Includes index.

At the crime scene: First on the scene -- Photographer -- Searching for evidence -- Recovering fingerprints -- Shoeprints and tire tracks -- Incriminating marks -- Case study; OJ Simpson on trial -- Victim: Investigators of death -- Body at the scene -- Time since death -- Autopsy -- Marks of violence -- Cause of death -- Case study; Trapped by flies -- Human identification: Identifying the body -- Fingerprinting -- Case study; Docklands bomb -- Dental identification -- Forensic anthropology -- Facial reconstruction in clay -- Computer facial reconstruction -- Blood analysis -- DNA analysis -- DNA matching -- Case study; Dingo attack or murder? -- Suspect: Psychological profiling -- Case study; Milwaukee cannibal -- Criminal identification -- Lie detectors -- Case study; Ivan the Terrible -- Analysis of evidence: Crime lab -- Toxicology -- Bloodstains -- Case study; Answers in blood -- Telltale traces -- Material witness -- Case study; Riddle of the fibers -- Environmental clues -- Case study; Festina trial -- Lethal agents: Firearms at the scene -- Firearms in the lab -- Other weapons -- Toxic agents -- Arson -- Explosives -- Cars as lethal agents -- Major incidents -- Case study; Lockerbie bombing -- Crimes without corpses: Document analysis -- Currency forgery -- Art forgery -- Case study; Hitler diaries -- Computer forensics -- Environmental crimes -- Case study; Shahtoosh trading -- Timeline: Breakthroughs in forensic science.

Provides information about the major forensic disciplines, looking at procedures, tools, and techniques used to gather evidence at the crime scene and from the body of the victim, and to analyze evidence, identify a suspect, or solve a crime without a corpse.