Human Scent Evidence
Author:   Paola A. Prada ,  Allison M. Curran ,  Kenneth G. Furton
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
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9781466583955


Pages:   228
Publication Date:   14 October 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Paola A. Prada ,  Allison M. Curran ,  Kenneth G. Furton
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9781466583955


ISBN 10:   1466583959
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   14 October 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction and Historical Perspectives. Production of Human Scent. Chemical Composition of Human Scent: A Volatile Perspective. Variability of Human Scent. Collection of Human Scent as Forensic Evidence. Persistence and Stability of Human Scent. Human Scent Canines. Future Biometric and Diagnostic Applications. Appendix A: Argentina Human Scent Evidence Standard Operating Procedures. Appendix B: Finnish Regulations for Scent Identification. Appendix C: SWGDOG SC2—General Guidelines. Appendix D: SWGDOG SC8— Substance Detector Dogs. Appendix E: SWGDOG SC9— Human Scent Dogs. Index.

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Paola A. Prada, Ph.D., is an intelligence community postdoctoral research fellow. Her studies encompass interdisciplinary areas such as chemistry, animal behavior, and national security to address issues that are critical to effective intelligence and defense capabilities. She has worked extensively on developing instrumental methods for human odor identification for criminal investigations. Dr. Prada has also worked with canine scent detection in the context of optimizing odor collection techniques for scent training. Kenneth G. Furton, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Florida International University. His research has focused on the canine and instrumental detection of accelerants, biotoxins, currency, drugs, explosives, and humans (dead and alive). Dr. Furton’s expertise in forensic science has been sought by the legal system for which he has testified dozens of times as an expert witness in state and federal courts.

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