Forensic science : from the crime scene to the crime lab /
Richard Saferstein.
- 2nd ed.
- Boston : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2013.
- xxi, 546 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction -- Definition and scope of forensic science -- Securing and searching the crime scene -- Recording the crime scene -- Collection of crime-scene evidence -- Physical evidence -- Death investigation -- Crime-scene reconstruction -- Fingerprints -- Firearms, toolmarks, and other impressions -- Bloodstain pattern analysis -- Drugs -- Forensic toxicology -- Trace evidence I: hairs and fibers -- Trace evidence II: paint, glass, and soil -- Biological stain analysis : DNA -- Forensic aspects of fire and explosion investigation -- Document examination -- Computer forensics -- Appendix I: guides to the collection of physical evidence : FBI -- Appendix II: instructions for collecting gunshot residue -- Appendix III: chemical formulas for latent fingerprint development -- Appendix IV: Chemical formulas for development of footwear impressions in blood -- Answers to end-of-chapter questions -- Index.
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Criminal investigation. Crime scene searches. Forensic sciences. Evidence, Criminal.