Wildlife Forensics: Methods and Applications provides an accessible
and practical approach to the key areas involved in this developing
subject. The book contains case studies throughout the text that
take the reader from the field, to the lab analysis to the court
room, giving a complete insight into the path of forensic evidence
and demonstrating how current techniques can be applied to wildlife
forensics.
The book contains approaches that wildlife forensic
investigators and laboratory technicians can employ in
investigations and provides the direction and practical advice
required by legal and police professionals seeking to gain the
evidence needed to prosecute wildlife crimes.
The book will bring together in one text various aspects of
wildlife forensics, including statistics, toxicology, pathology,
entomology, morphological identification, and DNA analysis.
This book will be an invaluable reference and will provide
investigators, laboratory technicians and students in forensic
Science/conservation biology classes with practical guidance and
best methods for criminal investigations applied to wildlife
crime.Includes practical techniques that wildlife forensic
investigators and laboratory technicians can employ in
investigations. Includes case studies to illustrate various key
methods and applications. Brings together diverse areas of forensic
science and demonstrates their application specifically to the
field of wildlife crime. Contains methodology boxes to lead readers
through the processes of individual techniques. Takes an applied
approach to the subject to appeal to both students of the subject
and practitioners in the field. Includes a broad introduction to
what is meant by 'wildlife crime', how to approach a crime scene
and collect evidence and includes chapters dedicated to the key
techniques utilized in wildlife investigations. Includes chapters
on wildlife forensic pathology; zooanthropological techniques;
biological trace evidence analysis; the importance of bitemark
evidence; plant and wildlife forensics; best practices and law
enforcement.
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