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Forensic Science, 2nd Edition

Table of Contents

Publisher's Note




Contributors




Complete List of Contents: Forensic Science




Accelerants




Accident investigation and reconstruction




Acid-base indicators




Actuarial risk assessment




Adipocere




Air and water purity




Airport security




Alcohol-related offenses




Algor mortis




ALI standard




American Academy of Forensic Sciences




American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology




American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors




Amphetamines




Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004




Analytical instrumentation




Anaphylaxis




Anastasia remains identification




Ancient criminal cases and mysteries




Ancient science and forensics




Animal evidence




Antemortem injuries




Anthrax




Anthrax letter attacks




Anthropometry




Antianxiety agents




Antibiotics




Antipsychotics




Argentine disappeared children




Arsenic




Arson




Arson Dogs




Art forgery




Asian tsunami victim identification




Asphyxiation




Assassination




Athlete drug testing




Atomic absorption spectrophotometry




Attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder medications




Autoerotic and erotic asphyxiation




Autopsies




Backspatter




Bacteria




Bacterial biology




Bacterial resistance and response to antibacterial agents




Ballistic fingerprints




Ballistics




Barbiturates




Beethoven's death




Benzidine




Beslan hostage crisis victim identification




Biodetectors




Biohazard bags




Biological terrorism




Biological warfare diagnosis




Biological weapon identification




Biological Weapons Convention of 1972




Biometric eye scanners




Biometric identification systems




Biosensors




Biotoxins




Bitemark analysis




Blast seat




Blood agents




Blood residue and bloodstains




Blood spatter analysis




Blood volume testing




Bloody Sunday




Blunt force trauma




Body farms




Body Fluid Trace Analysis




Bomb damage assessment




Bombings




Borderline personality disorder




Botulinum toxin




Brainwave scanners




Breathalyzer




Brockovich-PG&E case




Bubonic plague




Bulletlead analysis




Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives




Buried body locating




Burn pattern analysis




Cadaver dogs




Canine substance detection




Carbon monoxide poisoning




Casting




Celebrity cases




Centers for Disease Control and Prevention




Chain of custody




Challenger and Columbia accident investigations




Check alteration and washing




Chemical agents




Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, U.S.




Chemical terrorism




Chemical warfare




Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993




Chicago nightclub stampede




Child abduction and kidnapping




Child abuse




Choking




Chromatography




Class versus individual evidence




Closed-circuit television surveillance




Club drugs




CODIS




Coffin birth




Cognitive interview techniques




Cold Case




Columbus remains identification




Column chromatography




Competency evaluation and assessment instruments




Composite drawing




Computer crimes




Computer forensics




Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984




Computer hacking




Computer viruses and worms




Confocal microscopy




Control samples




Controlled Substances Act of 1970




Coroners




Counterfeit-detection pens




Counterfeiting




Courts and forensic evidence




Crack cocaine




Crime laboratories




Crime scene cleaning




Crime scene documentation




Crime scene investigation




Crime scene measurement




Crime scene protective gear




Crime scene reconstruction and staging




Crime scene screening tests




Crime scene search patterns




Crime scene sketching and diagramming




Criminal personality profiling




Criminalistics




Criminology




Croatian and Bosnian war victim identification




Cross-contamination of evidence




Cryptology and number theory




CSI: Crime Scene Investigation




Cyberstalking




Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals




Decomposition of bodies




Decontamination methods




Defensive wounds




Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders




Dial tone decoder




Direct versus circumstantial evidence




Disturbed evidence




DNA analysis




DNA banks for endangered animals




DNA database controversies




DNA extraction from hair, bodily fluids, and tissues




DNA fingerprinting




DNA isolation methods




DNA profiling




DNA recognition instruments




DNA sequencing




DNA typing




Document examination




Dosimetry




Driving injuries




Drowning




Drug abuse and dependence




Drug and alcohol evidence rules




Drug classification




Drug confirmation tests




Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S.




Drug paraphernalia




Ear prints




Ebola virus




Electrical injuries and deaths




Electromagnetic spectrum analysis




Electronic bugs




Electronic voice alteration




Electrophoresis




Energy-dispersive spectroscopy




Environmental Measurements Laboratory




Epidemiology




Epilepsy




Escherichia coli




Ethics




Ethics of DNA analysis




European Network of Forensic Science Institutes




Evidence processing




Exhumation




Expert witnesses




Eyewitness testimony




Facial recognition technology




False memories




Fax machine, copier, and printer analysis




Federal Bureau of Investigation




Federal Bureau of Investigation DNA Analysis Units




Federal Bureau of Investigation Forensic Science Research and Training Center




Federal Bureau of Investigation Laboratory




Federal Law Enforcement Training Center




Federal Rules of Evidence




Fibers and filaments




Fingerprints




Fire debris




Firearms analysis




First responders




Flight data recorders




Food and Drug Administration, U.S.




Food poisoning




Food supply protection




Footprints and shoe prints




Forensic accounting




Forensic anthropology




Forensic archaeology




Forensic botany




Forensic entomology




Forensic Files




Forensic geoscience




Forensic linguistics and stylistics




Forensic nursing




Forensic odontology




Forensic palynology




Forensic pathology




Forensic photography




Forensic psychiatry




Forensic psychology




Forensic Science International




Forensic Science Policy & Management: An International Journal




Forensic Science Service




Forensic sculpture




Forensic toxicology




Forgery




Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometer




Fracture matching




Frye v. United States




Gang violence evidence




Gas chromatography




Genocide




Geographic information system technology




Geographic profiling




Geological materials




Gestational age determination




Glass




Guilty but mentally ill plea




Gunshot residue




Gunshot wounds




Habeas corpus




Hair analysis




Halcion




Hallucinogens




Handwriting analysis




Hanging




Hantavirus




Harrison Narcotic Drug Act of 1914




Hemorrhagic fevers




Hesitation wounds and suicide




High-performance liquid chromatography




Hit-and-run vehicle offenses




Hitler diaries hoax




Holland v. United States




Holocaust investigation




Homicide




Homogeneous enzyme immunoassay




Hostage negotiations




Hughes will hoax




Hypothermia




Identity theft




Illicit substances




Imaging




Immune system




Improvised explosive devices




Incident Command System




Inconsistent Witness Testimony




Infrared detection devices




Inhalant abuse




Innocence Project




Insanity defense




Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System




Integrated Ballistics Identification System




International Association for Identification




International Association of Forensic Nurses




International Association of Forensic Sciences




International Association of Forensic Toxicologists




Internet tracking and tracing




Interpol




Interpol, U.S. National Central Bureau of




Interrogation




Iris recognition systems




Irresistible impulse rule




Isotopic analysis




Jefferson paternity dispute




Journal of Forensic Sciences




Journalism




Kennedy assassination




Kennewick man




Kidd blood grouping system




Knife wounds




Laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry




Lasers




Lead




Legal competency




Less-lethal weapons




Lincoln exhumation




Lindbergh baby kidnapping




Literature and forensic science




Living forensics




Livor mortis




Locard's exchange principle




Lock picking




Louis XVII remains identification




Luminol




Mad cow disease investigation




Mandatory drug testing




Markov murder




Marsh test




Mass graves




Mass spectrometry




Medicine




Medicolegal death investigators




Megan's Law




Mens rea




Mercury




Metal detectors




Meth labs




Microcrystalline tests




Micro-Fourier transform infrared spectrometry




Microscopes




Microspectrophotometry




Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory




Miranda v. Arizona




Misconceptions fostered by media




Mitochondrial DNA analysis and typing




Multisystem method




Mummification




Mustard gas




Mycotoxins




Napoleon's death




Narcotics




National Church Arson Task Force




National Crime Information Center




National DNA Index System




National Institute of Justice




National Transportation Safety Board




Nerve agents




Nervous system




Nicholas II remains identification




Night vision devices




Nipah virus




Nuclear detection devices




Nuclear spectroscopy




Oblique lighting analysis




Oklahoma City bombing




Opioids




Oral autopsy




Orthotolidine




Osteology and skeletal radiology




Paint




Paper




Parasitology




Parental alienation syndrome




Paternity evidence




Paternity testing




Pathogen genomic sequencing




Pathogen transmission




People v. Lee




Performance-enhancing drugs




Peruvian Ice Maiden




Petechial hemorrhage




Phenolphthalein




Photograph alteration detection




Physical evidence




Physiology




Poisons and antidotes




Polarized light microscopy




Police psychology




Pollen and pollen rain




Polygraph analysis




Polymerase chain reaction




Postconviction DNA analysis




Presumptive tests for blood




Prints




Problem of under-policing minority populations




Product liability cases




Product tampering




Prostate specific antigen test for post-mortem presence of spermatozoa




Pseudoscience in forensic practice




Psychological autopsy




Psychopathic personality disorder




Psychotropic drugs




Puncture wounds




Quality control of evidence




Quantitative and qualitative analysis of chemicals




Questioned document analysis




Racial profiling




Radiation damage to tissues




Rape




Rape kit




Reagents




Restriction fragment length polymorphisms




Ricin




Rigor mortis




Ritual killing




Sacco and Vanzetti case




Saliva




Sarin




Satellite surveillance technology




Scanning electron microscopy




Scent identification




Secret Service, U.S.




Semen and sperm




Separation tests




September 11, 2001, victim identification




Serology




Sex determination of remains




Sexual predation characteristics




Shaken baby syndrome




Sherlock Holmes stories




Short tandem repeat analysis




The Silence of the Lambs




Silencers for firearms




Silicone breast implant cases




Silkwood/Kerr-McGee case




Simpson murder trial




Sinus prints




Skeletal analysis




Smallpox




Smoke inhalation




Sobriety testing




Soil




Soman




Spectroscopy




Sports memorabilia fraud




St. Valentine's Day Massacre




Stalking and stalker typologies




Steganography




Stimulants




Strangulation




Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward




Structural analysis




Suffocation




Suicide




Superglue fuming




Tabun




Tape




Taphonomy




Tarasoff rule




Tattoo identification




Taylor exhumation




Telephone tap detector




Thalidomide




Thanatology




Thin-layer chromatography




Tire tracks




Tool marks




Toxic torts




Toxicological analysis




Trace and transfer evidence




Training and licensing of forensic professionals




Trial consultants




Truth serum




Tularemia




Typewriter analysis




Ultraviolet spectrophotometry




Unabomber case




University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility




U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases




ValuJet Flight 592 crash investigation




Victimology




Violent sexual predator statutes




Viral biology




Voiceprints




Who watches watchmen?: Judicial Conduct Commission or Board




Wildlife forensics




World Trade Center bombing




Writing instrument analysis




Wrongful convictions




X-ray diffraction




Y chromosome analysis




Guide to Internet Resources




Television Programs




Key Figures in Forensic Science




Time Line




Bibliography




Glossary




Category Index