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Forensic Science
Fundamentals & Investigations
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- English
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- Available on iOS & Android
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Preface
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Forensic Science and Observation
- Chapter 2: Crime-Scene Investigation and Evidence Collection
- Chapter 3: Hair Analysis
- Chapter 4: Fiber Analysis
- Chapter 5: Forensic Botany
- Chapter 6: Fingerprints
- Chapter 7: DNA Profiling
- Chapter 8: Blood and Blood Spatter
- Chapter 9: Forensic Toxicology
- Chapter 10: Handwriting Analysis, Forgery, and Counterfeiting
- Chapter 11: Forensic Entomology
- Chapter 12: Death: Manner, Mechanism, Cause
- Chapter 13: Soil Evidence
- Chapter 14: Forensic Anthropology
- Chapter 15: Glass Evidence
- Chapter 16: Casts and Impressions
- Chapter 17: Tool Marks
- Chapter 18: Firearms and Ballistics
- Capstone Projects
- Glossary/Glosario
- Appendix A: Table of Sines
- Appendix B: Table of Tangents
- Appendix C: Celsius-Fahrenheit Conversion Table
- Index
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