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Dedication
To my father, Walter Inman, and my father-in-law, Robert Petersen, who, in
their own ways, taught me that what we see depends on how we look.
KPI
To my co-author and continuing partner in crime, Keith Inman, who insisted
that I was a criminalist long before I became convinced of it. Fortunately, he
always lets me have his opinion when I don’t have one.
NR
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Table of Contents
 
Section I — Background and History 
of Forensic Science
1
 
1
 
Introduction
3
 
2
 
The Evolution of Forensic Science
21
Section II — The Principles of Forensic Science
73
 
3
 
Overview — A Unifying Paradigm of Forensic 
Science
75
 
4
 
The Origin of Evidence — Divisible Matter 
and Transfer
83
 
5
 
The Recognition of Physical Evidence
101
 
6
 
Classification, Identification, and 
Individualization — Inference of Source
113
 
7
 
Association and Reconstruction — Inference 
of Contact
157
Section III — The Practice of Forensic Science
193
 
8
 
Good Field Practice — Processing a Crime 
Scene
195
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