Full Description
Looking at the science of law enforcement, how evidence is gathered, processed, analysed, and viewed in the courtroom, and more. From the cause, manner, time of a death, and autopsies to blood, toxicology, DNA typing, fingerprints, ballistics, tool marks, tread impressions, and trace evidence, it takes the reader through the many sides of a death investigation. Arson, accidents, computer crimes, criminal profiling, and much, much more are also addressed.
Contents
Introduction
1. Overview
2. History of Forensic Science
3. The Crime Site and Investigation Teams
4. Looking for Biological Evidence
5. Looking for Physical Evidence
6. Analyzing a Body
7. Analyzing Older Remains
8. Trace Evidence
9. Patent, Latent, and Plastic Prints
10. DNA Analysis
11. Toolmarks, Firearms, and Ballistics
12. Examining Explosives
13. Questioned Documents and Cryptanalysis
14. Computer, Accounting, and Other Forensic Investigations
15. Forensic Psychology
16. The Legal Process
17. Controversies in Forensic Science
18. Famous (and Infamous) Crimes and Forensic Science
19. The Media and Forensic Science
Glossary
Resources
Further Reading
Index
