Robert D. Blackledge - Leading Edge Techniques in Forensic Trace Evidence Analysis: More New Trace Analysis Methods

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 7
7. Chapter 9
8. Chapter 10

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10

Edited by
Robert D. Blackledge

This edition first published 2023

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Names: Blackledge, Robert D., editor.

Title: Leading edge techniques in forensic trace evidence analysis : more

new trace analysis methods / edited by Robert D. Blackledge.

Description: First edition. | Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2023.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022025481 (print) | LCCN 2022025482 (ebook) | ISBN

9781119591610 (cloth) | ISBN 9781119591832 (adobe pdf) | ISBN

9781119591801 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Trace evidenceAnalysis.

Classification: LCC HV8073 .L33495 2023 (print) | LCC HV8073 (ebook) |

DDC 363.25/6dc23/eng/20220714

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