A comprehensive overview of forensic science in its broadest sense, this standard-setting bestseller reaches beyond the scope of other texts that concentrate on criminalistics. It features an extensive range of fundamental topics with the technical detail necessary to understand the breadth of the forensic sciences. Changes in this edition include a new foreword by James Starrs, a new chapter on forensic photography, completely rewritten chapters on computer forensics and DNA analysis, expanded information on crime scenes and forensic pathology, and a wealth of new ancilliary material for instructors including testbank questions and additional photographs for lectures provided on CD.