Originally published in 1982 by Pearson/Prentice-Hall, the Forensic Science Handbooks, Third Edition has been fully updated and revised to include the latest developments in scientific testing, analysis, and interpretation of forensic evidence. World-renowned forensic scientist, author, and educator Dr. Richard Saferstein once again brings together a contributor list that is a veritable Who's Who of the top practicing forensic scientists in the field. This Third Edition, he is joined by the Director of the Core Mass Spectrometry Facility at the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis at Northeastern University, co-editor Dr. Adam Hall. The two volumes focus on the analytical, biological, and chemical aspects of forensic science practice, and the topics covered in this new edition of Volume I include a broad range of subjects including:

Legal Aspects of Forensic Science
Analytical Instrumentation such as Microscopy, Microspectrophotometry, IR Spectroscopy, GC, LC, CE and MS
Trace Evidence Characterization of hairs, dust and inks
Biological Identification of body fluids and human DNA
This is an update of a classic reference and will serve as a must-have desk reference for forensic science practitioners. It will likewise be a welcome resource for professors teaching advanced forensic science techniques and methodologies at universities world-wide, particularly at the graduate level.

Features

Offers full revision of a classic reference in the field of forensic science
Includes top forensic science practitioners writing on their specific areas of expertise
Serves as a must-have desk reference for professionals including: laboratory personnel, forensic chemists, biologists, and analysts
Covers a vast array of scientific techniques performed on various forms of physical evidence in order to comprehend, evaluate and interpret the significance of scientific results
Addresses the essential topics of ethics and objectivity in the forensic sciences
Editor(s) Bio

Dr. Richard Saferstein has served as an expert witness over 2000 times in nearly 150 federal and state courts involving a variety of forensic issues. From 1970 to 1992, he headed the crime laboratory of the New Jersey State Police, USA.

Dr. Adam B. Hall is the Director of the Mass Spectrometry Facility within the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts., USA.

Table of Contents
1. Legal Aspects of Forensic Science
Gil I. Sapir

2. Basic Light Microscopy
Nicholas Petraco and Thomas Kubic

3. The Forensic Identification and Association of Human Hair
Richard E. Bisbing

4. A Guide to the Analysis of Forensic Household Dust Specimens and Their Statistical Significance
Nicholas Petraco

5. Fundamentals of Visible Microspectrophotometry in Forensic Science
Michael B. Eyring

6. Forensic Applications of Infrared Spectroscopy
Edward M. Suzuki

7. Forensic Characterization and Comparisons of Inks
Tatiana Trejos and Jose Almirall

8. Forensic Gas Chromatography
David T. Stafford and Thomas A. Brettell

9. Forensic Applications of High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Capillary Electrophoresis
David Northrup

10. Forensic Mass Spectrometry
Adam B. Hall and Richard Saferstein

11. Identification of Semen
Edwin Jones

12. The Application of Capillary Electrophoresis in Forensic DNA Analysis
Bruce McCord