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Forensic Fingerprints, the latest in the Advanced Forensic Science Serieswhich grew out of the recommendations from the 2009 NAS Report: Strengthening Forensic Science: A Path Forward, serves as a graduate level text for those studying and teaching fingerprint detection and analysis, and will also prove to be an excellent reference for forensic practitioner libraries and for use in casework. Coverage includes fingerprint science, friction ridge print examination, AFIS, foot and palm prints, and the professional issues practitioners may encounter. Edited by a world-renowned leading forensic expert, this book is a long overdue solution for the forensic science community.Provides basic principles of forensic science and an overview of interpretation and comparative methodsContains information on the chemistry of print residue and the visualization of latent printsCovers fingerprint science, friction ridge print examination, AFIS, and foot and palm printsIncludes a section on professional issues, from crime scene to court, lab reports, health and safety, and certificationIncorporates effective pedagogy, key terms, review questions, discussion questions, and additional reading suggestions

Forensic Biology provides coordinated expert content from world-renowned leading authorities in forensic biology. Covering the range of forensic biology, this volume in the Advanced Forensic Science Series provides up-to-date scientific learning on DNA analysis. Technical information, written with the degreed professional in mind, brings established methods together with newer approaches to build a comprehensive knowledge base for the student and practitioner alike. Review and discussion questions allow the text to be used in classrooms, training programs, and numerous other applications. Se

Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the editors -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Series preface -- Preface -- Chapter 1 A primer on microbiology -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Microbial characteristics -- 1.2.1 Microbial taxonomy and function -- 1.2.2 Enzyme activity -- 1.3 Microorganisms and their habitats -- 1.3.1 Oxygen and moisture -- 1.3.2 Temperature -- 1.4 Competition for resources -- 1.5 The ecology of some forensically relevant bacteria -- 1.5.1 Actinobacteria -- 1.5.2 Firmicutes -- 1.5.3 Proteobacteria -- 1.6 Archaea and microbial eukaryotes -- 1.7 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 2 History, current, and future use of microorganisms as physical evidence -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.1.1 Why and how are microorganisms used in forensic science? -- 2.2 Methods for identification -- 2.2.1 Classical microbiology -- 2.2.2 Genomics and strain typing -- 2.3 Estimating PMI -- 2.3.1 Microbial succession -- 2.4 Cause of death -- 2.4.1 Natural causes -- 2.4.2 Biocrimes -- 2.5 Trace evidence -- 2.5.1 Human -- 2.5.2 Nonhuman animals and food -- 2.6 Other medicolegal aspects -- 2.6.1 Sexual assault -- 2.6.2 Medical malpractice -- 2.6.3 Nosocomial infections and antibiotic resistance -- 2.6.4 Food safety and environmental contamination -- 2.7 Needs that must be met for use in chain of custody -- 2.8 Summary -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 3 Approaches and considerations for forensic microbiology decomposition research -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Challenges of human remains research -- 3.3 Human remains research during death investigations -- 3.4 Human surrogates in research -- 3.5 Considerations for field studies -- 3.6 Descriptive and hypothesis‐driven research -- 3.7 Experiment design -- 3.8 Validation studies -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 4 Sampling methods and data generation

1. Introducing forensic intelligence -- 2. The value of forensics in crime analysis and intelligence -- 3. Research and analytical processes -- 4. Forensic evidence recovery, processing, and best practice -- 5. Best practice in recovery of forensic evidence from crime scenes -- 6. The implementation of intelligence-led policing -- 7. Forensic intelligence applied to different crime types -- 8. The need for investment in information technology.

Forensic detectives use science to solve crimes. Readers explore the ways forensic detectives analyze evidence from crime scenes using their scientific skills, as well as technology, engineering, and math. These areas of STEM are discussed through career-focused text designed to keep readers engaged as they learn. Detailed fact boxes and a clear graphic organizer also help make learning fun for readers. Full-color photographs and real-world examples of forensic detectives at work give readers a fascinating look at what a career as a forensic detective is all about

Now in its third edition, John Olsson's practical introduction to forensic linguistics is required reading for students of language and the law. This third edition has been revised, expanded and updated throughout, and includes new chapters on identifying forensic texts and important interactional aspects of the language used in legal contexts. There is also a substantial chapter on forensic phonetics by Harry Hollien, a world renowned forensic phonetician. The book includes an appendix of forensic texts for student study, and even more exercises and suggestions for further reading. This practical introduction to forensic linguistics is based on Olsson's extensive experience as a practising forensic linguist and as lecturer on dozens of courses worldwide. Olsson's work has been successfully combined with Luchjenbroers' research into the language used to and by criminals, witnesses and legal professionals, to become essential reading for students, and researchers encountering this branch of applied linguistics for the first time

Geomorphology plays a critical role in two areas of geoforensics: searching the land for surface or buried objects and sampling or imaging rural scenes of crime and control locations as evidence. Most of the associated geoscience disciplines have substantial bodies of work dedicated to their relevance in forensic investigations, yet geomorphology (specifically landforms, their mapping and evolution, soils and relationship to geology and biogeography) have had no such exposure. This is strange considering how fundamental to legal enquiries the location of a crime and its evolution are, as this article will demonstrate. This work aims to redress the balance by showing how geomorphology is featured in one of the earliest works on forensic science methods, and has continued to play a role in the sociology, archaeology, criminalistics and geoforensics of crime. The application geomorphology has in military/humanitarian geography and environmental/engineering forensics is briefly discussed as these are also regularly reviewed in courts of law

"This textbook provides a practical introduction to the fields of forensic phonetics and forensic linguistics. Addressing how these fields are both distinct yet closely related, the book demonstrates how experts from both fields can work together to investigate and deliver justice in complex legal situations"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Titles -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Evidence: crime scene to crime lab -- 3. Forensic science and the law -- 4. Forensic chemistry: illicit drugs -- 5. Forensic chemistry: fires and explosions -- 6. Forensic chemistry: Fibers and paint -- 7. Forensic chemistry: glass and soils -- 8. Forensic biology: pathology, entomology, anthropology and odontology -- 9. Forensic biology: serology, DNA and blood spatter

AbstractThe practices involved in forensic investigation center on a search for physical clues and traces that may be used to reconstruct past events. The forensic corpse is therefore involved in a materially grounded semiotics, which provides the basis for making claims about the past. Using the examples of forensic pattern matching (such as craniofacial mapping and fingerprints) and forensic entomology, I explore the different life worlds that emerge after a person's death and how they are mobilized by forensic investigators. In this form of inquiry, claims to the real are articulated through the signs that different beings—whether human, insect, or microbe—perceive inhering in the corpse. Such forms of forensic investigation offer a productive site for thinking about the ontological status of fact and of the corpse in the context of posthumanism. Forensic signs stretch across our divided categories of the living and the dead, human and animal, nature and culture, providing alternate ways to conceptualize the relationships at play in such assemblages.