NCJ Number
11290
Date Published
1962
Length
671 pages
Annotation
FIRST IN A SERIES OF VOLUMES DESCRIBING SPECIFIC FORENSIC SCIENCE TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES RECOMMENDED BY AN INTERNATIONAL RANGE OF EXPERT PRACTITIONERS.
Abstract
THESE VOLUMES ARE DESIGNED TO MEET THE ON-GOING RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL NEEDS OF FORENSIC SCIENTISTS, POLICE LABORATORY TECHNICIANS, TOXICOLOGISTS, ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS, AND ASSOCIATED SPECIALISTS IN CRIMINALISTICS AND CRIME INVESTIGATION. THE CHAPTERS ARE CONTRIBUTED BY OUTSTANDING SCIENTISTS AND INCLUDE A SHORT REVIEW OF A FORENSIC SCIENCE PROBLEM FOLLOWED BY A DETAILED DESCRIPTION, BASED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, OF THE PROCEDURE RECOMMENDED BY THE AUTHOR FOR THE PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IT IS THE EDITOR'S INTENTION TO PROVIDE UPDATED MATERIAL ON THE VARIOUS SUBJECTS AS ADVANCES IN SCIENTIFIC METHODS ARE MADE. SUBJECTS IN THIS VOLUME ARE ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ALKALOIDS, DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF BLOODSTAINS, INVESTIGATION OF BIOLOGICAL STAINS WITH REGARD TO SPECIES ORIGIN, IDENTIFICATION OF STAINS OF NONBIOLOGICAL ORIGIN, DETECTION AND ESTIMATION OF BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVES, USE OF SERUM HAPTOGLOBIN PATTERNS IN CASES OF DISPUTED PATERNITY, QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE, AND EXAMINATION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION. FOR OTHER VOLUMES IN THE SERIES SEE NCJ-11291, NCJ-11292, NCJ-11293.