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Mountebanks Among Forensic Scientists | |
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Introduction | |
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Categories | |
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The Academites | |
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Careerists | |
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Protocols, Palliatives, Prescriptions, Carminatives, and Nostrums | |
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More Mountebanks | |
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Introduction | |
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Toxicologist | |
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Document Examiner | |
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Anthropologist | |
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Forensic Dentist | |
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Laboratory Technician | |
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Forensic Chemist | |
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Fingerprint Examiner | |
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Serologist | |
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Reining in Outlaw Forensic Experts | |
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Forensic Capillary Gas Chromatography | |
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Introduction | |
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Chromatography | |
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Capillary Column Chromatography | |
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Chromatographic Characterization | |
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Large-Diameter Capillary Columns | |
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Applications | |
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Conclusions | |
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Forensic Identification of Illicit Drugs | |
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Introduction | |
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The Scope of Illicit Drug Analysis | |
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Classification of Illicit Drugs | |
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Considerations in Developing a Scheme of Analysis | |
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Analytical Methods | |
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Selected Illicit Drugs | |
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Clandestine Drug Laboratories | |
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Microscopy and Microchemistry of Physical Evidence | |
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Collection and Examination of Microtraces | |
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A Catalog of Some Microtraces with Suggestion for Their Identification and Comparison | |
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Conclusion | |
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Acknowledgements | |
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An Introduction to the Forensic Aspects of Textile Fiber Examination | |
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Introduction | |
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Fiber Classification | |
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How Fibers Occur as Physical Evidence | |
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Fiber Recovery | |
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Fiber Identification | |
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Fiber Comparison | |
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The Significance of Fiber Evidence | |
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The Future of Forensic Fiber Examination | |
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Acknowledgements | |
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Forensic Mitochondrial DNA Analysis | |
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Comparison of Mitochondrial and Nuclear DNA | |
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Organization of the Mitochondrial DNA Genome | |
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Steps in a Mitochondrial DNA Analysis | |
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Quality Assurance/Quality Control | |
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Heteroplasmy | |
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Interpretation Guidelines | |
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Databases | |
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Statistical Analysis | |
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Conclusions | |
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Acknowledgements | |
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The Identification of Semen and Other Bodily Fluids | |
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Identification of Semen | |
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Identification of Vaginal Material | |
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Identification of Saliva | |
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Identification of Feces | |
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Identification of Urine | |
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Identification of Miscellaneous Body Fluids | |
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Mup Mapping Protocol | |
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The Lugol Technique | |
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Amylase Mapping | |
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Acknowledgements | |
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Firearms Identification | |
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Introduction | |
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Types of Firearms | |
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Manufacture of Firearms | |
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Construction of Firearm Ammunition | |
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Historical Background | |
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Processing of Firearms Evidence at Scenes of Crimes | |
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Preliminary Examination of Firearms | |
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Preliminary Examination of Fired Bullets and Cartridges | |
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Examination of Fired Cartridges | |
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The Drugfire and IBIS Systems | |
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Estimation of the Range of Fire | |
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Sawed-Off Shotguns | |
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Silenced Firearms | |
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Elemental Analysis of Bullets and Shotgun Pellets | |
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The Restoration of Stamped Serial Numbers | |
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Description of Rifling Characteristics Data Base.< | |