Emerging Technologies for the Analysis of Forensic Traces

The book "Emerging Technologies for the Analysis of Forensic Traces" offers a comprehensive analysis of the latest technologies for investigating trace evidence in forensic science. It serves as a communication bridge between the academic world and practical users to advance forensic science and strengthen its contribution to criminal investigations and court proceedings. By using controlled terminology, it addresses the forensic community while providing important information about novel forensic capabilities to combat crime. The reporting of end-user comments at the end of each chapter offers the academic community valuable insights for the targeted development of technologies to meet legal requirements for operational use. The book covers a variety of chemistry-based technologies and analytical techniques that are already operational or represent promising approaches. Most techniques have imaging capabilities that allow for the visualization of the distribution of target molecules within the collected traces, enhancing the comprehensibility of the information and making it accessible to non-experts, such as jurors.