Chemical Analysis for Forensic Evidence

A practical, hands-on guide to utilizing analytical chemistry in forensic investigation

Arian van Asten (Author)

9780128207154, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 23 November 2022

574 pages, 300 illustrations (150 in full color)
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.5 cm, 0.45 kg

Chemical Analysis for Forensic Evidence provides readers with the fundamental framework of forensic analytical chemistry, describing the entire process, from crime scene investigation to evidence sampling, laboratory analysis, quality aspects, and reporting and testifying in court. In doing so, important principles and aspects are demonstrated through the various forensic expertise areas in which analytical chemistry plays a key role, including illicit drugs, explosives, toxicology, fire debris analysis and microtraces such as gunshot residues, glass and fibers. This book illuminates the underlying practical framework that governs how analytical chemistry is used in practice by forensic experts to solve crime.

1. An introduction to Forensic Analytical Chemistry2. Analytical Chemistry in the Forensic Laboratory3. Sampling and Sample Preparation4. Qualitative Analysis and the Selectivity Dilemma5. Quantitative Analysis and the Legal Limit Dilemma6. Chemical Profiling, Databases and Evidential Value7. Forensic Reconstruction through Chemical Analysis8. From Data to Forensic Insight using Chemometrics9. Quality and Chain of Custody10. Reporting in the Criminal Justice System11. Innovating Forensic Analytical Chemistry

Subject Areas: Analytical chemistry [PNF], Forensic science [JKVF1]