This second edition is fully updated to address all aspects of the forensic investigation of clandestine laboratories. Coverage looks at domestic clandestine manufacture of contraband substances in addition to expanding the scope to investigating the clandestine manufacture of explosives.
This second edition is fully updated to address all aspects of the forensic investigation of clandestine laboratories. Coverage looks at domestic clandestine manufacture of contraband substances in addition to expanding the scope to investigating the clandestine manufacture of explosives.
Donnell R. Christian, Jr. has over 30 years of forensic experience, split between two areas of expertise. He spent 15 years with the Arizona DPS specializing in the clandestine manufacture of drugs and explosives. He is currently a senior explosives chemist for the Forensic Exploitation Directorate of the Defense Forensic Science Center. In between these engagements he assisted in establishing forensic science programs in the developing democracies as the Director of International Training for Professional Business Solutions and as the Forensic Science Development Coordinator for the U.S. DOJ's International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP).
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1. Basics of Clandestine Manufacture 2. Clandestine Lab Hazards 3. Basic Toxicology 4. Scene Processing 5. Laboratory Analysis 6. Opinions 7. Presenting Results 8. Explosives Labs App A: SWGDRUG Glossary of Terms App B: TWGFEX Glossary of Terms App C: Equipment App D: Chemicals List App E: List of Explosive Materials App F: Hazards App G: Worksheets App H: Sphere Volume Estimates App I: Color Test Reagents App J: Crystal Test Reagents App K: Optical Properties App L: Extraction Procedures App M: Reaction Mixture Components App N: Calculation Equations App O: Drug Reference List App P: Explosive References App Q: Homemade Explosive Manufacturing Schemes App R: Drug Chemical Table 1 App S: Drug Chemical Table 1 App T: Explosive Chemical Table 1 App U: Explosive Chemical Table 2