Description - Wildlife Forensics by Jane E. Huffman
Wildlife Forensics: Methods and Applications provides an accessible
and practical approach to the key areas involved in this developing
subject. The book contains case studies throughout the text that
take the reader from the field, to the lab analysis to the court
room, giving a complete insight into the path of forensic evidence
and demonstrating how current techniques can be applied to wildlife
forensics.
The book contains approaches that wildlife forensic
investigators and laboratory technicians can employ in
investigations and provides the direction and practical advice
required by legal and police professionals seeking to gain the
evidence needed to prosecute wildlife crimes.
The book will bring together in one text various aspects of
wildlife forensics, including statistics, toxicology, pathology,
entomology, morphological identification, and DNA analysis.
This book will be an invaluable reference and will provide
investigators, laboratory technicians and students in forensic
Science/conservation biology classes with practical guidance and
best methods for criminal investigations applied to wildlife
crime.
Includes practical techniques that wildlife forensic
investigators and laboratory technicians can employ in
investigations.
Includes case studies to illustrate various key methods
and applications.
Brings together diverse areas of forensic science and
demonstrates their application specifically to the field of
wildlife crime.
Contains methodology boxes to lead readers through the
processes of individual techniques.
Takes an applied approach to the subject to appeal to
both students of the subject and practitioners in the field.
Includes a broad introduction to what is meant by 'wildlife
crime', how to approach a crime scene and collect evidence and
includes chapters dedicated to the key techniques utilized in
wildlife investigations.
Includes chapters on wildlife forensic pathology;
zooanthropological techniques; biological trace evidence analysis;
the importance of bitemark evidence; plant and wildlife forensics;
best practices and law enforcement.
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