Forensic Evidence: Investigation to Courtroom introduces criminal justice students to forensic science. This textbook assumes no previous exposure to the disciplines and focuses on what criminal justice students need to know about forensic science. Students are guided through the preservation and analysis of physical evidence in the crime lab to ensure the integrity of the evidence-whether exculpatory or associative-will be preserved and accepted in the courtroom. Forensic Evidence begins with a survey of the disciplines and their relationship to criminal justice and then goes on to examine...