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Chapter 1 Justice and Science |
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1.1 The Role of Forensic Science |
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1.2 Forensic Science and Competing Stories |
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1.4 The Recent Past of Forensic Science |
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1.6 Types of Legal Proceedings |
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1.8.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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1.8.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Bibliography and Further Reading |
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Chapter 2 Evidence: Origins, Types, and Admissibility |
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2.3 Admissibility of Evidence |
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2.3.1 Admissibility Hearings |
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2.3.2 The Frye Decision and Frye Standard |
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2.3.3 Federal Rules of Evidence |
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2.3.4 Daubert Decision (1993) |
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2.4 Categories of Evidence |
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2.5 Methods of Interpretation |
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2.6.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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2.6.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Bibliography and Further Reading |
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Chapter 3 Crime Scene Investigation |
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3.1 A Crime Scene and Its Story |
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3.2 Initial Crime Scene Investigation |
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3.3 Crime Scene Documentation, Measurement, and Imaging |
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3.3.1 Digital Imaging and Videography |
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3.3.2 Sketching the Crime Scene |
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3.3.3 Forensic Mapping and Laser Scanning |
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3.3.4 Crime Scene Searches |
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3.3.5 Packaging and Preservation |
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3.4 Example Scene and Processing |
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3.5.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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3.5.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Chapter 4 Bloodstain Patterns |
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4.1 Bloodstain Pattern Evidence |
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4.2.1 Biological Properties |
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4.2.2 Physical Properties |
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4.3 Formation of Bloodstains and Bloodstain Patterns |
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4.3.1 Surface Considerations |
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4.3.2 Size, Shape, and Directionality |
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4.3.5 Castoff Bloodstain Patterns |
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4.3.6 Expirated Bloodstain Patterns |
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4.3.7 Arterial Bloodstain Patterns |
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4.5 Return to the Scene of the Crime |
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4.6.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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4.6.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Chapter 5 Medicolegal Investigation of Death |
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5.1 Investigation of Death |
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5.2 Systems of Death Investigation |
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5.2.1 Medical Examiner System |
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5.2.2 Forensic Pathology and Forensic Pathologists |
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5.3 Time, Manner, and Cause of Death |
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5.3.1 Cause and Mechanism of Death |
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5.4 Tools of Death Investigation |
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5.5.2 Documentation and Specimens |
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5.6 Investigation of Traumatic Death |
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5.6.1.1 Sharp Force Injury |
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5.6.1.3 Other Blunt Force Injury |
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5.8 Return to the Scene of the Crime |
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5.9 Review Material: Key Concepts and Questions |
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5.9.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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5.9.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Chapter 6 Postmortem Toxicology |
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6.1 Toxicology and Death Investigation |
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6.2.4 Moving through the Body |
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6.3 Types of Postmortem Samples |
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6.4.2 Confirmatory Analysis |
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6.5 Interpreting Toxicological Findings |
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6.6 Return to the Scene of the Crime |
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6.7 Review Material: Key Concepts and Questions |
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6.7.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Bibliography and Further Reading |
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Chapter 7 Forensic Anthropology |
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7.1 Anthropology and Death Investigation |
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7.3 Taphonomic Assessment of the Body and Where It Is Found |
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7.3.1 Taphonomic Context of the Remains |
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7.3.2 Taphonomic Condition of the Remains |
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7.4.1.1 Growth and Development |
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7.4.1.2 Age-Related Changes in the Adult |
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7.4.3 Stature and Disarticulation |
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7.7 Return to the Scene of the Crime |
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7.8.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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7.8.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Chapter 8 Forensic Entomology |
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8.1 Entomology and Death Investigation |
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8.2.1 Larval Development or Maggot Aging |
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8.2.2 Successive Colonization |
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8.3 Other Applications of Forensic Entomology |
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8.3.1 Indicating Whether the Body Has Been Moved |
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8.3.2 Locating the Position of Wounds |
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8.3.3 Drugs and Insects: Entomotoxicology |
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8.4.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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8.4.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Bibliography and Further Reading |
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Chapter 9 Biological Evidence |
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9.1 Finding and Identifying Biological Evidence |
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9.2.1 Identification of Blood |
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9.2.2 Catalytic Color Tests |
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9.2.3 Tests Using Chemiluminescence and Fluorescence |
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9.3.3 Confirmatory Tests for Semen |
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9.5 Alternate Light Sources |
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9.6 Return to the Scene of the Crime |
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9.7 Review Material: Key Concepts and Questions |
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9.7.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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9.7.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Bibliography and Further Reading |
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10.1 Cells, Chromosomes, and DNA |
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10.2.1 Loci and STRs in Forensic DNA Typing |
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10.2.2 Sequence of Analysis |
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10.2.3 PCR and DNA Amplification |
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10.4 Current Issues in DNATyping |
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10.4.1 Mixtures and Touch DNA |
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10.4.2 Rapid DNA and Portable Systems |
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10.5 Return to the Scene of the Crime |
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10.6 Review Material: Key Concepts and Questions |
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10.6.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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10.6.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Chapter 11 Drugs and Poisons |
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11.3 Seized Drug Analysis |
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11.3.1 Controlled Substances Act |
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11.3.2 Example Drugs and Drug Families |
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11.3.3 Novel Psychoactive Substances |
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11.3.4 Clandestine Laboratories |
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11.5.1 Blood and Breath Alcohol |
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11.6 Review Material: Key Concepts and Questions |
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11.6.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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11.6.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Chapter 12 Arson and Fire Investigation |
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12.1 Aspects of Fire Investigation |
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12.2 Chemistry of Combustion |
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12.2.1 Critical Conditions and Points |
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12.2.3 Combustion Products |
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12.2.4 Integrated Example |
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12.3.1 Accelerants and Incendiary Devices |
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12.3.2 Laboratory Analysis |
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12.4 Review Material: Key Concepts and Questions |
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12.4.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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12.4.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Chapter 13 Explosives and Improvised Explosive Devices |
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13.1 Detonation and Definitions |
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13.1.1 Burning and Propagation |
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13.3 Types of Explosives and Devices |
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13.4 Forensic Aspects of Explosives |
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13.5 Review Material: Key Concepts and Questions |
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13.5.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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13.5.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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14.1 Pattern Matching Disciplines in Forensic Science |
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14.2 Fingerprints as a Means of Identification |
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14.3 Fingerprint Patterns |
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14.4 Fingerprint Classification |
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14.5 Computerized Fingerprint Systems |
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14.6 Fingerprints as Physical Evidence |
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14.6.1 Composition of Latent Fingerprint Residues |
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14.6.4 Combination/Special Illumination |
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14.7 Linking a Fingerprint to a Person |
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14.8 Return to the Scene of the Crime |
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14.9 Review Material: Key Concepts and Questions |
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14.9.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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14.9.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Chapter 15 Firearms and Tool Marks |
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15.2.2 Rifling, Caliber, and Gauge |
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15.2.3 Ammunition and Propellants |
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15.2.4 Types of Markings and Forensic Examination |
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15.4 Advances in Firearm and Tool Mark Characterization |
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15.6 Review Material: Key Concepts and Questions |
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15.6.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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15.6.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Chapter 16 Tread Impressions |
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16.1 Another Form of Impression Evidence |
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16.2 Footwear Impressions |
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16.3 Examination of Footwear Evidence |
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16.5 Review Material: Key Concepts and Questions |
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16.5.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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16.5.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Chapter 17 Trace Evidence and Microscopy |
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17.1 What Is Trace Evidence? |
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17.2.2 Polarizing Light Microscopy |
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17.2.3 Comparison Microscopy |
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17.3 Microscopes Combined with Spectroscopy |
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17.4 Scanning Electron Microscopy |
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17.5 Examples of Types of Trace Evidence |
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17.6 Return to the Scene of the Crime |
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17.7 Review Material: Key Concepts and Questions |
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17.7.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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17.7.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Chapter 18 Questioned Documents |
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18.1 Documents in an Electronic Society |
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18.2 Handwriting Comparison |
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18.2.1 Collection of Writing Standards |
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18.2.2 Process of Comparison |
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18.2.3 Types of Fraudulent Writing |
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18.2.4 Factors That Can Affect Handwriting |
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18.3 Alterations, Obliterations, and Ink Differentiation |
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18.3.1 Video Spectral Comparison |
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18.3.2 Thin-Layer Chromatography |
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18.4.2 Electrostatic Detection |
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18.5 Photocopiers and Laser Printer Examinations |
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18.5.2 Photocopy Examination |
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18.6 Review Material: Key Concepts and Questions |
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18.6.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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18.6.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Bibliography and Further Reading |
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Chapter 19 Forensic Engineering |
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19.1 Physics and Forensic Science |
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19.2 Automobile Accidents |
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19.2.1 Analytical Tools Used to Evaluate Accidents |
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19.2.2 Converting Scene Data into an Event Sequence |
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19.2.3 Accident Reconstruction: Energy |
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19.3 Structural Collapses |
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19.3.3 Collapse of the Twin Towers in 2001 |
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19.4 Integrated Forensic Example |
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19.5 Review Material: Key Concepts and Questions |
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19.5.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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19.5.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Bibliography and Further Reading |
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Chapter 20 Computer Forensics |
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20.1 A New Type of Evidence |
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20.2.1 Hacking, Security Breaches, and Extortion |
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20.3 Procedures for Digital Evidence and Storage Devices |
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20.5 Cybercrime and the Internet of Things |
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20.6 Review Material: Key Concepts and Questions |
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20.6.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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Bibliography and Further Reading |
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Chapter 21 Behavioral Science |
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21.1 Role of Behavioral Science in the Justice System |
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21.2 Behavioral Science and the Justice System |
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21.2.1 Deceptive Behavior |
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21.2.2 Competency to Stand Trial |
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21.3 Interactions with Forensic Science and Active Investigations |
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21.3.2 Crime Scene Staging |
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21.4 Criminal Investigative Analysis |
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21.4.1 Modus Operandi and Signature Analysis |
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21.4.2 Victim Selection and Victimology |
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21.5 Review Material: Key Concepts and Questions |
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326 | (3) |
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21.5.1 Key Terms and Concepts |
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326 | (1) |
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21.5.3 Advanced Questions and Exercises |
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Bibliography and Further Reading |
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Appendix A Abbreviations |
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Appendix B Glossary |
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