Description
Originally published in 1982 by Pearson/Prentice-Hall, the Forensic Science Handbook, Third Edition has been fully updated and revised to include the latest developments in scientific testing, analysis, and interpretation of forensic evidence. World-renowned forensic scientist, author, and educator Dr. Richard Saferstein once again brings together a contributor list that is a veritable Who’s Who of the top forensic scientists in the field. This Third Edition, he is joined by co-editor Dr. Adam Hall, a forensic scientist and Assistant Professor within the Biomedical Forensic Sciences Program at Boston University School of Medicine. This two-volume series focuses on the legal, evidentiary, biological, and chemical aspects of forensic science practice.
The topics covered in this new edition of Volume I include a broad range of subjects including:
• Legal aspects of forensic science
• Analytical instrumentation to include: microspectrophotometry, infrared Spectroscopy, gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, capillary electrophoresis, and mass spectrometry
• Trace evidence characterization of hairs, dust, paints and inks
• Identification of body fluids and human DNA
This is an update of a classic reference series and will serve as a must-have desk reference for forensic science practitioners. It will likewise be a welcome resource for professors teaching advanced forensic science techniques and methodologies at universities world-wide, particularly at the graduate level.
Table of Contents
1. Legal Aspects of Forensic Science
[Gil I. Sapir]
2. Forensic Paint Examination
[Diana Wright, Daniel Kirby, and John Thornton]
3. The Forensic Identification and Association of Human Hair
[Richard E. Bisbing]
4. A Guide to the Analysis of Forensic Household Dust Specimens and Their Statistical Significance
[Nicholas Petraco and Nicholas D. K. Petraco]
5. Fundamentals of Visible Microspectrophotometry in Forensic Science
[Michael B. Eyring]
6. Infrared Spectroscopy in the Forensic Sciences
[Edward M. Suzuki]
7. Forensic Characterization and Comparisons of Inks
[Tatiana Trejos and Jose Almirall]
8. Forensic Gas Chromatography
[Thomas A. Brettell and David T. Stafford]
9. Forensic Applications of High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis
[David Northrup]
10. Forensic Mass Spectrometry
[Adam B. Hall and Richard Saferstein]
11. Analysis of Body Fluids in Sexual Assault Cases
[Edwin Jones]
12. The Application of Capillary Electrophoresis in Forensic DNA Analysis
[Bruce McCord]
