Color Atlas of Forensic Toolmark Identification

In this volume, noted forensic expert Nicholas Petraco helps move toolmark examination from an art to a science. The book first provides an anthology of tried and true methods, procedures, and traditional techniques used by practitioners of this discipline for over a century. It contains rationales and methodologies for casework, discusses new m

List of contents

Basic Geometric Optics for Tool Mark Examiners. Basic Microscopy for Tool Mark Examiners. Precision Measurement for Tool Mark Examination. Measurement with the Microscope for Tool Mark. Examination. Collection and Documentation of Tool Marks. Preparation of Tool Mark Standards. Doing Tool Mark Cases. How Statistical Pattern Comparison Methods Can Be. Applied to Tool Marks. Common Hand Tools Seen in Casework.

Summary

In this volume, noted forensic expert Nicholas Petraco helps move toolmark examination from an art to a science. The book first provides an anthology of tried and true methods, procedures, and traditional techniques used by practitioners of this discipline for over a century. It contains rationales and methodologies for casework, discusses new m

Product details

• Authors: NICHOLAS PETRACO, Petraco Nicholas
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032928852
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92885-2
• No. of pages: 178
• Weight: 330 g
• Illustrations: farbige Illustrationen
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; LAW / Criminal Law / General, LAW / Forensic Science, Society & culture: general, Forensic Science, Biology, life sciences, Society and culture: general