Forensic Science - An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques, Fifth Edition Bell Suzanne West Virginia University Morgantown USAMixed media product

Covering a range of fundamental topics essential to modern forensic investigation, the fifth edition of the landmark text Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques presents contributions and case studies from the personal files of experts in the field. The text invites students to follow evidence all the way from the crime scene into laboratory analysis and even onto the autopsy table. In the fully updated 5th edition, Bell combines these testimonies into an accurate and engrossing account of cutting edge of forensic science across many different areas.Designed for a single-term course at the undergraduate level, the book begins by discussing the intersection of law and forensic science, how things become evidence, and how courts decide if an item or testimony is admissible.

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