Chemical Analysis for Forensic Evidence

Arian van Asten
Elsevier
574 pages
ISBN: 9780128207154
November 2022

This book provides readers with the fundamental framework of forensic analytical chemistry, describing the entire process, from crime scene investigation to evidence sampling, laboratory analysis, quality aspects, and reporting and testifying in court. In doing so, important principles and aspects are demonstrated through the various forensic expertise areas in which analytical chemistry plays a key role, including illicit drugs, explosives, toxicology, fire debris analysis and microtraces such as gunshot residues, glass and fibers. The book illuminates the underlying practical framework that governs how analytical chemistry is used in practice by forensic experts to solve crime.