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The second in a three-volume series, this popular and widely circulated professional handbook describes the theories and practices of today's criminalistics, and covers a wide range of subject areas relevant to the services rendered by crime laboratories and related facilities. Presents authoritative reviews from recognized forensic criminologists and forensic scientists well-versed in their chosen areas of expertise. Considers a specific examination technique for a wide-range of evidence prevalent in the modern crime laboratory, e.g., DNA, hair, paint, soil, glass, petroleum products, explosives, alcohol in blood and breath, and questioned documents. Describes the theory, operation, and forensic utilization of such modern analytical instruments as mass spectrometry, capillary electrophoresis, high-performance liquid chromatography, and the visible microspectrophotometer. Emphasizes the symbiotic relationship between forensic science and criminal law as it examines the role and conduct of the expert witness, rules of evidence, and the legal requirements governing the admissibility of scientifically evaluated evidence. For professionals in forensic science and criminology.

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Great reference book

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There are three books in this series. Volume One deals with the following topics; Legal Aspects of Forensic Science, Forensic Applications of High-Performance Liquid Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis, Forensic Applications of Mass Spectrometry, Forensic Glass Comparisons, Foundations of Forensic Microscopy, Visible Microscopical Spectrophotometry in the Forensic Sciences, The Forensic Identification and Association of Human Hair, Forensic Paint Examination, Arson and Explosive Investigation, Modern Forensic Biology, Forensic Examination of Soil, The Determination of Alcohol in Blood and Breath, and Questioned Document Examination. Dr. Saferstein has done a wonderful job of getting well respected scientists to write each section. These handbooks should be required by any forensic science program.

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For anyone interested in the scientific side of Forensic science, ie the identification of fibres and bullets and fingerprints by established techniques, this as well as Volumes I and II are excellent reference books. As a student of forensic science, they are great for understanding techniques and for writing those numerous reports. Definitely one for the growing library.