Forensic Science

Examines the impact of cocaine production, trade, and consumption on society beginning in the 16th century. This book contains the data and statistics that correlate drug trafficking to terrorism and illustrates the trends in worldwide production, consumption, cost competition, and international tra..

The mass spectrometer is now an integral part of every forensic laboratory. This methodology results in lower detection limits, more reliable identification, and greater analytical accuracy. Exploring the latest developments in the field, Advances in Forensic Applications of Mass Spectrometry provid..

Liberally illustrated with photographs, maps, and other images, Advances in Forensic Taphonomy: Method, Theory, and Archaeological Perspectives offers modern techniques for obtaining clues from postmortem evidence. This bestselling reference examines techniques in recovery and analysis, coverage of ..

This comprehensive reference provides practical coverage of the best hair drug testing techniques. The authors review the validation of analytical procedures and the interpretation of data and discuss doping, drug-facilitated crime investigating, workplace testing, and the granting of drivers' licen..

Presents an overview of the types, mechanisms, and physical findings associated with deaths involving asphyxia. This work offers an understanding of the processes leading to asphyxiation and to recognize the physical findings associated with these conditions...

This atlas provides the reader with an overview of the types, mechanisms, and physical findings associated with deaths involving asphyxia. Asphyxia and Drowning serves as a basic framework for an extensive pictorial representation of findings associated with these types of deaths. It helps the reade..

This book contains photographic archetypes for the microscopic characteristics of human hair and their variates of the characteristics seen in forensic examinations, including curl; color; pigment distribution and density; cortical fusi; and ovoid bodies. It provides a comprehensive guide illustrati..

Contains photographic archetypes for the microscopic characteristics of human hair and the variates of the characteristics seen in forensic examinations, including curl; color; pigment distribution and density; cortical fusi; and ovoid bodies...

This groundbreaking work questions fundamental perceptions of criminal behavior. Written by a forensics expert with a biology background, this resource introduces contemporary biological theory as it applies to modern criminology. It discusses basic concepts such as natural selection and evolution i..

This book is designed to bring criminology into the twenty-first century by showing how leading criminologists have integrated aspects of the biological sciences into their discipline. These authors cover behavior and molecular genetics, epigenetics, evolutionary biology, and neuroscience, and apply..

This volume sets out the principles and procedures for the training and handling of dogs tasked with locating human remains. It explains scent theory and its applications, introduces basic training and searching strategies, and covers the legal and taphonomic issues associated with dog searches. Int..

A thorough grounding in Markov chains and martingales is essential in dealing with many problems in applied probability, and is a gateway to the more complex situations encountered in the study of stochastic processes. Exercises are a fundamental and valuable training tool that deepen students' unde..