Description
Book SynopsisCovering a range of fundamental topics essential to modern forensic investigation, the fifth edition of the landmark text Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques presents contributions and case studies from the personal files of experts in the field. In the fully updated 5th edition, Bell combines these testimonies into an accurate and engrossing account of cutting edge of forensic science across many different areas.
Designed for a single-term course at the undergraduate level, the book begins by discussing the intersection of law and forensic science, how things become evidence, and how courts decide if an item or testimony is admissible. The text invites students to follow evidence all the way from the crime scene into laboratory analysis and even onto the autopsy table. Forensic Science offers the fullest breadth of subject matter of any forensic text available, including forensic anthropology, death inv
Table of Contents
Section 1. Setting the Stage 1. Justice and Science 2. Evidence Section 2. The Crime Scene 3. Crime Scene Investigation 4. Bloodstain Patterns Section 3. Investigation of Death 5. Medicolegal Investigation of Death 6. Forensic Toxicology 7. Forensic Anthropology 8. Forensic Entomology Section 4. Forensic Biology 9. Biological Evidence 10. DNA Typing Section 5. Forensic Chemistry 11. Drugs and Poisons 12. Arson and Fire Investigation 13. Explosives Section 6. Pattern and Microscopic Evidence 14. Fingerprints 15. Firearms and Toolmarks 16. Tread Impressions 17. Trace Evidence Section 7. Other Forensic Disciplines 18. Questioned Documents 19. Forensic Engineering 20. Forensic Computing 21. Behavioral Science
