Forensic science : an introduction to scientific and investigative techniques /: an introduction to scientific and investigative techniques. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Stuart H. James and Jon J. Nordby.
• Other Names: James, Stuart H; Nordby, Jon J
• Contents: Forensic Pathology and Related Specialties Here We Stand: What a Forensic Scientist Does; Jon J. Nordby The Role of the Forensic Pathologist; Ronald K. Wright Forensic Nursing; Janet S. Barber Duval, Catherine M. Dougherty, and Mary K.Sullivan Investigation of Traumatic Deaths; Ronald K. Wright Forensic Toxicology; John Joseph Fenton Forensic Odontology; R. Tom Glass Forensic Anthropology; Marcella H. Sorg and William D. Haglund Forensic Taphonomy; William D. Haglund and Marcella H. Sorg Forensic Entomology; Gail S. Anderson Evaluation of the Crime Scene Crime Scene Investigation; Marilyn T. Miller, Ed.D. Forensic Digital Photo Imaging; Patrick Jones Recognition of Bloodstain Patterns; Stuart H. James, Paul E. Kish, and T. Paulette Sutton Forensic Science in the Laboratory The Forensic Laboratory; Linda R. Netzel The Identification and Characterization of Blood and Bloodstains; Robert P. Spalding Identification of Biological Fluids and Stains; Andrew Greenfield and Monica M. Sloan Forensic DNA: Technology, Applications, and the Law; Susan Herrero Microanalysis and Examination of Trace Evidence; Thomas A. Kubic and Nicholas Petraco Fingerprints; R. E. Gaensslen Forensic Footwear Evidence; William J. Bodziak Forensic Tire Tread and Tire Track Evidence; William J. Bodziak Firearm and Tool Mark Examinations; Walter F. Rowe Questioned Documents; Howard Seiden and Frank H. Norwitch Analysis of Controlled Substances; Donnell R. Christian, Jr. Forensic Engineering Structural Failures; Randall K. Noon Basic Fire and Explosion Investigation; David R. Redsicker Vehicular Accident Reconstruction; Randall K. Noon Cybertechnology and Forensic Science Informatics in Forensic Science; Zeno Geradts Computer Crime and the Electronic Crime Scene; Thomas A. Johnson Forensic Application of the Social Sciences Forensic Psychology; Louis B. Schlesinger Forensic Psychiatry; Robert L. Sadoff Serial Offenders: Linking Cases by Modus Operandi and Signature; Robert D. Keppel Criminal Personality Profiling; Michael R. Napier and Kenneth P. Baker Legal and Ethical Issues in Forensic Science Forensic Evidence; Terrence F. Kiely Countering Chaos: Logic, Ethics, and the Criminal Justice System; Jon J. Nordby Appendix A: Biohazard Safety Precautions Appendix B: Forensic Web Sites Appendix C: Trigonometric Tables: Sine and Tangent Functions Appendix D: Metric Measurements and Equivalents Glossary Contributors Index
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 363.25; Forensic sciences -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Criminal investigation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Evidence, Criminal -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Crime laboratories -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439877906; 1439877904
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