Overview

FORENSIC SCIENCE Forensic Science: Current Issues, Future Directions presents a comprehensive, international discussion of key issues within the forensic sciences. Written by accomplished and respected specialists in distinct areas of the forensic sciences, this volume examines central issues within each discipline, provides perspective on current debate and explores current and proposed research initiatives. The forensic sciences represent dynamic and evolving fields, presenting new challenges to a rapidly expanding cohort of international practitioners. This book acquaints readers with the complex issues involved and how they are being addressed. The academic treatment by experts in the fields ensures comprehensive and thorough understanding of these issues and paves the way for future research and progress. Draws on the knowledge and expertise of the prestigious American Academy of Forensic Sciences Written by key experts in the diverse disciplines of forensic science An international approach Each chapter carefully integrated throughout with key themes and issues covered in detail Includes discussion of future directions of forensic science as a discipline

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Author:   Douglas H. Ubelaker
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   0.780kg
ISBN:  

9781119941231

ISBN 10:   1119941237
Pages:   424
Publication Date:   26 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of contributors vii Acknowledgements xix 1 Introduction 1 Douglas H. Ubelaker 2 General forensics – no one else starts until we finish 6 Julie Howe, Janet Barber Duval, Claire Shepard and Robert Gaffney 3 Criminalistics: the bedrock of forensic science 29 Susan Ballou, Max Houck, Jay A. Siegel, Cecelia A. Crouse, John J. Lentini and Skip Palenik 4 Forensic pathology – the roles of molecular diagnostics and radiology at autopsy 102 James R. Gill, Yingying Tang, Gregory G. Davis, H. Theodore Harcke and Edward L. Mazuchowski 5 The places we will go: paths forward in forensic anthropology 131 Dawnie Wolfe Steadman 6 Forensic toxicology: scope, challenges, future directions and needs 160 Barry K. Logan and Jeri D. Ropero-Miller 7 Odontology – dentistry’s contribution to truth and justice 179 Iain A. Pretty, Robert Barsley, C. Michael Bowers, Mary Bush, Peter Bush, John Clement, Robert Dorion, Adam Freeman, Jim Lewis, David Senn and Frank Wright 8 Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology 211 Stephen B. Billick and Daniel A. Martell 9 Forensic document examination 224 William M. Riordan, Judith A. Gustafson, Mary P. Fitzgerald and Jane A. Lewis 10 Digital evolution: history, challenges and future directions for the digital and multimedia sciences section 252 David W. Baker, Samuel I. Brothers, Zeno J. Geradts, Douglas S. Lacey, Kara L. Nance, Daniel J. Ryan, John E. Sammons and Peter Stephenson 11 Global thinking and methodologies in evidence-based forensic engineering science 292 Laura L. Liptai, Adam Aleksander, Scott Grainger, Sarah Hainsworth, Ryan Loomba and Jan Unarski 12 Jurisprudence 310 ARW Forrest and RT Kennedy 13 Global forensic science and the search for the dead and missing from armed conflict: the perspective of the International Committee of the Red Cross 337 Morris Tidball-Binz 14 Forensic systems and forensic research: an international perspective 366 DN Vieira 15 Summary and conclusions 374 Douglas H. Ubelaker Index 399

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There is no other book on the market that provides the perspective that these authors do on new and evolving fields in the discipline. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All library collections. ( Choice , 1 August 2013 )

I would recommend this text to anyone wishing to learn more about the many and varied disciplines that make up the forensic sciences and, particularly, the role of AAFS in shaping developments in recent years. ( Journal of Forensic Sciences , 1 July 2013) There is no other book on the market that provides the perspective that these authors do on new and evolving fields in the discipline. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All library collections. ( Choice , 1 August 2013 )

Author Information

Editor Douglas H. Ubelaker Former President, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Colorado Springs, USA Senior Scientist, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA

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