Forensic Science: An Illustrated Dictionary

Investigators, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and other professionals within the fields of law enforcement and criminal justice need to understand forensic terms when communicating with forensic scientists or applying forensic lab results. Forensic Science-An Illustrated Dictionary introduces the laboratory terms that are crucial to the interpretation and understanding of laboratory report findings. The definitions and accompanying illustrations come from various disciplines including toxicology, drug chemistry, criminalistics, bioscience/DNA, firearms/ballistics, forensic pathology, and the law. The illustrations communicate the use of laboratory instruments and investigative and laboratory methods of analysis.