Preliminary experiments on the transfer of animal hair during simulated criminal behavior

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1257-1258

  D'Andrea, Flora ^a   Fridez, Françoise ^a   Coquoz, Raphaël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cat hairs; Criminalistics; Dog hairs; Forensic science; Persistence; Simulated crimes; Transfer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 0031758304     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs14399j     Document Type: Article

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