Description
This book, written by forensic experts from Malaysia, United States of America and United Kingdom, provides suitable insights into relevant interdisciplinary advancements in forensic science, in view of its practical values in combating crimes. The book addresses the current lack of literature on the basic theories and applications of science in forensic investigations and gives elaborate explanations on the current advances in pertinent fields within forensic science. This book contains topics such as evidential values of fingerprint in forensic investigation, evidential values of insects in crime investigations, interkingdom communication between bacteria and blow flies in forensic entomology, anthropological evidence in forensic investigation, diatom assessment for assigning scene of drowning cases, relevance of toxicological analysis in forensic investigations, applications of instrumental chromatography to forensic chemistry, application of capillary electrophoresis to forensic analytical chemistry, artificial neural networks in forensic science, and forensic fire debris analysis. This edited volume is a necessary reference material for forensic scientists and students, as well as forensic investigators and legal practitioners.
