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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 SciencesWritten by key experts in the diverse disciplines of forensic scienceAn international approachEach chapter carefully integrated throughout with key themes and issues covered in detailIncludes discussion of future directions of forensic science as a discipline
Editor Douglas H. UbelakerFormer 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
List of contributors viiAcknowledgements xix1 Introduction 1Douglas H. Ubelaker2 General forensics – no one else starts until we finish 6Julie Howe, Janet Barber Duval, Claire Shepard and Robert Gaffney3 Criminalistics: the bedrock of forensic science 29Susan Ballou, Max Houck, Jay A. Siegel, Cecelia A. Crouse, John J. Lentini and Skip Palenik4 Forensic pathology – the roles of molecular diagnostics and radiology at autopsy 102James R. Gill, Yingying Tang, Gregory G. Davis, H. Theodore Harcke and Edward L. Mazuchowski5 The places we will go: paths forward in forensic anthropology 131Dawnie Wolfe Steadman6 Forensic toxicology: scope, challenges, future directions and needs 160Barry K. Logan and Jeri D. Ropero-Miller7 Odontology – dentistry’s contribution to truth and justice 179Iain A. Pretty, Robert Barsley, C. Michael Bowers, Mary Bush, Peter Bush, John Clement, Robert Dorion, Adam Freeman, Jim Lewis, David Senn and Frank Wright8 Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology 211Stephen B. Billick and Daniel A. Martell9 Forensic document examination 224William M. Riordan, Judith A. Gustafson, Mary P. Fitzgerald and Jane A. Lewis10 Digital evolution: history, challenges and future directions for the digital and multimedia sciences section 252David W. Baker, Samuel I. Brothers, Zeno J. Geradts, Douglas S. Lacey, Kara L. Nance, Daniel J. Ryan, John E. Sammons and Peter Stephenson11 Global thinking and methodologies in evidence-based forensic engineering science 292Laura L. Liptai, Adam Aleksander, Scott Grainger, Sarah Hainsworth, Ryan Loomba and Jan Unarski12 Jurisprudence 310ARW Forrest and RT Kennedy13 Global forensic science and the search for the dead and missing from armed conflict: the perspective of the International Committee of the Red Cross 337Morris Tidball-Binz14 Forensic systems and forensic research: an international perspective 366DN Vieira15 Summary and conclusions 374Douglas H. UbelakerIndex 399
“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)
John A. Williams, John A. Williams, Victor W. Weedn, John A. (Western Carolina University) Williams, State of Maryland) Weedn, Victor W. (Chief Medical Examiner, John A Williams, Victor W Weedn, Douglas H Ubelaker
Sarah Ellingham, Joe Adserias-Garriga, Sara C. Zapico, Douglas H. Ubelaker, Switzerland) Ellingham, Sarah (International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, USA) Adserias-Garriga, Joe (Mercyhurst University, Pennsylvania, USA) Zapico, Sara C. (New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA) Ubelaker, Douglas H. (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Sara C Zapico, Douglas H Ubelaker
Roberto C. Parra, Douglas H. Ubelaker, Roberto C. (United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO); United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)) Parra, DC) Ubelaker, Douglas H. (Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, Roberto C Parra, Douglas H Ubelaker
Soren Blau, Douglas H. Ubelaker, Australia) Blau, Soren (Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, USA) Ubelaker, Douglas H. (Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
Soren Blau, Douglas H. Ubelaker, Australia) Blau, Soren (Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, USA) Ubelaker, Douglas H. (Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
Sarah Ellingham, Joe Adserias-Garriga, Sara C. Zapico, Douglas H. Ubelaker, Switzerland) Ellingham, Sarah (International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, USA) Adserias-Garriga, Joe (Mercyhurst University, Pennsylvania, USA) Zapico, Sara C. (New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA) Ubelaker, Douglas H. (Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Sara C Zapico, Douglas H Ubelaker
Roberto C. Parra, Douglas H. Ubelaker, Roberto C. (United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO); United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO)) Parra, DC) Ubelaker, Douglas H. (Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, Roberto C Parra, Douglas H Ubelaker
Soren Blau, Douglas H. Ubelaker, Australia) Blau, Soren (Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, USA) Ubelaker, Douglas H. (Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
Soren Blau, Douglas H. Ubelaker, Australia) Blau, Soren (Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, USA) Ubelaker, Douglas H. (Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC
John A. Williams, John A. Williams, Victor W. Weedn, John A. (Western Carolina University) Williams, State of Maryland) Weedn, Victor W. (Chief Medical Examiner, John A Williams, Victor W Weedn, Douglas H Ubelaker