Crime scene to court : the essentials of forensic science / edited by P.C. White. - 3rd edition. - Cambridge : RSC Publishing, c2010. - xxvi, 569 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Previous ed.: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Forensic practice - The crime scene - Forensic ecology - Forensic entomology - Trace and contact evidence - Marks and impressions - Bloodstain pattern analysis - Forensic examination of documents - Computer-based media - Fire investigation - Explosions - Firearms - Drugs of abuse - Forensic toxicology - Analysis of body fluids - Forensic archaecology and athropology - Presentation of expert forensic evidence.

These contributions address all aspects of forensic science in a non-technical manner. The aim of the work is to help to prevent some of the injustices which can occur when lawyers or jurors lack knowledge of the concepts of forensic science.

Specialized.

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Forensic sciences--Great Britain.
Crime.

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