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BL
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729058
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b548812
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Nicholas Petraco
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| Title & Author
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Color Atlas of Forensic Toolmark Identification.\ Nicholas Petraco
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| Publication Statement
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Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, 2011
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(176 pages)
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| ISBN
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1420043935
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: 9781420043938
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| Contents
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Front cover; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction; Part I: Toolmark Examination; Body; Chapter 1: Basic Geometric Opticsfor Toolmark Examiners; Chapter 2: Basic Microscopy for Toolmark Examiners; Chapter 3: Precision Measurementfor Toolmark Examination; Chapter 4: Measurement with the Microscopefor Toolmark Examination; Chapter 5: Collection and Documentation of Toolmarks; Chapter 6: Preparation of Toolmark Standards; Chapter 7: Doing Toolmark Cases; Chapter 8: How Statistical Pattern ComparisonMethods Can Be Applied to Toolmarks. Part II: Atlas of Common Hand ToolsChapter 9: Common Hand Tools Seen in Casework; Bibliography; Back cover.
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| Abstract
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In the wake of the Daubert ruling, the use of forensic toolmark evidence in court has been problematic, in that the conclusions of forensic scientists as to toolmark origin often lack scientifically sound statistical proof. In the Color Atlas of Forensic Toolmark Identification, noted forensic expert Nicholas Petraco helps move toolmark examination from an art to a science. The first part of the book contains an anthology of tried and true methods, procedures, and traditional techniques used by practitioners of this discipline for over a century. It contains rationales and methodologies for ca.
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Evidence, Criminal -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Forensic sciences -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Machine tools -- Identification -- Atlases.
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| LC Classification
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HV8077.5.T66N534 2011
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Nicholas Petraco
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