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Everything is a self-portrait, a diary, your whole drug history’s in a strand of your hair. Your
fingernails the forensic details the lining of your stomach is a document. The calluses on your
hand tell all your secrets. Your teeth give you away. Your accent, the wrinkles around your
mouth and eyes, everything you do shows your hand. (Chuck Palahniuk)
This book gives an understanding of the application of forensic sciences to the law. It covers the
crime scene investigation process, and provides an overview of the various kinds of forensic
evidence that may be collected and presented in court. Points out the identification,
documentation and collection of physical evidence, including fingerprints, shoe impressions, hair
fibers, firearms evidence and questioned documents, It considers biological evidence, including
DNA, and tries to analayze the scientific unimpeachablity of DNA, blood spatter and other fluids,
forensic anthropology and odontology. Finally, the book engages fire investigation and forensic
accounting.
It is designed to provide a foundation in the field of criminalistics to who are interested in the
use of science and law to solve crime, and considers the impact of television and other media
on the field of Forensic Science and the courtroom. |
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