Forensic Science Laboratory Techniques Workbook

The book presents lab exercises of evidence analysis performed back in the crime lab or private laboratory. Distinguishing advanced analyses and testing done on all evidence had been gathered from the crime scene. This is to clearly distinguish CSIs who collect the evidence from those who work within the lab environment analyzing the various evidence submitted to such labs. The book presents lab exercises that can be completed within two-hour windows while offering the appropriate amount of content and level of rigor necessary to properly train students on procedure, methods, and the scientific process in ballistics, fingerprints, inks, hairs, the autopsy, and post-mortem interval.

Introduction to the Lab. Who Is Who at the Lab? Lab 1: Basics of Observation in Analysis. Lab 2: Systematic and Random Errors in Lab Measurement. Lab 3: Documentation and Reports in the Lab. Lab 4: Evidence and Property Room. Lab 5: Lab Bench Photography. Lab 6: Ballistics. Lab 7: Fingerprint Analysis. Lab 8: Ink Diagnostics. Lab 9. Suicide Note Authentication. Lab 10: Psychological Autopsy. Lab 11: Assessment of Biological Ancestry. Lab 12: Species Identification of Hairs. Lab 13: Estimating Postmortem Interval with Entomological Material. Lab 14: The Murder Board. Appendix A: Scene Investigation Manual. Appendix B: Property Room Manual. Appendix C: Documentation Manual for Lab Analysis.