NCJ Number
11293
Date Published
1965
Length
381 pages
Annotation
FOURTH 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 METHODS FOR DETERMINING ALCOHOL, EXAMINATION OF GLASS FRAGMENTS, EXAMINATION OF COLORED FIBRES (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NATURAL FIBRES), SEARCHING FOR DRUG METABOLITES IN VISCERA, THIN-LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY DETECTION OF SOAP ABORTIONS, INFRA-RED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY IN TOXICOLOGICAL PRACTICE, GROUPING OF DRIED BLOOD AND SECRETION STAINS. FOR OTHER VOLUMES IN THE SERIES SEE NCJ-11290, NCJ-11291, NCJ-11292.