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COLIN EVANS is the author of The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science Solved 100 of the World's Most Baffling Crimes; Great Feuds in History: Ten of the Liveliest Disputes Ever; and A Question of Evidence: The Casebook of Great Forensic Controversies, from Napoleon to O.J. (all from Wiley).
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Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Allan, John-1998.
Amos, Lowell-1994.
Anthropology (Forensic).
Armstrong, Troy-1992.
Arson.
Atwood, Frank-1984.
Autopsy (Postmortem).
Baden, Michael (1939-).
Ballistics.
Beck, Roy, Jr.-1996.
Bertillon, Alphonse (1853-1914).
Blood Spatter Analysis.
Bocarmé, Hyppolyte and Lydie de-1850.
Booth Deringer, The-1997.
Brain Fingerprinting.
Bramblett, Earl-1994.
Brown, Gregory, and Darlene Buckner-1995.
Bush, Edwin-1961.
Calzacorto, Brian-1990.
Campbell, Stuart-2001.
Camps, Francis (1905-1972).
Casement, Sir Roger, Diaries-2000.
Chromatography.
Churchill, Robert (1886-1958).
Clark, Hadden-1992.
Colwell, Martin-1925.
Coroner.
Crowe, Frederick-1968.
Cruz, James Robert-1993.
Curley, Joann-1991.
DNA Typing.
Elkins, Howard-1969.
Emmett-Dunne, Frederick-1953.
Entomology (Forensic).
Explosives.
Facial Reconstruction.
Fingerprinting.
Fleagle, Jake-1928.
Frediani, David-1985.
Gibbs, Terry-1999.
Glaister, John (1892-1971).
Green, George-1938.
Gross, Hans (1847-1915).
Gwaltney, George-1982.
Haigh, John-1949.
Hair and Fibers.
Hanratty, James-1961.
Harry, Lewis-1986.
Hayden, Eric-1995.
Heflin, Steven-1976.
Heinrich, Edward O. (1881-1953).
Helpern, Milton (1902-1977).
Henry, Sir Edward (1850-1931).
Hightower, William A.-1921.
Hooker, David and Joy-1993.
Howard, Wilbur-1976.
Iceman, The-1991.
Jarman, Mark-1990.
Jeffreys, Sir Alec (1950-).
Johnson, Clayton-1989.
Jones, Bryan Maurice-1985.
Kaczynski, Theodore-1978.
Keidel, Gene-1966.
Kibbe, Roger-1986.
Knife Wounds.
Lacassagne, Alexandre (1843-1924).
Lachaal, Kassem-1986.
Lafarge, Marie-1840.
LaMarca, Angelo John-1956.
Lee, Henry (1938-).
Leonski, Edward-1942.
Locard, Edmond (1877-1966).
Mackay, George (Alias "John Williams")-1912.
McCurdy, Elmer-1976.
Meierhofer, David-1973.
Microscopy.
Middleton, David-1995.
Moody, Walter Leroy, Jr.-1989.
Mormon Will, The-1976.
Morris, Earl-1989.
Morrison, Kevin-1996.
Neutron Activation Analysis.
Noguchi, Thomas (1927-).
Norris, Charles (1867-1935).
Odontology.
Overton, Richard-1988.
Patrek, Stanley, and Joseph Stepka-1945.
Peng, Lisa-1993.
Perera, Samson-1983.
Persian Mummy, The-2000.
Phillips, Charlie-1980.
Phonemasters, The-1994.
Pinkerton, Allan (1819-1884).
Podmore, William-1929.
Polygraph.
Pommerais, Edmond de la-1863.
Psychological Profiling.
Questioned Documents.
Raso, Dennis, and Stephen Azzolini-1978.
Robertson, James-1950.
Rose, Keith-1981.
Routier, Darlie-1996.
Scher, Stephen-1976.
Schneeberger, John-1992.
Serology.
Severs, Roger-1993.
Simpson, Keith (1907-1985).
Sims, Paula-1989.
Singh, Udham-1940.
Sivri, Tevfik-1988.
Smalley, Dennis-1991.
Smith, Sir Sydney (1883-1969).
Snow, Clyde (1928-).
Spencer, Timothy-1984.
Spilsbury, Sir Bernard (1877-1947).
Stack, Sir Lee-1924.
Stager, Barbara-1988.
Stallings, Patricia-1989.
Starrs, Kenneth (1931-).
Tardieu, Auguste Ambroise (1818-1879).
Taylor, Charles Anthony (1885-1965).
Tetzner, Erich-1929.
Theobald, Charles-Louis-1847.
Time of Death.
Toxicology.
Unterweger, Jack-1991.
van Rie, Willem-1959.
Vickers, Darren-1997.
Vidocq, François-Eugène (1775-1857).
Vinland Map, The-1965.
Voiceprints.
Walker, Albert-1996.
Ward, Delbert-1990.
Wecht, Cyril (1931-).
White, Raymond-1939.
Wilson, Gustav-1963.
Wolf, Paul-1982.
Zaph, William-1861.
Landmarks in Forensic Science.
Index.