109
air resistance 32
ballistic gel 81, 83
ballistics 78–81
blood (analysis and testing) 43, 65
blood (facts and characteristics) 41, 43–46,
48, 51, 56–57, 61
blood evidence 23, 39–41, 43–44, 46, 48,
51, 53–73
blood loss (passive and projected) 45, 48,
51
blood pressure 48, 51
blood spatter 35, 37, 41, 43, 46, 53–73,
78, 79, 91
bomb squads 89
bombs 85–93
bullet drop 78–79
bullet energy 79–80
bullet path 78–79
bullets 77–83
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and
Explosives (ATF) 91
chain of custody 21, 23
chemistry (of explosions) 86, 93
crime-scene reconstruction 55–62
databases 81
Department of Justice 91
DNA 18, 20–21, 43
education and training (requirements for
forensic careers) 21, 23, 95–101, 103–
105
evidence collection 17–18, 23
evidence collection unit (ECU) 21, 23
evidence processing 23
FBI Forensic Handbook 101
forensic biologists 18, 20–21
forensic engineer 95–98
forensic entomology 18
forensic firearms examiner 78–81, 83
forensic physicist 19, 35, 37, 43, 61, 65, 98,
103, 105
forensic physics (definition) 33, 35
forensic salaries 19
gravity 29–31, 32
guns 75–83, 86
history 13, 17, 31, 63
internships 103
Kaczynski, Ted 89
Kennedy assassination 9–12, 16
Laws of Motion (Laws of Physics) 30, 31–
33
Locard, Edmund 17
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