SECTION I Biological Evidence
Chapter 1 Crime Scene Investigation of Biological Evidence
Chapter 2 Crime Scene Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
Chapter 3 Forensic Biology: A Subdiscipline of Forensic Science
Chapter 4 Sources of Biological Evidence
SECTION II Basic Techniques in Forensic Biology
Chapter 5 Nucleic Acid Extraction
Chapter 6 DNA Quantification
Chapter 7 Nucleic Acid Amplification
Chapter 8 Basic Techniques for Length Polymorphism Analysis
Chapter 9 Basic Techniques for Sequence Polymorphism Analysis
Chapter 10 Serology Concepts
Chapter 11 Forensic Serology Techniques
Chapter 12 Emerging Body Fluid Identification Techniques
SECTION III Identification of Biological Evidence
Chapter 13 Identification of Blood
Chapter 14 Identification of Semen
Chapter 15 Identification of Saliva
Chapter 16 Identification of Vaginal Secretions and Menstrual Blood
Chapter 17 Identification of Other Body Fluids and Cellular Materials
SECTION IV Individualization of Biological Evidence
Chapter 18 Blood Group Typing and Protein Profiling
Chapter 19 Variable Number Tandem Repeat Profiling
Chapter 20 Autosomal Short Tandem Repeat Profiling
Chapter 21 Sex Chromosome Haplotyping and Identification
Chapter 22 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Profiling
Chapter 23 Mitochondrial DNA Profiling
SECTION V Forensic Issues
Chapter 24 Forensic DNA Databases: Tools for Crime Investigations
Chapter 25 Evaluation of the Strength of Forensic DNA Profiling Results
Chapter 26 Standards and Qualifications
Biography
Richard Li earned his MS in forensic science from the University of New Haven and his Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Li was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at Weill Medical College of Cornell University and subsequently worked as a research faculty member at the School of Medicine of Yale University. Dr. Li has also served as a criminalist at the Department of Forensic Biology in the Office of Chief Medical Examiner of New York City. For the past several decades, he has held faculty positions in forensic science programs in the United States. Currently, Dr. Li is a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and also serves as a faculty member for the Ph.D. program in criminal justice at the college. His research interests include identification and analysis of biological specimens that are potentially useful in forensic investigations.
