Forensic Science

Forensic Investigation of Clandestine Laboratories is the only comprehensive text to address all the issues involved in the forensic investigation and prosecution of clandestine labs. While it explains how to identify the controlled substances that are being manufactured and the methods used in the..

Forensic Issues in Alcohol Testing analyzes the acute and chronic effects of alcohol intoxication and a variety of methods with which to measure alcohol concentration in blood, urine, and breath testing. It considers variations in acute impairment by detailing the disposition and fate of alcohol in ..

Forensic Speaker Identification explains what FSI involves, and clarifies the problems of inferring identity from speech under the less than ideal conditions typical in forensics. The text discusses the complexities of voice sample comparison, the probabilistic nature of the technique, the difficult..

In a broad-based, multidisciplinary volume, this text explains the links between the study of death assemblages by archaeologists and paleontologists (taphonomy) and the application of physical anthropology concepts to the medicolegal investigation of death (forensic anthropology). It covers a varie..

Here is a complete guide to the collection, classification, and comparison of friction skin prints and the determination of identity and nonidentity. It discusses the cause and significance of variations in prints, the importance of class characteristics in print, the application of probability in d..

Describes the application of gas chromatography to various aspects of forensic chemistry. Following an introduction to the basic theory of chromatographic separations, the text discusses specific issues, such as drug analysis, fires and explosives, alcohol and toxicology...

Geographic Profiling introduces and explains this unique investigative methodology. Used to analyze the locations of a connected series of crimes to determine the most likely area of offender residence, geographic profiling allows investigators and law enforcement officers to manage information and ..

Offers an overview of forensic pathology to those who wish to know the basics but lack formal forensic training. This title explains from who the experts are in death investigation and what their roles are, to how effective testimonies are presented in court. It includes a section on the importance ..

Handbook for Death Scene Investigators is a handy, pocket-sized guide provides concise information for death scene investigators, including details about sudden natural deaths by disease and accident. It supplies practical information including how to review a medical chart, how to collect evidence,..

Offers information for death scene investigators, including details about sudden natural deaths by disease and accident. This book also provides practical information including how to review a medical chart, how to collect evidence, and how to obtain a medical history. It offers appendices on medica..

Extensively revised, reorganized, and updated, this second edition of a bestseller is a complete summary of a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional warfare agents. This edition incorporates additional classes of agents; expands existing classes; and provides more information on the chemica..

Describes various aspects of modern forensic pathology. This book offers information on tasers, pepper spray, Excited Delirium Syndrome, and nursing home death...