Criminal Poisoning [electronic resource] : Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys / by John Harris Trestrail
Imprint
Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2000
In Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys, leading forensic scientist John Trestrail offers a pioneering survey of all that is known about the use of poison as a weapon in murder. Topics range from the use of poisons in history and literature to convicting the poisoner in court, and include a review of the different types of poisons, techniques for crime scene investigation, and the critical essentials of the forensic autopsy. The author also examines what is known about poisoners in general (psychological profile, types, and statistical analyses) and their victims (who gets poisoned, investigative considerations, and classic symptoms of poisoning). Two chapters probe the problems of proving poisoning and convicting the poisoner in court. Comprehensive and informative, Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys offers forensic scientists, police and private investigators, forensic psychologists, and criminal prosecutors a unique one-volume summary of the knowledge and techniques needed to solve the near-invisible crime of poisoning and convict the perpetrator
CONTENT
1โPoisoners Throughout History -- 2โTypes of Poisons -- 3โPoisoners -- 4โVictims -- 5โCrime Scene Investigation -- 6โThe Forensic Autopsy -- 7โProving Poisoning -- 8โPoisoners in Court -- 9โPoisoning in Fiction -- 10โConclusion -- AppendixโCommon Homicidal Poisons -- Arsenic -- Botulinus Toxin -- Cyanide -- Sodium Fluoroacetate -- Strychnine -- Thallium -- Bibliographies -- Poisoners Throughout History -- Poisoning in Fiction -- Forensic Poisoning -- Analytic Toxicology
