Forensic Investigation of Clandestine Laboratories

ISBN-13: 9780367629908 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 466 str.

Donnell R. Christian Jr

Opis

This second edition is fully updated to address all aspects of the forensic investigation of clandestine laboratories. Coverage looks at domestic clandestine manufacture of contraband substances in addition to expanding the scope to investigating the clandestine manufacture of explosives.

Spis treści

1. Basics of Clandestine Manufacture  2. Clandestine Lab Hazards  3. Basic Toxicology  4. Scene Processing  5. Laboratory Analysis  6. Opinions  7. Presenting Results  8. Explosives Labs  App A: SWGDRUG Glossary of Terms  App B: TWGFEX Glossary of Terms  App C: Equipment  App D: Chemicals List  App E: List of Explosive Materials  App F: Hazards  App G: Worksheets  App H: Sphere Volume Estimates  App I: Color Test Reagents  App J: Crystal Test Reagents  App K: Optical Properties  App L: Extraction Procedures  App M: Reaction Mixture Components  App N: Calculation Equations  App O: Drug Reference List  App P: Explosive References  App Q: Homemade Explosive Manufacturing Schemes  App R: Drug Chemical Table 1  App S: Drug Chemical Table 1  App T: Explosive Chemical Table 1  App U: Explosive Chemical Table 2

O autorze

Donnell R. Christian, Jr. has over 30 years of forensic experience, split between two areas of expertise. He spent 15 years with the Arizona DPS specializing in the clandestine manufacture of drugs and explosives. He is currently a senior explosives chemist for the Forensic Exploitation Directorate of the Defense Forensic Science Center. In between these engagements he assisted in establishing forensic science programs in the developing democracies as the Director of International Training for Professional Business Solutions and as the Forensic Science Development Coordinator for the U.S. DOJ’s International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP).