Forensic Interpretation of Glass Evidence

James Michael Curran, Tacha Natalie Hicks Champod, John S. Buckleton, James Michael Curran, Tacha Natalie Hicks Champod, John S. Buckleton

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2000
• Print ISBN:
  9780849300691
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781420042436
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Forensic Science
• Index: Law

Intended for forensic scientists and students, this book provides the necessary statistical tools and methodology for introducing forensic glass evidence into the laboratory. It contains an introductory chapter on glass evidence procedures and analysis before covering topics such as classical approaches to handling glass evidence, the application of Bayesian statistics to forensic science, and the use of histograms. The authors present both the physical and chemical examinations performed on glass along with their interpretations. With free software available for downloading at the authors' web site, scientists can apply their own data and draw conclusions using the principles detailed in the text.

Table of contents

• Front cover
• Preface
• The Authors
• Contents
• chapter one. Examination of glass
• chapter two. The conventional approach to evidence interpretation
• chapter three. The Bayesian approach to evidence interpretation
• chapter four. Glass found at random and frequency of glass
• chapter five. Transfer and persistence studies
• chapter six. Statistical tools and software
• chapter seven. Reporting glass evidence
• References
• Index
• Back cover