Pioneering Research in Forensic Science : Readings from the Primary Source Literature.

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Parish, Casie L

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TextPublication details: Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (352 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780773444591
0773444599

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pioneering Research in Forensic Science : Readings from the Primary Source Literature.DDC classification:

363.25

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HV8073 .P56 2009

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Contents:

PIONEERING RESEARCH IN FORENSIC SCIENCE: Readings from the Primary Source Literature; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Endnote; I -- Scientific Methodologies Applied to Crime Detection; Introduction to Part I; A. The Rise of Forensic Science; 1. The History and Development of Forensic Medicine; 2. Coroners' Inquests in 13th-Century China; 3. Orfila: Pioneer Toxicologist; B. Forensic Microscopy; 4. Murder and the Microscope; 5. Aids of Science in the Detection of Crime; 6. Science and Crime; 7. Forensic Microscopy; 8. Detecting Human Blood.

9. The Medical Detective and His Work: Criminals Convicted by the Microscope10. New Scientific Method 'Fingerprints' Bullets and Firearms; C. Forensic Chemistry; 11. The Scientific Detection of Crime; 12. Can Chemical Analysis Convict Poisoners?; D. Questioned Document Analysis; 13. The Microscope in Writing; 14. The Microscope and the Camera in the Detection of Forgery; 15. Writing Ink and its Identification -- On Written Documents; 16. Forgery by Erasure; 17. The Detection of Forgery; 18. Handwriting and Forgery; 19. Detecting Forgeries on Paper; E. Forensic Photography.

20. History of Photography in Law Enforcement21. The Detection of Crime by Photography; 22. Photography and Criminal Inquiries; II. Personal Identification and Description; Introduction Part II; A. The Morgue; 23. The Morgue; B. Bertillonage (or ""Police Anthropometry""); 24. The Bertillon System of Identification; 25. How the French Police Identify Criminals; 26. Notes on M. Bertillon's Discourse on the Anthropometric Measurement of Criminals; 27. Identification of Criminals: The Scientific Method in Use in France; 28. The Passing of the Bertillon System of Identification; C. Dactyloscopy.

29. The Role of Identification in Law Enforcement: An Historical Adventure30. ""La Preuve Judiciare par les Emprientes Digitales"" (Fingerprints as Judicial Evidence); 31. The Dectection of Fingerprints on Documents; Epilogue.

Summary: This work is the first forensic science anthology to consolidate landmark primary source documents into one volume.

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This work is the first forensic science anthology to consolidate landmark primary source documents into one volume.