The Forensic Laboratory Handbook - Procedures and Practice

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.

List of contents

- Serology and DNA.
- Forensic Chemistry.
- Crime Reconstruction.
- Digital Evidence.
- Explosives and Arson: Boom and Flame.
- Fingerprints.
- Firearms and Tool Marks.
- Forensic Odontology: Teeth and Their Secrets.
- Forensic Pathology.
- Assuring Quality in the Crime Laboratory.
- Introduction to Forensic Document Examination.
- Toxicology in the Crime Laboratory.
- Trace Evidence in the Real Crime Laboratory.
- Index.

Product details

• Authors: Mozayani, Ashraf Mozayani
• Assisted by: Ashraf Mozayani (Editor), Carla Noziglia (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.2007
• EAN: 9781588294647
• ISBN: 978-1-58829-464-7
• No. of pages: 312
• Weight: 642 g
• Illustrations: w. 127 figs. (some col.)
• Series: Forensic Science and Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology