October 2004 - Volume 6 - Number 4

Contents

Research and Technology

Information Assurance Applied to Authentication of Digital Evidence

Thomas E. Duerr, Nicholas D. Beser, and Gregory P. Staisiunas

Development and Testing of a Solid Phase Microextraction Method for the Trace Analysis of Nitro Organic Explosives Using Gas Chromatography-Electron Capture Detector and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

Jeffrey G. McDonald, Dennis E. Maslanka, Kelly H. Mount,and Mark L. Miller

Survivability of Human Scent

Rex A. Stockham, Dennis L. Slavin, and William Kift

Automating the Forensic Analysis of Nuclear DNA: The FBI’s Research and Development Initiative   

Counterterrorism and Forensic Science Research Unit

Case Report

Use of Digital Imaging in the Identification of Fragmentary Human Skeletal Remains: A Case from the Republic of Panama

Ann H. Ross

Technical Note

A Potential Source of Difficulty in the Initial Testing for Blood

Charles S. Tumosa

Standards and Guidelines

Digital Imaging Procedure

Police Scientific Development Branch, United Kingdom

Book Review

Detection of Criminals Through Hand Analysis

D. D. Panse  
Reviewed by Lynda M. Strong

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