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U
Uhlenhuth, Paul, 32
Uncertainty, 164, 202
Unethical prosecution experts, 316
Uniform Rules of Evidence, 103, 287
Unique common origin, items sharing, 139
Uniqueness, 54, 123
 
United States v. Terry Nichols
, 213
Unrelated transfer, 96
 
V
Vacuum sweeping, 209
Validation, 222, 233
data, 238
empirical, 240
experiment, 225
internal, 224
lack of, 228
levels of, 224
studies, 135, 223, 228, 238
Van Heerden, 11
Vidocq, Eugène François, 27
Virchow, Rudolph, 50
Voltaire, 23
Vucetich, Juan, 30
 
W
Weasel words, 281
West, Will, 31
William of Occam, 9
Williams, 11
Wilson, E. O., 8
 
Z
 
Zadig
, 23
Zain, Fred, 317
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Document Outline

• Preface
• The Authors
• Table of Contents
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Evolution of Forensic Science
• 3. Overview — A Unifying Paradigm of Forensic Science
• 4. The Origin of Evidence —Divisible Matter and Transfer
• 5 . Recognition of Physical Evidence
• 6. Classification, Identification, and Individualization —Inference of Source
• 7. Association and Reconstruction —Inference of Contact
• 8. Good Field Practice —Processing a Crime Scene
• 9. Good Laboratory Practice —Establishing Validity and Reliability
• 10. Good Forensic Practice — Obligations of the Analyst
• 11. Communicating Your Results — Where Science Meets the Law
• 12. Ethics and Accountability —The Profession of Forensic Science
• 13. The Future of Forensic Science
• Appendices
• Index