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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Allan, John--1998.
Amos, Lowell--1994.
Anthropology (Forensic).
Armstrong, Troy--1992.
Arson.
Atwood, Frank--1984.
Autopsy (Postmortem).
Baden, Michael (1939-).
Ballistics.
Beck, Roy, Jr.--1996.
Bertillon, Alphonse (1853-1914).
Blood Spatter Analysis.
Bocarmé, Hyppolyte and Lydie de--1850.
Booth Deringer, The--1997.
Brain Fingerprinting.
Bramblett, Earl--1994.
Brown, Gregory, and Darlene Buckner--1995.
Bush, Edwin--1961.
Calzacorto, Brian--1990.
Campbell, Stuart--2001.
Camps, Francis (1905-1972).
Casement, Sir Roger, Diaries--2000.
Chromatography.
Churchill, Robert (1886-1958).
Clark, Hadden--1992.
Colwell, Martin--1925.
Coroner.
Crowe, Frederick--1968.
Cruz, James Robert--1993.
Curley, Joann--1991.
DNA Typing.
Elkins, Howard--1969.
Emmett-Dunne, Frederick--1953.
Entomology (Forensic).
Explosives.
Facial Reconstruction.
Fingerprinting.
Fleagle, Jake--1928.
Frediani, David--1985.
Gibbs, Terry--1999.
Glaister, John (1892-1971).
Green, George--1938.
Gross, Hans (1847-1915).
Gwaltney, George--1982.
Haigh, John--1949.
Hair and Fibers.
Hanratty, James--1961.
Harry, Lewis--1986.
Hayden, Eric--1995.
Heflin, Steven--1976.
Heinrich, Edward O. (1881-1953).
Helpern, Milton (1902-1977).
Henry, Sir Edward (1850-1931).
Hightower, William A.--1921.
Hooker, David and Joy--1993.
Howard, Wilbur--1976.
Iceman, The--1991.
Jarman, Mark--1990.
Jeffreys, Sir Alec (1950-).
Johnson, Clayton--1989.
Jones, Bryan Maurice--1985.
Kaczynski, Theodore--1978.
Keidel, Gene--1966.
Kibbe, Roger--1986.
Knife Wounds.
Lacassagne, Alexandre (1843-1924).
Lachaal, Kassem--1986.
Lafarge, Marie--1840.
LaMarca, Angelo John--1956.
Lee, Henry (1938-).
Leonski, Edward--1942.
Locard, Edmond (1877-1966).
Mackay, George (Alias "John Williams")--1912.
McCurdy, Elmer--1976.
Meierhofer, David--1973.
Microscopy.
Middleton, David--1995.
Moody, Walter Leroy, Jr.--1989.
Mormon Will, The--1976.
Morris, Earl--1989.
Morrison, Kevin--1996.
Neutron Activation Analysis.
Noguchi, Thomas (1927-).
Norris, Charles (1867-1935).
Odontology.
Overton, Richard--1988.
Patrek, Stanley, and Joseph Stepka--1945.
Peng, Lisa--1993.
Perera, Samson--1983.
Persian Mummy, The--2000.
Phillips, Charlie--1980.
Phonemasters, The--1994.
Pinkerton, Allan (1819-1884).
Podmore, William--1929.
Polygraph.
Pommerais, Edmond de la--1863.
Psychological Profiling.
Questioned Documents.
Raso, Dennis, and Stephen Azzolini--1978.
Robertson, James--1950.
Rose, Keith--1981.
Routier, Darlie--1996.
Scher, Stephen--1976.
Schneeberger, John--1992.
Serology.
Severs, Roger--1993.
Simpson, Keith (1907-1985).
Sims, Paula--1989.
Singh, Udham--1940.
Sivri, Tevfik--1988.
Smalley, Dennis--1991.
Smith, Sir Sydney (1883-1969).
Snow, Clyde (1928-).
Spencer, Timothy--1984.
Spilsbury, Sir Bernard (1877-1947).
Stack, Sir Lee--1924.
Stager, Barbara--1988.
Stallings, Patricia--1989.
Starrs, Kenneth (1931-).
Tardieu, Auguste Ambroise (1818-1879).
Taylor, Charles Anthony (1885-1965).
Tetzner, Erich--1929.
Theobald, Charles-Louis--1847.
Time of Death.
Toxicology.
Unterweger, Jack--1991.
van Rie, Willem--1959.
Vickers, Darren--1997.
Vidocq, François-Eugène (1775-1857).
Vinland Map, The--1965.
Voiceprints.
Walker, Albert--1996.
Ward, Delbert--1990.
Wecht, Cyril (1931-).
White, Raymond--1939.
Wilson, Gustav--1963.
Wolf, Paul--1982.
Zaph, William--1861.
Landmarks in Forensic Science.
Index.