A Bibliography Related to Crime Scene Interpretation with ...

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Trace and Impression Evidence
References in this section are most often thought of in traditional criminalistics or police sciences.
Some of the references below date to the early days of forensics and criminalistics. This section is included
because it represents two of the six areas comprising Geotaphonomy: Stratification, Tool Marks, Bioturbation,
Sedimentation, Compression/Depression (foot and shoe prints), and Internal Compaction. In addition to the
recovery and interpretation of tool marks, other trace evidence which might be found on surface and subsurface
death scenes are cited. Entomological and botanical evidence also constitute trace items left or taken from crime
scenes. Because of the number of works referencing those topics, they are addressed in respective sections in this
bibliography. Some citations in this section could also be cross-referenced with those in Taphonomy given their
discussion of tool marks on skeletal material as well as the deterioration or contamination of tool mark and
.impression evidence through prolonged exposure at crime scenes. From an archaeological perspective, numerous
resources regarding the retrieval of blood, fingerprint, and other types of trace evidence from historic and prehistoric
contexts are included. The compiler wishes to reinforce that evidence exposed to the elements, or deposited years
prior to discovery may retain significant information capable of impacting the interpretation of a crime scene.
This section is divided into the following categories:
DNA Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Blood Stain Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Other Blood and Body Fluid Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Fecal or Coprolite Evidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Hair and Feather Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Fiber and Textile Evidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Foot, Shoe, and Tire Impression Evidence, and Casting . . . . . . . . 452
Tool Mark Impression Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Other Trace Evidence Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
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