Marks and impressions / Keith Barnett; title: Forensic examination of documents / Audrey Giles; title: Computer-based media / Jonathan Henry; title: Fire investigation / David Halliday; title: Explosions / Cliff Todd, Linda and Maurice Marshall; title: Firearms / Mark Mastaglio and Angela Shaw; title: Drugs of abuse / Michael Cole; title: Forensic toxicology / Robert Anderson and Hazel Torrance; title: Analysis of body fluids / Nigel Watson; title: Forensic archaeology and anthropology / Tal Simmons and John Hunter; title: Presentation of expert forensic evidence / Trevor Rothwell.