Product Description: Materials Analysis in Forensic Science will serve as a graduate level text for those studying and teaching materials analysis in forensic science. In addition, it will prove an excellent library reference for forensic practitioners to use in their casework...read more

Product Description: The Advanced Forensic Science Series grew out of the recommendations from the 2009 NAS Report: "Strengthening Forensic Science: A Path Forward." This volume, Firearm and Toolmark Examination and Identification, will serve as a graduate-level text for those studying and teaching firearm and toolmark examination and identification...read more

Product Description: Forensic science serves as an accessible and inspiring window into a fascinating realm of science. As illustrated by the popularity of television shows like "CSI", forensic science - while a specialized field - appeals to a wide audience...read more

Product Description: Learn the secrets of crime solving with this fascinating new book. "Science of Crime Solving" provides an insider's look at how crimes are solved with the help of forensic science. Offering students a peek at the many investigations that have revolutionized this field of study, this new book explores the pioneers of forensic science, how evidence is collected and analyzed, the science of DNA, fingerprinting, and more...read more

Product Description: This text explores the microscopic world in which the forensic scientist works by addressing the issues of what constitutes evidence. It looks at methods of trace analysis, hairs and what can be determined by examining them, manufactured and natural fibres and the many ways they appear, and much more...read more

Product Description: From Poe's Dupin and Doyle's Holmes to the television hits Quincy and CSI, the public's fascination with science employed to solve crimes continues and grows. But this understanding of how science works in the forensic laboratory is filtered through the fictional worlds of books and television-how is science really used to fight crime? What techniques are used to catch criminals and free the innocent? Forensic scientists work with police, investigators, medical personnel, attorneys, and others to uphold justice, but their methods are often misunderstood, overestimated, underestimated, revered, or disputed...read more

Product Description: Trace Evidence Analysis continues and builds upon the tradition of its successful companion title Mute Witnesses (2000). The book contains nine entirely new cases, each self-contained in its own chapter, covering everything from homicides to accident reconstruction...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Trace evidence is small, even microscopic remnants of materials found at a crime scene or on a victim. The term "mute witnesses" is commonly used to refer to these small bits of evidence such as paint smears, fibers, hair strands, dirt particles, glass fragments, and other items...read more