The Global Practice of Forensic Science

Content: The Global Practice of Forensic Science
 Contents
 About the editor
 List of contributors
 Foreword
 Series Preface
 Forensic Science in Focus
 1 Introduction
 1.1 Chapter organization and information
 2 The practice of forensic sciences in Argentina
 2.1 Introduction: the Argentine nation
 2.2 The Judiciary: administration of justice
 2.3 Law enforcement agencies: auxiliary bodies in support of the Judiciary
 2.4 A brief history of legal medicine in Argentina
 2.5 The Forensic Medical Corps
 2.6 Interaction with the police and the security forces
 2.7 Types of cases
 2.8 Training. 2.9 Financial support to the development of forensic sciences2.10 Certification/accreditation of professionals and abs --
quality controls
 2.11 Getting ready for mass disasters
 2.12 The political context
 2.13 The future
 References
 3 Australia
 3.1 Introduction
 3.2 History
 3.2.1 The Gun Alley Murder (Lack and Morgan, 2005)
 3.2.2 Wrongful conviction of Edward Splatt (Shannon, 1984)
 3.2.3 The Royal Commission into the Chamberlain Convictions, (Morling, 1987)
 3.2.4 The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (Johnston, 1991). 3.2.5 Inquiries into the use of tissue removed at autopsy3.2.6 Inquiry into the circumstances that led to the conviction of Mr Farah Jama (Vincent, 2010)
 3.3 Establishment of Forensic Service Provision in each Jurisdiction
 3.3.1 States and Territories
 3.3.2 National
 3.4 Types of cases
 3.4.1 Capability
 3.4.2 Case types
 3.5 Structure
 3.5.1 The Senior Managers of Australian and New Zealand Forensic Laboratories (SMANZFL)
 3.5.2 The Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency National Institute of Forensic Science (ANZPAA NIFS). 3.5.3 The Australian and New Zealand Forensic Science Society (ANZFSS)3.5.4 CrimTrac
 3.5.5 The National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA)
 3.6 Integration of forensic science
 3.7 Recruitment
 3.8 Training
 3.9 Funding
 3.10 Political influences
 3.11 Certification
 3.12 Laboratory accreditation/quality control
 3.13 Technology
 3.14 Disaster preparedness
 3.15 Legal issues
 3.16 Research
 3.17 Future directions:
 Acknowledgements
 References
 4 Forensic sciences in Canada
 4.1 History of forensic science in Canada
 4.2 Structure and funding of Canadian forensic science. 4.3 Recruitment, training and certification4.4 Forensic education in Canada
 4.5 Laboratory accreditation
 4.6 Death investigation systems in Canada
 4.7 Forensic pathology
 4.8 Forensic anthropology
 4.9 Forensic odontology
 4.10 Forensic entomology
 4.11 Forensic psychiatry
 4.12 Forensic psychology and behavioral science
 4.13 Forensic toxicology
 4.14 Questioned documents
 4.15 Criminalistics
 4.16 Forensic biology
 4.17 Forensic chemistry
 4.18 Firearms and toolmark analysis
 4.19 Crime scene investigation
 4.20 Drug chemistry
 4.21 Engineering sciences.