ABA Fundamentals: Forensic Science

For the practicing attorney, an understanding of forensic science is essential--not just those lawyers involved in criminal cases, but also those who deal with civil litigation, contracts, dispute resolution, mediation, and virtually every other arena of legal practice. Forensic science is a huge field, encompassing scientific disciplines from anatomy to pharmacology to entomology and touching many different kinds of legal cases.
ABA Fundamentals: Forensic Science opens the door to the many disciplines that comprise forensic science and provides a broad understanding of its uses and limitations, as well as an in depth understanding of the most commonly employed forensic techniques--the ones you see on TV, read in the paper, and confront in your practice. Its twenty chapters include discussions of:


" The autopsy
" Time and cause of death
" Traumatic injuries
" Blood and other bodily fluids
" DNA
" Toxicology
" Poisoning
" Fingerprints
" Impression and trace evidence
" Arson investigation
" Questioned documents
" Criminal psychology


ABA Fundamentals: Forensic Science provides a deeper understanding of this growing and fascinating field and explores new ways it can impact your practice.