Encyclopedia of forensic sciences /

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Imprint:Sand Diego : Academic Press, 2000.
Description:3 v. : ill.(part. col.) ; 28 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4336688
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Other authors / contributors:Siegel, Jay A.
Saukko, Pekka J.
Knupfer, Geoffrey C.
ISBN:0122272153
Notes:Includes index.
Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Accident Investigation
  • a. Aircraft
  • Accident Investigation
  • b. Motor vehicle (including biomechanics of injuries)
  • Accident Investigation
  • c. Rail
  • Accident Investigation
  • d. Reconstruction
  • Accident Investigation
  • e. Airbag related injuries and deaths
  • Accident Investigation
  • f. Determination of cause
  • Accident Investigation
  • g. Driver versus passenger in motor vehicle collisions
  • Accident Investigation
  • h. Tachographs
  • Accreditation of Forensic Science Laboratories
  • Administration of Forensic Science
  • a. An international perspective
  • Administration of Forensic Science
  • b. Organisation of laboratories
  • Alcohol
  • a. Blood
  • Alcohol
  • b. Body fluids
  • Alcohol
  • c. Breath
  • Alcohol
  • d. Post-mortem
  • Alcohol
  • e. Interpretation
  • CONTENTS: Alcohol
  • f. Congener analysis
  • Analytical Techniques
  • a. Separation techniques
  • Analytical Techniques
  • b. Microscopy
  • Analytical Techniques
  • c. Spectroscopy
  • Analytical Techniques
  • d. Mass spectrometry
  • Anthropology: Archaeology
  • Anthropology: Skeletal Analysis
  • a. Overview
  • Anthropology: Skeletal Analysis
  • b. Morphological age estimation
  • Anthropology: Skeletal Analysis
  • c. Sex determination
  • Anthropology: Skeletal Analysis
  • d. Determination of racial affinity
  • Anthropology: Skeletal Analysis
  • e. Excavation/retrieval of forensic remains
  • Anthropology: Skeletal Analysis
  • f. Bone pathology and ante-mortem trauma in forensic cases
  • Anthropology: Skeletal Analysis
  • g. Skeletal trauma
  • Anthropology: Skeletal Analysis
  • h. Animal effects on human remains
  • Anthropology: Skeletal Analysis
  • i. Assessment of occupational stress
  • Anthropology: Skeletal Analysis
  • j. Stature estimation from the skeleton
  • Art and Antique Forgery and Fraud
  • Autoerotic Death
  • Basic Principles of Forensic Science
  • Biochemical Analysis
  • a. Capillary electrophoresis in forensic science
  • Biochemical Analysis
  • b. Capillary electrophoresis in forensic biology
  • Blood Identification
  • Blood Stain Pattern Analysis and Interpretation
  • Causes of Death
  • a. Post-mortem changes
  • Causes of Death
  • b. Sudden natural death
  • Causes of Death
  • c. Blunt injury
  • Causes of Death
  • d. Sharp injury
  • Causes of Death
  • e. Gunshot wounds
  • Causes of Death
  • f. Asphyctic deaths
  • Causes of Death
  • g. Burns and scalds
  • Causes of Death
  • h. Traffic deaths
  • Causes of Death
  • i. Systemic response to trauma
  • Causes of Death
  • j. Poisonings
  • Cheiloscopy
  • Clinical Forensic Medicine
  • a. Overview
  • Clinical Forensic Medicine
  • b. Defence wounds
  • Clinical Forensic Medicine
  • c. Self-inflicted injury
  • Clinical Forensic Medicine
  • d. Child abuse
  • Clinical Forensic Medicine
  • e. Sexual assault and semen persistence
  • Clinical Forensic Medicine
  • f. Evaluation of gunshot wounds
  • Clinical Forensic Medicine
  • g. Recognition of pattern injuries in domestic violence victims
  • Computer Crime
  • Credit Cards: Forgery and Fraud
  • Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination
  • a. Recording
  • Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination
  • b. Collection and chain of evidence
  • Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination
  • c. Recovery
  • Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination
  • d. Packaging
  • Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination
  • e. Preservation
  • Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination
  • f. Contamination
  • Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination
  • g. Fingerprints
  • Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination
  • h. Suspicious deaths
  • Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination
  • i. Major incident scene management
  • Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination
  • j. Serial and series crimes
  • Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination
  • k. Scene analysis/reconstruction
  • Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination
  • l. Criminal analysis
  • Crime-Scene Investigation and Examination
  • m. Decomposing and skeletonized cases
  • Criminal Profiling
  • Criminalistics
  • Detection of Deception
  • Disaster Victim Identification
  • DNA
  • a. Basic principles
  • DNA
  • b. RFLP
  • DNA
  • c. PCR
  • DNA
  • d. PCR-STR
  • DNA
  • e. Future analytical techniques
  • DNA
  • f. Paternity testing
  • DNA
  • g. Significance
  • DNA
  • h. Mitochondrial
  • Document Analysis
  • a. Handwriting
  • Document Analysis
  • b. Analytical methods
  • Document Analysis
  • c. Forgery and counterfeits
  • Document Analysis
  • d. Ink analysis
  • Document Analysis
  • e. Printer types
  • Document Analysis
  • f. Document dating
  • Drugs of Abuse
  • a. Blood
  • Drugs of Abuse
  • b. Body fluids
  • Drugs of Abuse
  • c. Ante-mortem
  • Drugs of Abuse
  • d. Post-mortem
  • Drugs of Abuse
  • e. Drugs and driving
  • Drugs of Abuse
  • f. Urine
  • Drugs of Abuse
  • g. Hair
  • Drugs of Abuse
  • h. Methods of analysis
  • Drugs of Abuse
  • i. Designer drugs
  • Dust
  • Ear Prints
  • Education, An International Perspective
  • Electronic Communication and Information
  • Entomology
  • Ethics
  • Evidence
  • a. Classification of evidence
  • Evidence (b)The philosophy of sequential analysis
  • Evidence
  • c. Statistical interpretation of evidence/Bayesian analysis
  • Expert Witnesses, Qualifications and Testimony
  • Explosives, Methods of Analysis
  • Facial Identification
  • a. The lineup, mugshot search and composite
  • Facial Identification
  • b. Photo image identification
  • Facial Identification
  • c. Computerized facial reconstruction
  • Facial Identification
  • d. Skull-photo superimposition
  • Facial Identification
  • e. Facial tissue thickness in facial reconstruction
  • Fibres
  • a. Types
  • Fibres
  • b. Transfer and persistence
  • Fibres
  • c. Recovery
  • Fibres
  • d. Identification and comparison
  • Fibres
  • e. Significance
  • Fingerprints
  • Dactyloscopy. (a) Visualisation
  • Fingerprints
  • Dactyloscopy. (b) Sequential treatment and enhancement
  • Fingerprints
  • Dactyloscopy. (c) Identification and classification
  • Fingerprints
  • Dactyloscopy. (d) Standards of proof
  • Fingerprints
  • Dactyloscopy. (e) Chemistry of print residue
  • Fire Investigation
  • a. Types of fire
  • Fire Investigation
  • b. Physics/Thermodynamics
  • Fire Investigation
  • c. Chemistry of fire
  • Fire Investigation
  • d. The fire scene
  • Fire Investigation
  • e. Evidence recovery
  • Fire Investigation
  • f. Fire scene patterns
  • Fire Investigation
  • g. The laboratory
  • Firearms
  • a. Types of weapons and ammunitions
  • Firearms
  • b. Range and penetration
  • Firearms
  • c. CS Gas
  • Firearms
  • df. Humane killing tools
  • Firearms
  • e. Laboratory analysis
  • Forensic Anthropology
  • Forensic Engineering
  • Forensic Nursing
  • Forensic Psycholinguistics
  • Forensic Toxicology
  • a. Overview
  • Forensic Toxicology
  • b. Methods of analysis - ante-mortem
  • Forensic Toxicology
  • c. Methods of analysis - post-mortem
  • Forensic Toxicology
  • d. Interpretation of results
  • Forensic Toxicology
  • e. Inhalants
  • Forensic Toxicology
  • f. Equine drug testing
  • Forgery and Fraud
  • a. Overview (including counterfeit currency)
  • Forgery and Fraud
  • b. Auditing and accountancy
  • Gas Chromatography, Methodology in Forensic Sciences
  • Genetics
  • a. Serology
  • Genetics
  • b. DNA - statistical probability
  • Glass
  • Hair
  • a. Background
  • Hair
  • b. Hair transfer, persistence and recovery
  • Hair
  • c. Identification of human and animal hair
  • Hair
  • d. Microscopic comparison
  • Hair
  • e. Other comparison methods
  • Hair
  • f. Significance of hair evidence
  • Hair
  • g. DNA typing
  • Health and Safety (including Risk Assessment)
  • History
  • a. Crime scene sciences
  • History
  • b. Fingerprint sciences
  • Identification/Individualization, Overview and Meaning
  • Investigative Psychology
  • Legal Aspects of Forensic Science
  • Lie Detection (Polygraph)
  • Literature and the Forensic Sciences
  • a. Resources
  • Literature and the Forensic Sciences
  • b. Fiction
  • Microchemistry
  • Modus Operandi
  • Odontology
  • Offender Signature
  • Paints and Coatings: Commercial, Domestic and Automotive
  • Pathology
  • a. Overview
  • Pathology
  • b. Victim recovery
  • Pathology
  • c. Autopsy
  • Pathology
  • d. Preservation of evidence
  • Pathology
  • e. Post-mortem changes
  • Pathology
  • f. Post-mortem interval
  • Pattern Evidence
  • a. Footmarks (footwear)
  • Pattern Evidence
  • b. Footmarks (bare footprints)
  • Pattern Evidence
  • c. Shotgun ammunition on a target
  • Pattern Evidence
  • d. Tools
  • Pattern Evidence
  • e. Plastic bag striations
  • Pattern Evidence
  • f. Serial number
  • Pharmacology
  • Post-Mortem Examination, Procedures and Standards
  • Psychological Autopsies
  • Psychology and Psychiatry
  • a. Overview
  • Psychology and Psychiatry
  • b. Psychiatry
  • Psychology and Psychiatry
  • c. Psychology
  • Quality Assurance/Control
  • Serial Killing
  • Soil and Geology
  • Stalking
  • Statistical Interpretation of Evidence
  • Time Factor Analysis
  • Voice Analysis
  • Wildlife
  • Wood Analysis