The Basics of Investigating Forensic Science

A Laboratory Manual
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4822-2315-6
Verlag: Apple Academic Press Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 325 mm x 181 mm, Gewicht: 460 g

Once confined to four-year colleges and graduate schools, forensic science classes can now be found in local high schools as well as in two-year community colleges. The Basics of Investigating Forensic Science: A Laboratory Manual is designed for the beginning forensic science student and for instructors who wish to provide a solid foundation in basic forensic science topics and laboratory techniques. Divided into five distinct sections, the book covers a broad range of subjects, including fingerprinting, shoeprint analysis, firearms, pathology, anthropology, forensic biology, drugs, trace evidence, and more.
The book includes extensive notes for instructors to assist in pre-laboratory preparation. Highly illustrated with extensive diagrams and photos, this comprehensive laboratory workbook contains enough pedagogic content to enable it to be used alongside and forensic text or even as a stand-alone text. The laboratory exercises include pre- and post-laboratory questions, illustrating basic crime scene scenarios and clearly stating the objectives of each exercise. Many of the exercises also have additional advanced lab exercises and options for educators with access to more specialized equipment.
The Basics of Investigating Forensic Science lends itself to a wide range of academic levels and environments. It is a welcome primer to instructors wanting to conduct experiments, each using essential laboratory techniques, and to address core forensic science concepts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mirakovits, Kathy (Portage Northern High School, Michigan, USA)

Mirakovits, Kathy

Londino-Smolar, Gina

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Rechtsmedizin, Forensik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FORENSIC SCIENCE AND CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATIONIntroduction to Crime Scene Investigation: Solving the PuzzleIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioProcedureLocard’s Exchange Principle: Transfer of EvidenceBackgroundPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioMaterialsProcedurePost-Laboratory QuestionsPhysical MatchesIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioProcedureSummary QuestionsWorksheetThe 3Ls: Locating, Lifting, and Logging EvidenceIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioMaterialsProcedurePost-Laboratory Discussion QuestionsEvidence Collection: Making an Evidence (Drug) FoldIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsMaterialsProcedureClassifying Evidence: Is This Class or Individual Evidence?IntroductionMaterialsProcedureFollow-Up QuestionsThe Basic Crime Scene SketchIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioMaterialsProcedureFollow-Up QuestionsCrime Scene InvestigationIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioProcedureSummary QuestionsPATTERNS AND IMPRESSIONSFingerprintsIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioProcedureSummary QuestionsWorksheetQuestioned DocumentsIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioProcedureAdvanced Laboratory ProcedureSummary QuestionsWorksheetFirearms Identification Web QuestProcedureQuestions to AnswerCase File ExerciseBasic Firearms Identification: Examining Bullets and Cartridge CasingsIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioMaterialsProcedurePost-Laboratory QuestionsBasic Toolmark Identification: Screwdriver ComparisonIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioMaterialsProcedurePost-Laboratory QuestionsShoeprintsIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioProcedureSummary QuestionsWorksheetFORENSIC BIOLOGYSerologyIntroductionScenarioPre-Laboratory QuestionsProcedureAdvanced Laboratory ProcedureDiscussion QuestionsAdvanced QuestionsWorksheetPathology: The AutopsyIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsMaterialsProcedurePost-Laboratory QuestionsDNA AnalysisIntroductionScenarioPre-Laboratory QuestionsProcedureAdvanced Laboratory ProcedureDiscussion QuestionsAdvanced QuestionsWorksheetHairsIntroductionScenarioPre-Laboratory QuestionsProcedureDiscussion QuestionsWorksheetForensic Anthropology: Determination of StatureIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioMaterialsProcedurePost-Laboratory QuestionsBasic Bloodstain Pattern AnalysisBackgroundPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioFORENSIC CHEMISTRYInksIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioProcedureSummary QuestionsWorksheetIllicit DrugsIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioProcedureAdvanced Laboratory ProcedureSummary QuestionsAdvanced Summary QuestionsWorksheetWhite Powder TestingIntroductionScenarioMaterialsProcedurePost-Laboratory QuestionsCalculating Blood Alcohol Concentration: The Widmark FormulaIntroductionFibersIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioProcedureSummary QuestionsWorksheetPolymersIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioProcedureSummary QuestionsFire DebrisIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioProcedureSummary QuestionsWorksheetExplosivesIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioProcedureSummary QuestionsWorksheetFORENSIC PHYSICSAccident Investigation: Skid to Stop MathematicsIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsProcedureWork Space for CalculationsPost-Laboratory QuestionsGlassIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioProcedureSummary QuestionsWorksheetForensic Analysis of Glass: Identifying the Type of GlassIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsScenarioPost-Laboratory AnalysisMeasuring the Diameter of a Human HairIntroductionPre-Laboratory QuestionsMaterialsProcedureApparatus SetupPost-Laboratory Questions

Über Autor(innen)

Kathy Mirakovits teaches forensic science and physics at Portage Northern High School in Portage, Michigan, and physics at Kalamazoo Valley Community College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She holds a master’s degree in science education from Western Michigan University and has completed over 15 graduate hours in forensic science. She has taught at the high school and two-year-college levels for a total of 25 years, teaching general science, physical science, chemistry, biology, earth science, and physics. She conducts workshops across the United States for teachers who wish to learn the application of forensic science in a school curriculum. She currently serves as the high school director for the Michigan Science Teachers Association.
Gina Londino received her master’s degree in chemistry from Purdue University in Indianapolis. Her main focus in graduate school was in forensic analysis of pigmented ink using pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. She also performed research on biomarkers at Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, through the ADME department throughout graduate school. Gina is currently a senior lecturer in the Forensic and Investigative Sciences program at Indiana University–Purdue University, Indianapolis, where she has been teaching introductory courses in forensic science, forensic chemistry, and forensic microscopy since 2006. She has designed multiple courses in forensic science, including a variety of beginner-to-advanced laboratory exercises.