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Author: MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant & Natalie R. Shirley

Designed as a complete introductory textbook, this guide takes the reader through the various processes and methodologies which comprise forensic anthropology. After a survey of the history of the discipline, and survey ...

Author: Sue Black & Eilidh Ferguson

Advances in our ability to analyse information from skeletal remains and subsequent developments in the field of forensic anthropology make it possible to identify more victims of homicides, mass-fatality disasters, and ...

Author: Jeduda Yinon

"Forensic Applications of Mass Spectrometry" combines the most current developments in applications of mass spectrometry techniques to forensic analyses. The techniques discussed include: capillary-GC/MS; thermospray-LC/ ...

Author: Marc Oxenham

How are forensic investigations conducted? What are the latest techniques in forensic methods? This book provides a comprehensive resource for the study of forensic science and its approaches to the investigation of deat ...

Author: Margaret Cox & Jon Sterenberg

The twentieth century saw the unlawful killing of approximately 200 million civilians. Sadly, the conflicts and tensions that gave rise to these deaths continue into the twenty-first century and the task of those involve ...

Author: K.T. Taylor

As the number of stranger-on-stranger crimes increases, solving these crimes becomes more challenging. Forensic illustration has become increasingly important as a tool in identifying both perpetrators and victims. Now a ...

Author: Lois Gibson

The demand for forensic art usage in investigations is rapidly expanding due to media attention. Despite this fact, to date no book thoroughly explains how to sketch a suspect's face from a witness memory. "Forensic Art ...

Author: Rob A.C. Bilo, Simon G.F. Robben & Rick R. van Rijn

Fractures are a common finding in children and it is estimated that 2.1% of all children will suffer at least one fracture before the age of 16. With young children in particular, the question may arise if this is relate ...

Author: Colin M. Shapiro & Alexander McCall Smith

Addressing the medical and legal aspects of sleep, this text covers the principles of jurisdictions in North America, UK and Australia. It describes normal and abnormal patterns of sleep, its importance for effective hum ...

Author: Ronald Roesch & Patricia A. Zapf

While the vast majority of criminal and civil lawyers must at some time come into contact with a forensic mental health evaluation, either when requested by their side or by opposing counsel, most do not know enough abou ...

Author: Brian J. Heard

Forensic Ballistics in Court: Interpretation and Presentation of Firearms Evidence is an accessible introduction to firearms and ballistics evidence and how this is analysed and presented as evidence in a court of law ...

Author: Brian J. Heard

Forensic Ballistics in Court: Interpretation and Presentation of Firearms Evidence is an accessible introduction to firearms and ballistics evidence and how this is analysed and presented as evidence in a court of law ...

Author: David Hall & Dr. Jason H. Byrd

"Forensic Botany: A Practical Guide" is an accessible introduction to the way in which botanical evidence is identified, collected and analysed in criminal cases. Increasingly this form of evidence is becoming more impor ...

Author: Dr. David Hall & Dr. Jason H. Byrd

"Forensic Botany: A Practical Guide" is an accessible introduction to the way in which botanical evidence is identified, collected and analysed in criminal cases. Increasingly this form of evidence is becoming more impor ...

Author: Heather Miller Coyle

Increasingly, forensic scientists use plant evidence to reconstruct crimes. The forensic aspects of this subject require an understanding of what is necessary for botanical evidence to be accepted in our judicial system. ...

Author: Suzanne Bell

Introduces the principal areas of study from the perspective of analytical chemistry. This book provides foundation for basic chemistry and introduces chemical concepts and practices from a forensic perspective, includin ...

Author: Lawrence F. Kobilinsky & Louis Levine

The Forensic Chemistry Handbook provides both practicing forensic scientists and beginners with a concise, but not trivial introduction to various topics covered by the discipline of forensic chemistry. It supplies ref ...

Author: A Lucas

The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edwa ...

Author: John R. Vanderkolk

While there is no such thing as a perfect match in the field of forensic comparative science, Forensic Comparative Science: Qualitative Quantitative Source Determination of Unique Impressions, Images, and Objects provide ...

Author: Thomas A. Johnson

The Digital Age offers many far-reaching opportunities - opportunities that allow for fast global communications, efficient business transactions...and stealthily executed cyber crimes. Featuring contributions from digit ...