"Forensic Analysis: Scientific and Medical Techniques and Evidence under the Microscope" ed. by Ian Freckelton

This volume is an edited collection with contributions from scholars in ten countries, containing cutting-edge analyses of diverse aspects of contemporary forensic science and forensic medicine. It spans forensic gait analysis evidence, forensic analysis in wildlife investigations, mitochondrial blood-typing, DNA profiling, probabilistic genotyping, toolmark analysis, forensic osteology, obstetric markers as a diagnostic tool, salivary analysis, pharmacogenetics, and forensic analysis of herbal drugs.

This book provides information about the parameters of expertise in relation to a number of areas that are being utilised as a part of criminal investigations and that are coming before courts internationally or will soon do so. It is hoped that rigor in the evaluation of such evidence will be enhanced, a fillip for developing standards will be provided, and the incidence of miscarriages of criminal justice will be minimised.

Contents
1. Guarding the Gait: Evaluating Forensic Gait Analysis Evidence
2. Mitochondrial 16S rRNA Gene-Dependent Blood Typing as a Forensic Tool
3. Forensic Analysis in Wildlife Crime Cases: Microscopy, DNA Profiling and Isotope Analysis
4. Reliability and Reproducibility of DNA Profiling from Degraded Samples in Forensic Genetics
5. Probabilistic Genotyping: A Possible New Legal Avenue to Prevent and Redress Miscarriages of Justice
6. Forensic Analysis and Interpretation of Tool Marks
7. Forensic Osteology and Identification
8. Obstetric Markers as a Diagnostic Forensic Tool
9. Salivary Analysis for Medico-Legal and Forensic Toxicological Purposes
10. Pharmacogenetics and Tramadol-Related Fatalities
11. Herbal Drugs Forensic


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