Foreword.
Introduction.
Part I: Cracking Open the Case.
Chapter 1: Understanding the World of Forensics.
Chapter 2: Uncovering Who Does What When: The Forensics Team in Action.
Chapter 3: Working the Scene: Evidence Collection and Protection.
Chapter 4: Peering into the Criminal Mind.
Part II: Uncovering the Evidence.
Chapter 5: Fingerprints: Your Personal Signature.
Chapter 6: Those Messy Bloodstains.
Chapter 7: Making Good Impressions: Shoes, Tires, and Tools.
Chapter 8: The Burning Question: Is It Arson?
Part III: Looking at the Body.
Chapter 9: Determining the Hows and Whys of Death: Forensic Autopsies.
Chapter 10: Identifying John and Jane Doe.
Chapter 11: Estimating the Time of Death.
Chapter 12: Yeow! That Hurts: Traumatic Injuries and Deaths.
Chapter 13: Asphyxia: Where’s the Oxygen?
Part IV: Working in the Crime Lab.
Chapter 14: Working with Blood and Other Bodily Fluids: Serology.
Chapter 15: What’s the Deal with DNA?
Chapter 16: Finding Drugs and Poisons: The Toxicology Lab.
Chapter 17: Analyzing Trace Evidence.
Chapter 18: Going Ballistic: Analyzing Firearms Evidence.
Chapter 19: Questioning the Validity of Documents.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 20: Ten Famous Forensic Cases.
Chapter 21: Ten Ways Hollywood Gets It Wrong.
Chapter 22: Ten Great Forensic Careers.
Index.
