The forensic laboratory handbook: procedures and practice

Ashraf Mozayani, Carla Noziglia9781588294647, 1-58829-464-1, 1-59259-946-X

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 trace evidence in the forensic laboratory.

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Table of contents :
cover
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contents
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01 serology and DNA……Page 12
02 forensic chemistry……Page 45
03 crime reconstruction……Page 72
04 digital evidence……Page 87
05 explosives and arson……Page 99
06 fingerprints……Page 124
07 firearms and tool marks……Page 149
08 forensic odontology……Page 183
09 forensic pathology……Page 203
10 assuring quality in the crime laboratory……Page 219
11 introduction to forensic document examination……Page 231
12 toxicology in the crime laboratory……Page 257
13 trace evidence in the real crime laboratory……Page 272
index……Page 298