Fundamentals of forensic science / Max M. Houck, PhD, FRSC, Vice President, Forensic and Intelligence Services, LLC, Jay A. Siegel, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Forensic Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Houck, Max M., author.

Siegel, Jay A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic sciences.

Criminal investigation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (737 p.)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Fundamentals of Forensic Science, Third Edition, provides current case studies that reflect the ways professional forensic scientists work, not how forensic academicians teach. The book includes the binding principles of forensic science, including the relationships between people, places, and things as demonstrated by transferred evidence, the context of those people, places, and things, and the meaningfulness of the physical evidence discovered, along with its value in the justice system. Written by two of the leading experts in forensic science today, the book approaches the field from

Contents:

Front Cover; Dedication; Fundamentals of Forensic Science; Copyright; Contents; Editor: Biographies; Foreword; Preface to the Third Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgements; Part 1 - Criminal Justice and Forensic Science; Chapter 1 - Introduction; WHAT IS FORENSIC SCIENCE?; AREAS OF FORENSIC SCIENCE; A BIT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE HISTORY; FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY ORGANIZATION AND SERVICES; FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY SERVICES; ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES WITH FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORIES; THE FORENSIC SCIENTIST; SUMMARY; TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND FURTHER READING

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 07, 2015).

ISBN:

9780128002315

012800231X

OCLC:

657981812