Transition Guide
This guide is designed to assist instructors transitioning from Saferstein's Criminalistics: An Introduction to Forensic Science, Ninth Edition to Girard's Criminalistics: Forensic Science and Crime.

Transition Guide

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Chapter 1: Investigating the Crime Scene

Chapter 2: Identifying and Processing Physical Evidence

Chapter 3: Physical Properties – Forensic Characterization of Soil

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