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In this volume, noted forensic expert Nicholas Petraco helps move toolmark examination from an art to a science. The book first provides an anthology of tried and true methods, procedures, and traditional techniques used by practitioners of this discipline for over a century. It contains rationales and methodologies for casework, discusses new m

Color Atlas and Manual of Microscopy for Criminalists, Chemists, and Conservators offers more than 400 color photomicrographs of the most commonly encountered materials to facilitate specimen comparison and rapid identification of organic and inorganic fibers and particles. In a single source, this book presents a range of simpl

Impression evidence can be broadly defined as the transfer of an object's physical morphology in the form of an imprint onto the surface of softer substance. Forensic scientists encounter various forms of impression evidence on a routine basis. This book focuses on marks made by tools.

Although methods and techniques that will help solve various analytical problems do exist, they are often difficult to perform. Using polarized light microscopy as the method of choice, this text offers swift, simple analytical tests and testing procedures that can be used to identify organic and inorganic particles.