Forensic science is grounded on two native principles (those of Locard and Kirk) and the admission of a few other nonnative ones. This framework is one definition of a paradigm for the discipline to be considered a basic science on its own merits. The science explores the relationships in ...
Taphonomy aims to understand the preservation of plant and animal remains through the study of the materials in which they are preserved. In the years to come, soils may be viewed as an integral and defining component of taphonomic science. Soils and Taphonomy acts as a doorway into a new ...
The book includes an examination of sources of law important to addiction and its treatment. The foundations for forensic work in professional legal testimony is explored (e.g., legal system, case law precedent, statutes governing addictions, civil and criminal procedures). The science of addiction...
A plasma proteome profile, for instance, could inform on the general health or disease status of an individual regardless of the narrow diagnostic question that prompted it. We suggest that early discussion of ethical issues in clinical proteomics can ensure that eventual health care practices and ...
This chapter provides some background and applications of stable isotope analysis in the context of humanitarian forensic science to illustrate the contribution that isotopic profiling can make to an investigation of an unidentified decedent. It also describes a few of the isotopic tools and data ...
for crimes that are not readily resolvable by conventional police investigative methods. Leading profiling expert Richard N. Kocsis, PhD, utilizes a distinct approach referred to as Crime Action Profiling (CAP), a technique that has its foundations in the disciplinary knowledge of forensic psychology....
Drug checking is increasingly being explored outside of festivals and events to be an ongoing service within communities, frequently integrated within responses to illicit drug overdose. The choice of instrumentation is a common question, and the demands
Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume 51, Issue 1, page 202, January 2006Additional Information How to Cite Bock, J. H. (2006), Review of: Forensic Botany: Principles and Applications to Criminal Casework. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 51: 202. doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2005.00025.x Author ...
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suggest that training to improve memory for diverse fingerprints could practically boost examiner performance. Given the high-stakes nature of forensic identification, characterising psychological processes like memory that potentially contribute to examiner accuracy has important theoretical and practical implicat...