Introduction to forensic sciences /
Contributor(s): Eckert, William G
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Publisher: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 1997Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xi, 390 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0849381010; 9780849381010 :.Subject(s): Forensic sciences | Medical jurisprudence | Criminal investigationDDC classification: 363.25 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to forensic sciences / William G. Eckert -- Historical development of forensic sciences / William G. Eckert -- The role of the forensic laboratory / William G. Eckert and Stuart H. James -- Forensic psychiatry / William G. Eckert and Ronald J. Turco -- Scientific evidence in court / William G. Eckert and Ronald K. Wright -- Legal medicine and jurisprudence / Cyril H. Wecht -- Forensic pathology / William G. Eckert and Ronald K. Wright -- Forensic toxicology / Alphonse Poklis -- Questioned documents / William H. Storer -- Bloodstain pattern interpretation / Stuart H. James and Charles F. Edel -- Serology and DNA typing / George T. Duncan and Martin L. Tracey -- Forensic odontology / Mark Bernstein -- The scope of forensic anthropology / Mehmet Yasar Îscan and Susan R. Loth.
This text presents each of the distinct fields that collectively comprise the forensic sciences, in a logical non-technical fashion. Each chapter is written by an expert in his/her respective field. The various methods of applying these sciences in different countries are covered.