Forensic Chemistry (2nd Edition)

I wish to start off by stating that the binding of this book is terrible. I had to purchase this book for a class and myself, as well as numerous colleagues, experienced the pages being removed from the spine of the book. I'm stating this as a precautionary tale since I was pretty unhappy buying this book new only to experience broken binding in multiple areas of the book within weeks of the purchase. If this book is a necessity, I would simply advise replacing the spine of the book or possibly removing the cover altogether, using a hole punch, and placing the pages into a 3-ring binder. Otherwise, you will continuously be annoyed at the book tearing at the seams. About the text itself, I appreciated the thorough detailing of the concepts, wide variety of forensic related topics, and informative mini history lessons. There were a few minor errors in chemical structure or vocabulary usage, but not enough to subtract from the overall appeal of the book since mistakes can be found in almost all books. Forensic Chemistry can be used as a great resource for both budding chemistry students and more esteemed scientists due to the excellent reference listing at the end of each chapter, as well as generalized and specific chemistry related information. If you can get past the binding issue, the book is fairly entertaining and enlightening.

Pay close attention some errors in the chemistry, but overall very useful book in learning forensics.

An excellent book, with many references of articles at the end of chapters and good practical examples for everyday of a coroner. Presents a general review of the methods and techniques used in forensic chemistry and forensic toxicology. However, as has some errors on page 119, shows the structure when "naproxen" with an aldehyde group in its acid form, rather than a carboxylic acid. Another error observed is that which refers to 'absorb' molecules in an SPME fiber, when the mechanism is the correct "adsorption", mentioned on page 131.Overall it is a very good book.

I may be biased because Dr. Bell works in my department, but I've never personally had her as a professor. The book is excellent and offers a very detailed look at forensic chemistry. It covers a wide range of forensic chem topics from drug analysis to arson investigation. My favorite part is the numerous sidebars which include case studies or nuances that really help you to appreciate how useful the information in the text can be. I would recommend this text to anyone from a beginner to a professor.

This book starts at a very minor chemistry level, discussing balancing equations and understanding relationships between different functional groups, acids and bases. However it is not until the much later chapters that it discusses the illegal drugs being used today. Therefore, they are barely touched on at the end of a semester and sometimes only one lecture is devoted to them.

This book was ok; however, the spine of the book was falling apart when i received, so this made it difficult at times to enjoy reading it.

Begin to fall apart while using it.

Received in good condition

I only got this book for one of my modules but I found that it was well written with the student in mind, structured and laid out clearly too. I really appreciate the authors foresight into how students learn and what they expect from a textbook.Don't get me wrong, its no Kumar and Clark but its dense enough to give you the information you need to get going without information overload.

Few scratched on the cover but beside that was in perfect condition

Needed this for my uni course. a bit on the expensive side though.

Excelente libro!!La gran virtud de la autora está en explicar cada tema con fundamentos teóricos claros y directos, de manera que la lectura se torne agradable. Los esquemas y gráficas presentados como recurso de aprendizado cumplen con sus comedidos.Una pena que este libro no haya sido traducido todavía al español o portugués.