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This book covers a full range of fundamental, cutting-edge topics essential to modern forensic casework and investigation. The new edition is fully updated to outline best practices-including recent technology and techniques-providing an engaging account of current advances in the field.
List of contents
1. Justice and Science
2. Evidence, Analysis, and Interpretation
3. Crime Scene Investigation
4. Bloodstain Patterns
5. Medicolegal Investigation of Death
6. Forensic Toxicology
7. Forensic Anthropology
8. Forensic Entomology
9. Biological Evidence
10. DNA Profiling
11. Advanced Topics in DNA Analysis
12. Illicit Drugs and Poisons
13. Fire Investigation
14. Explosives
15. Fingerprints
16. Firearms and Tool Marks
17. Tread Impressions
18. Questioned Documents
19. Trace Evidence
20. Digital Forensics
21. Forensic Engineering
22. Behavioral Science
About the author
Dr. Suzanne Bell is an
Emeritus Professor and past Chair of the Department of Forensic and Investigative Sciences at West Virginia University. She has been involved in forensic science as a practitioner and educator for decades. Her career began at the New Mexico State Police Crime Laboratory where she worked in forensic chemistry and crime scene response. Positions with Los Alamos National Laboratory and Eastern Washington University followed before arriving at WVU in 2003. Among other roles, she served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Forensic Science. She has published many papers in and has taught and mentored students in forensic science and chemistry from undergraduate through post-doctoral levels. Her career has been dedicated to forensic education for students, forensic practitioners, and the public.
Dr. Bell served on the National Commission on Forensic Science (NCFS) from 2014 to 2017. She is the author of 13 books including multiple editions of a comprehensive introductory text and three editions of
Forensic Chemistry. Her latest title is
Understanding Forensic DNA Typing, which she co-wrote with Dr. John Butler, an internally recognized DNA working at the National Institutes of Science and Technology.
Summary
This book covers a full range of fundamental, cutting-edge topics essential to modern forensic casework and investigation. The new edition is fully updated to outline best practices—including recent technology and techniques—providing an engaging account of current advances in the field.
