Main description:

Looking at the science of law enforcement, how evidence is gathered, processed, analysed, and viewed in the courtroom, and more. From the cause, manner, time of a death, and autopsies to blood, toxicology, DNA typing, fingerprints, ballistics, tool marks, tread impressions, and trace evidence, it takes the reader through the many sides of a death investigation. Arson, accidents, computer crimes, criminal profiling, and much, much more are also addressed.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Overview

2. History of Forensic Science

3. The Crime Site and Investigation Teams

4. Looking for Biological Evidence

5. Looking for Physical Evidence

6. Analyzing a Body

7. Analyzing Older Remains

8. Trace Evidence

9. Patent, Latent, and Plastic Prints

10. DNA Analysis

11. Toolmarks, Firearms, and Ballistics

12. Examining Explosives

13. Questioned Documents and Cryptanalysis

14. Computer, Accounting, and Other Forensic Investigations

15. Forensic Psychology

16. The Legal Process

17. Controversies in Forensic Science

18. Famous (and Infamous) Crimes and Forensic Science

19. The Media and Forensic Science

Glossary

Resources

Further Reading

Index