Forensic Science

FORENSIC SCIENCE

Forensic Science: Current Issues, Future Directions presents a comprehensive, international discussion of key issues within the forensic sciences. Written by accomplished and respected specialists in distinct areas of the forensic sciences, this volume examines central issues within each discipline, provides perspective on current debate and explores current and proposed research initiatives.

The forensic sciences represent dynamic and evolving fields, presenting new challenges to a rapidly expanding cohort of international practitioners. This book acquaints readers with the complex issues involved and how they are being addressed. The academic treatment by experts in the fields ensures comprehensive and thorough understanding of these issues and paves the way for future research and progress.

• Draws on the knowledge and expertise of the prestigious American Academy of Forensic Sciences

• Written by key experts in the diverse disciplines of forensic science

• An international approach

• Each chapter carefully integrated throughout with key themes and issues covered in detail

• Includes discussion of future directions of forensic science as a discipline

Auteur

Editor

Douglas H. Ubelaker

Former President, American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Colorado Springs, USA Senior Scientist, Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA

Résumé
FORENSIC SCIENCE Forensic Science: Current Issues, Future Directions presents a comprehensive, international discussion of key issues within the forensic sciences. Written by accomplished and respected specialists in distinct areas of the forensic sciences, this volume examines central issues within each discipline, provides perspective on current debate and explores current and proposed research initiatives. The forensic sciences represent dynamic and evolving fields, presenting new challenges to a rapidly expanding cohort of international practitioners. This book acquaints readers with the complex issues involved and how they are being addressed. The academic treatment by experts in the fields ensures comprehensive and thorough understanding of these issues and paves the way for future research and progress.

• Draws on the knowledge and expertise of the prestigious American Academy of Forensic Sciences
• Written by key experts in the diverse disciplines of forensic science
• An international approach
• Each chapter carefully integrated throughout with key themes and issues covered in detail
• Includes discussion of future directions of forensic science as a discipline

Contenu
List of contributors vii

Acknowledgements xix

1 Introduction 1

Douglas H. Ubelaker

2 General forensics - no one else starts until we finish
6

Julie Howe, Janet Barber Duval, Claire Shepard and Robert
Gaffney

3 Criminalistics: the bedrock of forensic science 29

Susan Ballou, Max Houck, Jay A. Siegel, Cecelia A. Crouse, John
J. Lentini and Skip Palenik

4 Forensic pathology - the roles of molecular diagnostics
and radiology at autopsy 102

James R. Gill, Yingying Tang, Gregory G. Davis, H. Theodore
Harcke and Edward L. Mazuchowski

5 The places we will go: paths forward in forensic anthropology
131

Dawnie Wolfe Steadman

6 Forensic toxicology: scope, challenges, future directions and
needs 160

Barry K. Logan and Jeri D. Ropero-Miller

7 Odontology - dentistry's contribution to truth and
justice 179

Iain A. Pretty, Robert Barsley, C. Michael Bowers, Mary Bush,
Peter Bush, John Clement, Robert Dorion, Adam Freeman, Jim Lewis,
David Senn and Frank Wright

8 Forensic psychiatry and forensic psychology 211

Stephen B. Billick and Daniel A. Martell

9 Forensic document examination 224

William M. Riordan, Judith A. Gustafson, Mary P. Fitzgerald and
Jane A. Lewis

10 Digital evolution: history, challenges and future directions
for the digital and multimedia sciences section 252

David W. Baker, Samuel I. Brothers, Zeno J. Geradts, Douglas S.
Lacey, Kara L. Nance, Daniel J. Ryan, John E. Sammons and Peter
Stephenson

11 Global thinking and methodologies in evidence-based
forensic engineering science 292

Laura L. Liptai, Adam Aleksander, Scott Grainger, Sarah
Hainsworth, Ryan Loomba and Jan Unarski

12 Jurisprudence 310

ARW Forrest and RT Kennedy

13 Global forensic science and the search for the dead and
missing from armed conflict: the perspective of the International
Committee of the Red Cross 337

Morris Tidball-Binz

14 Forensic systems and forensic research: an international
perspective 366

DN Vieira

15 Summary and conclusions 374

Douglas H. Ubelaker

Index 399