Forensic Science

Title Page......Page 1
Copyright......Page 2
ACS Symposium Series......Page 3
FOREWORD......Page 4
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Education......Page 5
Research......Page 8
Communication......Page 10
1 Forensic Science Education—A Perspective......Page 11
Literature Cited......Page 17
2 Some Critical Personnel Policies in Forensic Science......Page 18
Literature Cited......Page 19
Background......Page 20
The Problems......Page 22
Apparent Solution To Some Of The Problems......Page 24
Conclusion......Page 30
4 An Introductory Forensic Science Course in a Law Enforcement Program......Page 32
Lectures......Page 34
Laboratory Exercises......Page 35
Discussion......Page 36
Literature Cited......Page 37
5 Graduate Education and Research in Forensic Chemistry at Northeastern University......Page 38
National Criminal Justice Education Consortium......Page 39
Northeastern University's Program......Page 40
Forensic Science Research at Northeastern University......Page 41
Education Programs......Page 45
M. S. Program in Forensic Chemistry......Page 46
Conclusion......Page 51
Literature Cited......Page 52
6 LEAA's Forensic Science Research Program......Page 53
Research In-Progress......Page 54
New Projects......Page 61
Future Directions for Research......Page 65
Conclusion......Page 67
The Scope of Forensic Materials Science......Page 68
The Recovery of Erased Serial Numbers......Page 72
An Improved Serial Number Marking System......Page 77
Paper Identification......Page 80
Literature Cited......Page 83
Experimental Procedure......Page 85
Results and Discussion......Page 86
Literature Cited......Page 88
9 Recent Developments in Bullet Search Systems......Page 93
Literature Cited......Page 97
10 Progress in Firearm Residue Detection......Page 98
Handblank Values......Page 100
CONCLUSIONS......Page 103
APPENDIX......Page 104
Literature Cited......Page 105
Introduction......Page 107
I. Experimental......Page 109
Results and Discussion......Page 111
Acknowledgment......Page 115
Literature Cited......Page 116
Instrumentation......Page 118
Methods of Recovery......Page 119
Comparison......Page 121
Improper Handling......Page 122
Literature Cited......Page 123
13 Forensic Applications of Differential Scanning Calorimetry......Page 124
Procedure......Page 126
Results......Page 129
Literature Cited......Page 142
14 Ink Analysis—A Weapon Against Crime by Detection of Fraud......Page 144
Systematic Approach to Ink Identification......Page 145
Application to Actual Cases......Page 147
Future Developments in Ink Identification Work......Page 150
Literature Cited......Page 151
15 Forensic Bloodstains and Physiological Fluid Analysis......Page 152
Literature Cited......Page 159
16 Effect of Environmental Factors on Starch Gel Electrophoretic Patterns of Human Erythrocyte Acid Phosphatase......Page 161
Methods and Materials......Page 162
Results......Page 163
Discussion......Page 169
Literature Cited......Page 171
17 Forensic Toxicology—The Current State of the Art and Relationship to Analytical Chemistry......Page 172
Literature Cited......Page 179
18 A Comparison of Heroin Samples......Page 180
Derivatization Procedure.......Page 181
Direct Gas Chromatographic Analysis.......Page 183
Literature Cited......Page 192
19 New Applications of Photoluminescence Techniques for Forensic Science......Page 193
New Applications of Photoluminescence Techniques......Page 194
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