Andrew R.W. Jackson, Julie M. Jackson, Daniel Brearley, Harry Mountain

Forensic Science

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson Education Limited
• 5 ed
• Seitenzahl: 584
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781292292373
• ISBN-10: 1292292377
• Artikelnr.: 68500788

Autorenporträt

Professor Andrew Jackson is the Academic Group Leader of Forensic and Crime Science at Staffordshire University, UK. Dr Julie Jackson is a freelance science writer, with a background in biology. Dr Harry Mountain (guest author of Chapter 6) is a Senior Lecturer in molecular biology at Staffordshire University, UK, with a special interest in forensic genetics. Mr Dan Brearley (guest author of Section 2.5, Chapter 2) has acted as a digital forensics expert witness in many cases heard in the Criminal and Civil Courts over the last eight years.

Inhaltsangabe

* Chapter 1: Introduction to forensic science
* Chapter 2: The crime scene
* Chapter 3: Trace and contact evidence
* Chapter 4: Trace and contact evidence Part II: Fingerprints and other
marks and impressions
* Chapter 5: The examination of body fluids, including bloodstain
pattern analysis
* Chapter 6: The analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA): DNA profiling
* Chapter 7: Forensic toxicology and drugs of abuse
* Chapter 8: Questioned documents
* Chapter 9: Firearms
* Chapter 10: Fires
* Chapter 11: Explosions and explosives
* Chapter 12: The recovery and forensic examination of human remains
* Chapter 13: Statistics and the analysis, interpretation and
evaluation of evidence
* Chapter 14: Forensic science in court