"Basic consumer information for the layperson about forensic medicine, including crime scene investigation, evidence collection and analysis, expert testimony, computer-aided criminal identification, digital imaging in the courtroom, DNA profiling, accident reconstruction, autopsies, ballistics, drugs and explosives detection, latent fingerprints, product tampering, and questioned document examination; along with statistical data, a glossary of forensics terminology, and listings of sources for further help and information."

Includes bibliographical references and index.