Here we stand: what a forensic scientist does / Jon J. Nordby
SECTION I: FORENSIC PATHOLOGY AND RELATED SPECIALTIES: The role of the forensic pathologist / Ronald K. Wright
Investigation of traumatic deaths / Ronald K. Wright
Forensic toxicology / John Joseph Fenton
Forensic odontology / R. Tom Glass
Forensic anthropology / Marcella H. Sorg
- Forensic Taphonomy / William D. Haglund
SECTION II: EVALUATION OF THE CRIME SCENE: Crime scene investigation / Marilyn T. Miller
Recognition of bloodstain patterns / Stuart H. James, Paul E. Kish, and T. Paulette Sutton
SECTION III: The forensic laboratory / Linda R. Netzel
Identification and characterization of blood and bloodstains / Robert P. Spalding
Identification of biological fluids and stains / Andrew Greenfield and Monica M. Sloan
Techniques of DNA analysis / George T. Duncan, Martin L. Tracey, and Eric Stauffer
Microanalysis and examination of trace evidence / Thomas A. Kubic and Nicholas Petraco
Fingerprints / Robert E. Gaensslen and Kimberly R. Young
Forensic footwear evidence / William J. Bodziak
Forensic tire impression and tire track evidence / William J. Bodziak
Firearm and tool mark examinations / Walter F. Rowe
Questioned documents / Frank H. Norwitch and Howard Seiden
Analysis of controlled substances / Donnell R. Christian, Jr.
SECTION IV: FORENSIC ENGINEERING: Structural failures / Randall K. Noon
Basic fire and explosive investigation / David R. Redsicker
Vehicular accident reconstruction / Randall K. Noon
SECTION V: CYBERTECHNOLOGY AND FORENSIC SCIENCE: Use of computers in forensic science / Zeno Geradts
Investigation of computer-related crime / Peter Stephenson
SECTION VI: FORENSIC APPLICATION OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES: Forensic psychology / Louis B. Schlesinger
Forensic psychiatry / Robert L. Sadoff
Serial offenders: linking cases by modus operandi and signature / Robert D. Keppel
Criminal personality profiling: Michael R. Napier and Kenneth P. Baker
SECTION VII: LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN FORENSIC SCIENCE: Countering chaos: logic, ethics, and the crimical justice system / Jon J. Nordby
Forensic science and the law / Terrence F. Kiely
Legal issues in forensic DNA / Susan Herrero
Appendix A: DNA Advisory Board (DAB) guidelines
Appendix B: Biohazard safety precautions
Appendix C: Forensic websites
Appendix D; Trigonometic tables: sine and tangent functions
Appendix E: Metric measurements and equivalents
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