This Expert Evidence chapter outlines the various forensic medical aspects of child abuse, including physical, sexual and psychological abuse, as well as neglect and fetal abuse... more

This Expert Evidence chapter aims to present an introduction to the various theories and practical aspects of parentage testing and to engender, in the legal practitioner, enough confidence to consult.. more

This Expert Evidence chapter focuses on the sexual abuse of children; however this also involves psychological and emotional abuse and often exploitation... more

This Expert Evidence chapter discusses an overview of the applications of forensic botany... more

This Expert Evidence chapter discusses the main measures of noise, the procedures for measurement of noise, the prediction of noise levels and the assessment of environmental noise... more

This Expert Evidence chapter deals with the central matters relating to the interpretation of forensic scientific evidence... more

This Expert Evidence chapter examines the role of the social worker in the court system, particularly in the areas of criminal matters, compensation for injuries, social security law, immigration, family.. more

This Expert Evidence chapter discusses the analysis of pesticides and pesticide residues, confirming the identity of a residue, what is needed for reliable analytical results and the interpretation.. more

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This Expert Evidence chapter aims to inform the legal professional and fact finder as to the foundations, context, principles, practices, limitations and challenges of the field of digital forensics,.. more

This Expert Evidence chapter discusses relevant technological changes in forensic photography, including the use of digital cameras and the problems involved in the manipulation of images... more

This Expert Evidence chapter outlines what is involved in the measurement of blood droplet stains and gives an overview of the physical properties of blood and blood substitutes... more

This Expert Evidence chapter covers issues relating to the training, qualifications and experience of fire investigators, fire chemistry and physics, fire dynamics, arson investigation, arson detection,.. more

This Expert Evidence chapter provides the reader with information about the principles and practice of forensic medicine... more

This Expert Evidence chapter examines quality management issues which are applicable to all areas of expertise and uses forensic science as an example of one mature quality management system... more

This Expert Evidence chapter examines the philosophy underlying credible crime scene examination, the duties of a crime scene examiner, the attributes which make a successful crime scene examiner, the.. more

This Expert Evidence chapter explains how Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) uses scientific methods to maximise the chances of successful victim identification... more

This Expert Evidence chapter on forensic pathology has a focus on death investigation and its linkage with the work of coroners, police, prosecution services and defence legal services... more

This Expert Evidence chapter analyses the probabilities of DNA matches in the forensic setting and discusses subjects such as DNA profile match probability, fallacies and fantasies, databases, modelling.. more

This Expert Evidence chapter addresses the forensic medical aspects of the examination of adult patients who allege that they have been sexually assaulted... more