Forensic Science Laboratory Manual and Workbook

Thomas Kubric and Nicholas Petraco are professors at John Jay College in New York City.

• Experiment 1: Introduction to Scientific Measurement and Experimental Error – Determining the Density of Glass. Experiment 2: Understanding Elements of Identification and Individualization. Experiment 3: Use of the Compound Microscope. Experiment 4: Stereomicroscopes and Firing Pin Impressions (Tool Marks). Experiment 5: Acquiring and Classifying Inked and Latent Fingerprints. Experiment 6: Identification and Matching of Fingerprints. Experiment 7: Cyanoacrylate Super Glue Fuming Technique to Develop Latent Fingerprints. Experiment 8: Crime Scene Investigation: Safeguarding, Searching, Recognition, Documentation, Collection, Packaging, and Preservation of Physical Evidence Found at the Crime Scene. Experiment 9: Trace Evidence Collection and Sorting. Experiment 10: Sample Preparation for Microscopic Examination. Experiment 11: Examination of Human Hair. Experiment 12: Examination of Mammalian Hair. Experiment 13: Measurement with the Microscope. Experiment 14: Examination of Trace Quantities of Synthetic Fibers. Experiment 15: Basics of Photography. Experiment 16: Black-and-White Film Development. Experiment 17: Collection of Footwear Evidence. Experiment 18: Identification and Comparison of Footware Impressions. Experiment 19: Tool Mark Examination. Experiment 20: Glass Fractures and Direction of Force. Experiment 21: Thin Layer Chromatography: Separation of Dyes in Ballpoint Inks. Experiment 22: Bloodstain Geometry (Part A). Experiment 23: Bloodstain Geometry (Part B). Experiment 24: Forgery Detection. Experiment 25: Soil Examination. Experiment 26: Forensic Odontology 1: Is It a Bite Mark? Experiment 27: Forensic Odontology 2: Who Made the Questioned Bite Mark? Experiment 28: Forensic Archeology: Search for Human Habitation and Remains. Experiment 29: Forensic Anthropology 1: Basic Human Osteology. Experiment 30: Forensic Anthropology 2: Examination of Grave Site Bones. Experiment 31: Digital Photography Image Processing. Experiment 32: Chromatography 2: Ide