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The forensic laboratory handbook : procedures and practice

This is a comprehensive and easy-to-read introduction to the work of the modern forensic laboratory. The authors explain in simple language the capabilities and limitations of modern forensic laboratory procedures, techniques, analyses, and interpretations. Here, the interested reader will find an understandable and fascinating introduction to the complex worlds of forensic serology DNA, chemistry, crime reconstruction, digital evidence, explosives, arson, fingerprints, firearms, tool marks, odontology, and pathology. Additional chapters address the problems of assuring quality and seeking tra
eBook, English, ©2006
Humana Press, Totowa, N.J., ©2006
1 online resource (x, 300 pages) : illustrations
9781588294647, 9781592599462, 1588294641, 159259946X
261067163
Serology and DNA / Lisa A. Gefrides and Katherine E. Welch
Forensic chemistry /
Donnell Christian
Crime reconstruction / W. Jerry Chisum
Digital evidence /
Robert P. Bianchi and Mark Pollitt
Explosives and arson : boom and flame / James B. Crippin
Fingerprints / Brian E. Dalrymple
Firearms and tool marks / Edward E. Hueske
Forensic odontology : teeth and their secrets / Helena Soomer / Forensic pathology / Joye Carter
Assuring quality in the crime laboratory / William J. Tilstone
Introduction to forensic document Examination / William L. Leaver
Toxicology in the crime laboratory / Ashraf Mozayani
Trace evidence in the real crime lab / Richard E. Bisbing