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Front Cover -- FORENSIC ENGINEERING -- PUBLISHED AND FORTHCOMING TITLES IN THE ADVANCED FORENSIC SCIENCE SERIES -- FORENSIC ENGINEERING: Advanced Forensic Science Series -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- SENIOR EDITOR: BIOGRAPHY -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- 1. Introduction -- Principles of Forensic Science -- What Is Forensic Science? -- The Trace as the Basic Unit of Forensic Science -- Two Native Principles -- Nonnative Principles -- Further Reading -- Relevant Websites -- Forensic Classification of Evidence -- Introduction -- Methods of Classification -- Set Theory -- Taxonomy -- Manufacturing -- Forensic Approaches to Classification -- Class-Level Information -- Uniqueness and Individualization -- Relationships and Context -- Further Reading -- Interpretation/The Comparative Method -- Introduction -- Analogy and Comparison within a Forensic Process -- The Comparative Method within Forensic Science -- Further Reading -- Forensic Engineering/Accident Reconstruction/Biomechanics of Injury/Philosophy, Basic Theory, and Fundamentals -- Introduction -- Basic Principles -- Methodology -- Accident Reconstruction -- Occupant Kinematics and Related Concepts -- Biomechanics of Injuries -- Further Reading -- Key Terms -- Review Questions -- Discussion Questions -- Additional Readings -- 2. Investigations -- Collection and Chain of Evidence -- Introduction -- Scene Examination -- Evidence Collection -- Control Samples -- Chain of Custody -- Further Reading -- Relevant Website -- Accident Investigation-Determination of Cause -- Introduction -- Targets -- Accident Analysis -- Postcrash Movement -- Collision Model -- Material Properties in the Contact Area -- Eccentric Impacts -- The Full Impact -- The Sliding Impact -- Energy Equivalent Speed -- Stiffness-Based and Mesh-Based Impact Models -- Precrash Movement -- The Driver's Reaction

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As a field of forensic science, graphoscopy studies the legalities of writing and develops methods for examining and identifying the person who forged a document or signature. The identification is made based on expertise carried out by an expert in the field, ordered by the competent bodies.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Cracking Cases with Art -- Chapter One: Composite Sketches -- Chapter Two: Facial Reconstruction -- Chapter Three: Age Progression -- Chapter Four: Image Enhancement -- Chapter Five: Forensic Art in Court -- Notes -- Glossary -- For More Information -- Index -- Picture Credits -- About the Author -- Back Cover

"Forensic psychology is a broad and growing area which, at its best, draws on a wide range of psychological theories, concepts and research at the interface between law and psychology. This text sets out to reflect the increasing breadth and depth of this work and the challenges inherent in it. It is intended to be a high-quality international textbook for advanced undergraduate students, postgraduates, practitioners and academics from a range of disciplines. A number of key aims are central to this 3rd edition of the text. Firstly, to strike a balance in covering theory, research and practice, making this useful to students, qualified psychologists and those in other professions who draw on forensic psychology in their practice. Each of the authors has sought to provide the highest quality reviews addressing current theory and practice. Secondly there is a stress throughout on new and emerging perspectives on forensic psychology and the role of research in driving these. In this spirit current controversies have not been over simplified or shied away from. Critiques from within and outside forensic psychology have been included, some of which suggest the need for fundamental changes. As with any other intellectual endeavor using scientific methods it also requires the, sometimes painful, discipline of discarding theories, policies and practices that fail when tested (Kuhn, 2012). In the absence of this discipline, practice in forensic psychology ceases to be part of 'science'. A third theme that runs through this book is the importance of ethical practice and respect for human rights, diversity and inclusion. Forensic psychology generally involves the application of psychology in the context of marked difference in power, where ethical and legal concerns may be acute. Scientific approaches alone are therefore not enough. Major areas of forensic psychology in correctional settings, secure hospitals and social care settings, necessarily involve coercion: involving work with those imprisoned in a variety of settings or facing the risk of punishment within legal systems. Here the power imbalances between different groups are starkly exposed and a good understanding of these ethical issues is essential as a starting point in avoiding abuses of the past. The nature of ethical practice and the need to protect human rights is a theme woven through this text and tackled directly by a number of the authors"--

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Cases -- About the Author -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Analytics Software Used -- Introduction -- Temptation in an Occupation -- Fraudulent Checks Written by the CFO -- Fraudulent Purchases Made by a Purchasing Manager -- Donna was a Gamblin' Wreck at Georgia Tech -- Forensic Analytics -- An Overview of Tableau -- The Risk Assessment Standards -- Discussion -- Chapter 1 Using Microsoft Excel for Forensic Analytics -- The Fraud Types Relevant to Forensic Analytics -- The Main Steps in a Forensic Analytics Application -- The Final Report -- An Overview of Excel -- Importing Data into Excel -- Some Useful Excel Formatting Features -- Protecting Excel Spreadsheets -- The Valuable "IF" Function -- The Pivottable Routine -- The Valuable Vlookup Function -- Using Excel Results in Word Files -- Excel Warnings and Indicators -- Excel Dashboards -- Dashboards in Practice -- Summary -- Chapter 2 The Initial High-Level Overview Tests -- The Data Profile -- The Histogram -- The Periodic Graph -- Descriptive Statistics -- Preparing the Data Profile Using Excel -- Preparing the Data Profile Using Access -- Preparing the Histogram in Excel and Access -- Preparing the Histogram in IDEA and Tableau -- Preparing the Periodic Graph in Excel and Access -- Summary -- Chapter 3 Benford's Law: The Basic Tests -- An Overview of Benford's Law -- Some Early Discussions of Benford's Law -- Selected Articles from the Eighties -- Selected Articles from the Nineties -- Scenarios Under Which Data Should Conform to Benford -- The Two Scenarios Under Which Accounting Data Sets Should Conform to Benford -- Other Considerations for the Conformity of Accounting Data -- Accounting Data Examples -- Preparing the Benford Graph Using Excel -- Preparing the Benford Graph Using Access -- Summary.