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Forensics For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Forensics For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Douglas P. Lyle
June 2019
Beginner to intermediate
400 pages
11h 15m
English
For Dummies
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Index

A

  • abrasion collar, 193
  • abrasions, 197–198, 219
  • absorption-elution, 237
  • accelerants, fire, 129, 131–133
  • accidental cuts, 196
  • accidental deaths, 144, 268
  • acid phosphatase, 211, 242
  • acid screen, 271
  • acids, to get rid of a body, 158
  • adipocere formation, 186
  • aerial reconnaissance and photography, 51
  • affidavit, search warrants and, 44
  • AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System), 74, 86–87
  • alcohol
    • blood-alcohol concentration (BAC), 275
    • Breathalyzer test, 275, 276
    • hangings and, 222
    • intoxication, 275, 276
  • alcohol screen, 271
  • alkaline screen, 271
  • alligator effect, 331
  • alpha-amylase, 243
  • alterations, in documents, 327–329
  • ambient temperature
    • estimating time of death, 178
    • lividity and, 181
    • putrefaction and, 184
    • rigor mortis and, 180
  • amino acids, 170
  • ammonium nitrate, 138
  • ammonium nitrate-based explosives (ANFO), 138
  • ammunition (ammo), 309–312
  • amphetamines, 278, 279
  • amplification, 253
  • amylase, 243
  • anabolic steroids, 282–283
  • analgesics, 277
  • Anastasia Romanov, 347–348
  • angel dust, 280
  • angulation fractures, 201
  • anthropologist, forensic, 22, 174–175, 361
  • anthropometry, 80, 82
  • antibodies, in blood serum, 233
  • anticonvulsives, 278
  • antigen-antibody complex, 233, 236
  • antiserum, 236–237
  • appointments, missed or forgotten, 189
  • arches, 84–86
  • arms, bones of, 166
  • arsenic, 265, 274, 284
  • arson, 125–135. See also fires
    • to cover another crime, 126
    • fire-starters, 126
    • for insurance fraud, 126
    • psychological reasons for, 126
    • for revenge, 126
    • staged crime scene, 39
    • for suicide or murder, 126,
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