ABA Fundamentals: Forensic Science
- Publisher:
- American Bar Association
- Publication date:
- 2012-03-23
- Authors:
- D. P. Lyle
- ISBN:
- 9781614383529
Description:
For the practicing attorney, an understanding of forensic science is essential—not just those lawyers involved in criminal cases, but also those who deal with civil litigation, contracts, dispute resolution, mediation, and virtually every other arena of legal practice. Forensic science is a huge eld, encompassing scientic disciplines from anatomy to pharmacology to entomology and touching many different kinds of legal cases. ABA Fundamentals: Forensic Science opens the door to the many disciplines that comprise forensic science and provides a broad understanding of its uses and limitations, as well as an in-depth understanding of the most commonly employed forensic techniques—the ones you see on TV, read in the paper, and confront in your practice. Open the door to the many disciplines that comprise forensic science and gain a broad understanding of its uses and limitations, as well as an in depth understanding of the most commonly employed forensic techniques.
Index
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Basic Considerations and History
- General Organization of Forensic Science
- Evidence
- The Autopsy
- Corpse Identification
- Time of Death
- Cause, Mechanism, and Manner of Death
- Traumatic Injuries
- Asphyxia
- Blood and Other Bodily Fluids
- DNA
- Toxicology
- Fingerprints
- Bloodstains
- Impressions: Shoes, Tires, and Tools
- Trace Evidence
- Firearms Examination
- Arson Investigation
- Questioned Documents
- Criminal Psychology
- A Few Final Words
- Appendix: Forensic Science Timeline
- About the Author