Forensic science : current issues, future directions /

Co-published with the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Forensic Science presents comprehensive international discussion of key issues and future directions within the forensic sciences. Written by accomplished and respected specialists in approximately eleven distinct areas of the forensic sc...

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Other Authors: Ubelaker, Douglas H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2012.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / Douglas H. Ubelaker
  • 2. General forensics
  • no one else starts until we finish / Robert Gaffney
  • 3. Criminalistics: the bedrock of forensic science / Skip Palenik
  • 4. Forensic pathology
  • the roles of molecular diagnostics and radiology at autopsy / Edward L. Mazuchowski
  • 5. The places we will go: paths forward in forensic anthropology / Dawnie Wolfe Steadman
  • 6. Forensic toxicology: scope, challenges, future directions and needs / Jeri D. Ropero-Miller
  • 7. Odontology
  • dentistry's contribution to truth and justice / Frank Wright
  • 8. Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology / Daniel A. Martell
  • 9. Forensic document examination / Jane A. Lewis
  • 10. Digital evolution: history, challenges and future directions for the digital and multimedia sciences section / Peter Stephenson
  • 11. Global thinking and methodologies in evidence-based forensic engineering science / Jan Unarski
  • 12. Jurisprudence / RT Kennedy
  • 13. Global forensic science and the search for the dead and missing from armed conflict: the perspective of the International Committee of the Red Cross / Morris Tidball-Binz
  • 14. Forensic systems and forensic research: an international perspective / DN Vieira
  • 15. Summary and conclusions / Douglas H. Ubelaker.