Forensics Demystified

Barry Fisher (Los Angeles, CA) is the director of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Crime Lab, a past president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and the author of the popular textbook, Techniques of Crime Scene Investigation, now in its 7th edition.

David Fisher (New York, NY) is a criminalist in the forensic biology department of the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Criminalistics.

Introduction

Forensic Science, Criminalistics vs. Criminology

History

Legal Aspects

Jurisprudence

The Expert Witness

Crime Scene Investigation

Reconstruction

Photography

Digital, video

Forensic Pathology

Medical Examiner, Coroner

Trace Evidence

Microscope, Hairs, Fibers, Paint, GSR, soil

DNA

Serology, mtDNA, STRs

Firearms

Impressions, Tool Marks, Ballistics

Drugs

Toxicology

EtOH Detection

Arson and Explosives

Questioned Documents

The Other Forensic Disciplines

Odontology

Entomology

Anthropology

Engineering

omputer Forensics

Digital Evidence

Famous Cases

The Future

So You Want to Become the Next Quincy

Appendix

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