In 1973, the central office of the German police, the Federal Criminal Police Office, was legally obliged "to maintain the necessary facilities for...research in forensic science," "to monitor crime trends and compile analytical reports and statistics on this basis," and "to conduct research with a view to developing police methods and procedures for crime control." This task is undertaken in the Research and Training Institute by the research units on criminology and criminal investigation and on technological development. In this volume, researchers from the Institute present their latest...