Key Features
- Wide spectrum of topics presented
- Up-to-date presentation of topics
- Data are presented in comparative mode
- Special stress put on screening procedures
Description
The book presents the applications of separation methods, manly chromatography, in forensic practice.
The first part, devoted to forensic toxicology, contains reviews on forensic relevant groups of compounds, like: Opiate agonists, cocaine, amphetamines, hallucinogens, cannabinoids, sedatives and hypnotics, antidepressive and antipsychotic drugs, analgesics, antidiabetics, muscle relaxants, and mushroom toxins.
In these parts, the preliminary immunochemical tests were also included, together with separation methods.
Screening procedures used in forensic toxicology were presented in separate chapters on forensic screening with GC, GC-MS, HPLC, LC-MS, CE, and LC-ICP-MS.
In the part on actual and emerging problems of forensic toxicology, following chapters were included: Analytical markers of alcohol abuse, toxicological aspects of herbal remedies, drugs and driving, analysis in alternative matrices, doping analysis, pharmacogenomics in forensic toxicology, and quality assurance.
The second part presents application of separation methods in forensic chemistry, and comprises chapters on: Explosives, chemical warfare agents, arson analysis, and writing media.
Third part on forensic identification contains chapter on forensic genetics.
All chapters are written up-to-date and present specific information up to 2006. The authors of each chapter are known not only from their scientific activity, but are also reputed experts, proven in everyday forensic casework.
Readership
Forensic toxicologists: researchers, practitioners, and consultants.
Forensic chemists: researchers, practitioners, and consultants.
Forensic serologists: researchers, practitioners, and consultants.
Forensic Science, 2nd Edition
PART 1. TOXICOLOGYForensic relevant groups of compounds
CHAPTER 1. OPIOIDS: METHODS OF FORENSIC ANALYSIS
Maciej J. Bogusz
CHAPTER 2. CURRENT METHODS FOR THE SEPARATION AND ANALYSIS OF COCAINE ANALYTES Rebecca A. Jufer, Jessica A. Jennings, William D. Darwin and Edward J. Cone
CHAPTER 3. AMPHETAMINES John T. Cody
CHAPTER 4. HALLUCINOGENS John T. Cody
CHAPTER 5. CANNABINOIDS ANALYSIS: ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR DIFFERENT BIOLOGICAL SPECIMENS
Mahmoud A. ElSohly, Waseem Gul, and Maissa Salem
CHAPTER 6. SEDATIVES AND HYPNOTICS Thomas Kraemer and Hans H.Maurer
CHAPTER 7. ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND ANTIPSYCHOTICS
Donald R.A. Uges, Jean M.H. Conemans
CHAPTER 8. NON-OPIOID ANALGESICS Thomas Kraemer and Hans H. Maurer
CHAPTER 9. OTHER THERAPEUTIC DRUGS OF FORENSIC RELEVANCE Jet C. Van De Steene and Willy E. Lambert
CHAPTER 10. MUSHROOM TOXINS Ilkka Ojanperä
Screening procedures used in forensic toxicology
CHAPTER 11. FORENSIC SCREENING BY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY Ilkka Ojanperä and Ilpo Rasanen
CHAPTER 12. FORENSIC SCREENING WITH GC-MS
Hans H. Maurer
CHAPTER 13. HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY IN FORENSIC TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS Fritz Pragst
CHAPTER 14. FORENSIC SCREENING WITH LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY–MASS SPECTROMETRY Merja Gergov
CHAPTER 15. FORENSIC TOXICOLOGICAL SCREENING WITH CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS AND RELATED TECHNIQUES Ameriga Fanigliulo, Federica Bortolotti and Franco Tagliaro
CHAPTER 16. HPLC-ICP-MS SCREENING FOR FORENSIC APPLICATIONS Kevin M. Kubachka, Douglas D. Richardson and Joseph A. Caruso
Actual and emerging problems of forensic toxicology
CHAPTER 17. ANALYTICAL MARKERS OF ACUTE AND CHRONIC ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION Anders Helander and Olof Beck
CHAPTER 18. TOXICOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HERBAL REMEDIES Maciej J. Bogusz and Mohammed Al Tufail
CHAPTER 19. DRUGS AND DRIVING
Elke Raes, Alain Verstraete and Robert Wennig
CHAPTER 20. UNCONVENTIONAL SAMPLES AND ALTERNATIVE MATRICES Marleen Laloup, Gert De Boeck and Nele Samyn
Chapter 21. DOPING SUBSTANCES IN HUMAN AND ANIMAL SPORT Jordi Segura, Rosa Ventura, José Marcos and Ricardo Gutiérrez Gallego
CHAPTER 22. PHARMACOGENOMICS FOR FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY IN ENABLING PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
Steven H.Y. Wong
CHAPTER 23. ASPECTS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE IN FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY Rolf E. Aderjan
PART 2. FORENSIC CHEMISTRYCHAPTER 24. EXPLOSIVES Jehuda Yinon
CHAPTER 25. CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS Paul A. D’Agostino
CHAPTER 26. FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF FIRE DEBRIS
Julia A. Dolan
CHAPTER 27. WRITING MEDIA AND DOCUMENTS
Valery N. Aginsky
PART 3. FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS AND BIOLOGICAL TRACESChapter 28A. FORENSIC DNA TYPING TECHNOLOGIES: A REVIEW Angel Carracedo, Beatriz Sobrino and María Victoria Lareu
Chapter 28B. MITOCHONDRIAL DNA: FUTURE CHALLENGES IN FORENSIC GENETICS
Antonio Salas, Vanesa Álvarez-Iglesias, María Cerezo, Ana Mosquera, Nuria Naverán, and Chris Phillips
Chapter 28C. THE HUMAN Y-CHROMOSOME
MALE-SPECIFIC POLYMORPHISMS AND FORENSIC GENETICS
Leonor Gusmão, María Brión and Iva Gomes
