Forensic science /
By: Jackson, Andrew R. W [author.].
Contributor(s): Jackson, Julie M [author.].
Series: Always learning: Publisher: Harlow, UK : Pearson Education Limited, 2017Edition: 4th edition.Description: xx, 528 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781292088181; 9781292088181:; 1292088184.Subject(s): Forensic sciences | Criminal investigation | Forensic sciences -- Great Britain | Criminal investigation -- Great Britain | Criminal investigation | Forensic sciences | Crime | Crime | Great BritainDDC classification: 363.25Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction to forensic science -- The crime scene -- Trace and contact evidence. Part 1 : recoverable materials -- Trace and court evidence. Part II : fingerprints and other marks and impressions -- The examination of body fluids, including bloodstain pattern analysis -- The analysis of deoribonucleic acid (DNA) : DNA profiling / Harry Mountain -- Forensic toxicology and drugs of abuse -- questioned documents -- Firearms -- Fires -- Explosions and explosives -- The recovery and examination of human remains -- Statistics and the analysis, interpretation and evaluation of evidence -- Forensic science in court.
This text aims to provide a broad, scientifically rigorous introduction to forensic science. It covers processes from the crime scene to presentation of forensic science in court and focuses on the chemical, biological and physical methods used in forensic examination.