Scientific Approaches to Crime Investigations
Synopsis
Due to the overly-publicised information about the use of scientific approaches in crime investigations and because criminals are getting more educated nowadays, continuous developments in forensic science appear imperative. This fact is further accentuated by the high complexity of crimes that we are dealing with, as well as the possible loss of evidence due to degradations and 'clean-up' process undertaken by criminals to cover-up their trails. In this regard, forensic scientists are responsible to rapidly move multiple steps ahead of the criminals to ensure that justice can be upheld.
While most forensic books described the basic theories and applications of science in forensic investigations alone, detail discussions on the current developments and perspectives of several pertinent fields in forensic science remain scarce. Hence, specific discussions on the current trend/issues in fingerprint, forensic entomology, forensic toxicology, several forensic pattern recognition techniques, capillary electrophoresis and chromatographic methods, fire investigations, inter kingdom communications between necrobiomes and insects of forensic importance as well as forensic diatomology will be made in this book. Considering that books with similar focus in the market remain scarce, the publication of this edited book would prove necessary to serve as reference materials for forensic scientists as well as forensic investigators and legal practitioners.
Chapters
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Preface
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 1
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Table of Content
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List of Contributors
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Chapter 11
