Forensic interpretation of glass evidence /

"Intended for forensic scientists and students of the discipline, this book provides the practicing forensic scientist with the necessary statistical tools and methodology to introduce forensic glass evidence into the laboratory. With free software available for downloading at the author's...

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Tác giả chính: Curran, James Michael
Tác giả khác: Hicks, Tacha Natalie, Buckleton, John S.
Định dạng: Sách
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2000.
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Mục lục:
  • Examination of Glass
  • History
  • Flat Glass
  • Float Glass
  • Toughened Glass
  • Laminated Glass
  • Glass Composition
  • Glass Breakage Under Impact
  • Breakage in Flexion
  • Determination of Side of Impact
  • Percussion Cone Breakage
  • Transfer of Glass
  • Physical Examinations
  • Examinations of Large Fragments
  • The Comparison of Thickness
  • The Comparison of Color
  • Matching Edges and Matching Hackle Marks
  • Density Comparisons
  • Examinations Performed on Small and Large Fragments
  • Recovering Glass
  • Examination of Transparent Material to Determine Whether It Is Glass
  • The Examination of Surface Fragments
  • Refractive Index Determinations
  • Dispersion
  • Refractive Index Anomalies
  • The Examination of Tempered (Toughened) Glass by Annealing
  • Elemental Composition
  • X-Ray Methods
  • Classification of Glass Using X-Ray Methods
  • Discrimination of Glass Using X-Ray Methods
  • ICP Techniques
  • Classification of Glass Using ICP Techniques
  • Discrimination of Glass Using ICP Techniques
  • Snell's Law
  • The Conventional Approach to Evidence Interpretation
  • Data Comparison
  • Range Tests and Use of Confidence Intervals
  • Confidence Interval
  • Statistical Tests and Grouping
  • Grouping
  • Agglomerative Methods
  • Divisive Methods
  • Performance
  • Statistical Tests
  • Hypothesis Testing
  • Student's t-Test
  • Welch's Modification to the Student's t-Test
  • How Many Control Fragments?
  • Setting Significance Levels
  • Elemental Composition Measurements--Hotelling's T[superscript 2].