Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys

John H. Trestrail III9781588298218, 1-58829-821-3

In this revised and expanded edition of his critically acclaimed Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys, leading forensic scientist John Trestrail offers a pioneering survey of all that is known about the use of poison as a weapon in murder. Topics range from the use of poisons in history and literature to convicting the poisoner in court, and include a review of the different types of poisons, techniques for crime scene investigation, and the critical essentials of the forensic autopsy. The author updates what is currently known about poisoners in general (psychological profile, types, and statistical analyses) and their victims (who gets poisoned, investigative considerations, and classic symptoms of poisoning). The Appendix has been updated to include the more commonly used poisons, as well as the use of antifreeze as a poison, to reflect some cases that have recently come to light. Comprehensive and fully updated, Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys, Second Edition, offers forensic scientists, police and private investigators, forensic psychologists, and criminal lawyers a unique one-volume summary of the knowledge and techniques needed to solve the near-invisible crime of poisoning and convict the perpetrator.

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Table of contents :

cover……Page 1
contents
……Page 9
01 poisoners throughout history……Page 16
02 types of poisons……Page 43
03 poisoners……Page 61
04 victims……Page 77
05 crime scene investigation……Page 82
06 the forensic autopsy……Page 95
07 proving poisoning……Page 99
08 poisoners in court……Page 103
09 poisoning in fiction……Page 108
10 conclusion……Page 113
appendix: some common homicidal poisons……Page 120
index
……Page 177
about the autor
……Page 190