| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 447 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Classification of textile fibres: production, structure, and properties / Shantha K. David and Michael T. Pailthorpe -- The structure of textiles: an introduction to the basics / Franz-Peter Adolf -- Ropes and cordage / Kenneth G. Wiggins -- Examination of damage to textiles / Jane M. Taupin, Franz-Peter Adolf and James Robertson -- From the crime scene to the laboratory -- Fibre finder systems / Thomas W. Biermann -- Microscopical examination of fibres / Samuel J. Palenik -- Infrared microspectroscopy of fibres / Kenneth Paul Kirkbride and Mary Widmark Tungol -- Instrumental methods used in fibre examination -- Microspectrophotometry/colour measurement / Franz-Peter Adolf and James Dunlop -- Thin layer chromatographic analysis for fibre dyes / Kenneth G. Wiggins -- Other methods of colour analysis -- Interpretation of fibres evidence -- New fibre types / Michael Grieve -- The future for fibre examinations / Michael Grieve and James Robertson |
| Summary |
This book is the definitive text for forensic scientists, police and lawyers who may be involved with the use of textile fibres to provide evidence in criminal cases. While covering the subject in detail from recovery of the evidence, through the different stages of laboratory examination, to evaulating the meaning of findings, it is written in such a way that it should be interesting and understandable to the beginner and to the layman, as well as to the expert |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Forensic examination of fibres / editor, James Robertson. 1992 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Criminal investigation.
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Textile fibers -- Identification
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LAW -- Forensic Science.
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Criminal investigation
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Textile fibers
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Gerechtelijke chemie.
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Vezels (materiaal)
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Analyse (algemeen)
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Field guides
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Robertson, J. (James), 1950-
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Grieve, Michael (Michael C.)
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| ISBN |
0203484517 |
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9780203484517 |
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9780748408160 |
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0748408169 |
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9781135735234 |
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1135735239 |
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9781135735180 |
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1135735182 |
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9781135735227 |
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1135735220 |
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9786610405954 |
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6610405956 |
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