Principles of Forensic Audio Analysis (Modern Acoustics and Signal Processing)
by Robert C. Maher
This book provides an expert introduction to audio forensics, an essential specialty in modern forensic science, equipping readers with the fundamental background necessary to understand and participate in this exciting and important field of study. Modern audio forensic analysis combines skills in digital signal processing, the physics of sound propagation, acoustical phonetics, audio engineering, and many other fields. Scientists and engineers who work in the field of audio forensics are calle...
Disaster Victim Identification
This guide, authored & edited by the UK's leading specialists, is the core text for the first certified academic course in the UK & the world on disaster victim identification. The guide is the single key reference book in this burgeoning area, for police officers & other professionals.
Most people want to avoid thinking about death, but Caitlin Doughty-a twenty-something with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre-took a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her life's work. Thrown into a profession of gallows humor and vivid characters (both living and very dead), Caitlin learned to navigate the secretive culture of those who care for the deceased. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes tells an unusual coming-of-age story full of bizarre encounters and unforge...
The War Against Ebola (Wars Waged Under the Microscope)
by Sarah Eason
Sleepwalking, Criminal Behavior, and Reliable Scientific Evidence
by Mark R. Pressman
When a person who is charged with a violent crime claims "the sleepwalking defense," sleep experts are often retained by one or both sides of the case to examine and argue the validity of the claim. This book provides a method and essential background knowledge for examining scientific evidence and testimony regarding sleep-related criminal behavior. Who can be called in to provide expert testimony about sleep? What type of evidence can be considered reliable sleep science, and what type of e...
The dead talk. To the right listener, they tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died - and who killed them. Forensic scientists can unlock the mysteries of the past and help justice to be done using the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene or the faintest of human traces. Forensics uncovers the secrets of forensic medicine, drawing on interviews with top-level professionals, ground-breaking research and Val McDermid's own experience to lay bare the s...
Forgeries present a daunting problem to art historians, museums, galleries and curators who face challenges in determining the authenticity of paintings. Recent progress in science has led to the development of new methods for investigating works of art, and can provide new insights into the materials found in paintings. The rise in the value of paintings together with the knowledge and skills of forgers highlights the need to develop reliable scientific procedures to identify fakes. Given the c...
Examines the possible source of HIV, analyzing a number of theories concerning its origins and investigating current scientific inquiries into HIV, AIDS, and the search for a cure.
El Medico Y Las Demandas Judiciales (Colecci n de Libros Dr. Manuel Gallo Y Cols, #19)
by Manuel Gallo
Forensic Analysis of Fire Debris and Explosives
This text provides training on the fundamental tools and methodologies used in active forensic laboratories for the complicated analysis of fire debris and explosives evidence. It is intended to serve as a gateway for students and transitioning forensic science or chemistry professionals. The book is divided between the two disciplines of fire debris and explosives, with a final pair of chapters devoted to the interplay between the two disciplines and with other disciplines, such as DNA and...
Ticks Off! Controlling Ticks That Transmit Lyme Disease on Your Property
by Patrick Guifoile and Patrick Guilfoile
Forensic Science Education and Training
A comprehensive and innovative guide to teaching, learning and assessment in forensic science education and practitioner training * Includes student exercises for mock crime scene and disaster scenarios * Addresses innovative teaching methods including apps and e-gaming * Discusses existing and proposed teaching methods
Today's resources on bloodstain analysis are still based on methods that were derived in the 1920s. Although medical and clinical research have provided a growing body of information on blood composition and behavior, this information has been ignored in favor of historical bloodstain analysis methods-until now. With 25 years of experience in the field, author Anita Wonder shows how to use these new methods for interpreting bloodstains, including non-Newtonian fluid behavior (a process that does...
Bacterial Infections of Humans
Deportation and the Confluence of Violence Within Forensic Mental Health and Immigration Systems
by Ameil J Joseph
Healing from a life-changing crisis can be an incredible struggle, and recovering from a globally traumatic event like the COVID-19 pandemic might seem nearly insurmountable. But in truth, each person holds the power to internalize new life lessons and emerge from the pandemic stronger than before. This book provides the knowledge and tools for looking inward, assessing personal transitions spurred by the coronavirus and paving the way for a brighter post-pandemic life. Written by a behavioral...
How well do you REALLY know your neighbours? RIGHT NOW around 600 unconvicted murderers are living quiet respectable lives in Britain. Killers like Ian Lowther who married, brought up a daughter and led a law-abiding life in the 23 years after brutally murdering Mary Gregson. Men who, in the past, could have relaxed in the certain knowledge that they would never be caught. When the police finally came for Lowther at his house overlooking the very canal where he murdered Gregson, it wasn't due to...
Just because you don't have all the tools and training of a full-time medical examiner doesn't mean you can't learn your way around a crime scene. In Forensics, award-winning author and TV show consultant D.P. Lyle, M.D., takes each area of forensicsfrom fingerprint analysis to crime scene reconstructionand discusses its development, how the science works, how it helps in crime solving, and how you as a writer might use this technique in crafting your plot. This comprehensive reference guide...
Handbook of Trace Analysis
This handbook is unique in its comprehensive coverage of the subject and focus on practical applications in diverse fields. It includes methods for sample preparation, the role of certified reference materials, calibration methods and statistical evaluation of the results. Problems concerning inorganic and bioinorganic speciation analysis, as well as special aspects such as trace analysis of noble metals, radionuclides and volatile organic compounds are also discussed. A significant part of the...
Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction: An Illustrated Manual and Field Guide provides methodologies to help investigators to think broadly when seeking out evidence at a scene and, likewise, utilize all the information from a case—especially the observable physical evidence, besides that are collectable, in reconstructing events. In the introductory chapters the author highlights the importance of crime scene reconstruction when answering the question “How something could have happened?”...
Henry Lee's Crime Scene Handbook
by Dr Henry C Lee, Timothy Palmbach, and Marilyn T. Miller
Henry Lee's Crime Scene Handbook outlines proven methods to help you collect and process physical evidence correctly, analyze it thoroughly, and understand its relevance to the case involved. It evaluates the newest chemical and instrumental techniques, and covers new areas such as forensic analysis of computers and advanced shooting scene reconstruction methods. This "must-have" guide is enhanced with dozens of color photographs, logic trees, check lists, worksheets, case studies, lists of supp...