ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

In compiling this edition, we have been fortunate in being able to rely upon the expertise and contributions of the following scholars who served as academic and contributing advisors for World of Forensic Science, and to them we would like to express our sincere appreciation for their efforts to ensure that World of Forensic Science contains the most accurate and timely information possible.

Contributing Advisors

Susan Aldridge, Ph.D.
London, United Kingdom

Brian Cobb, Ph.D.
Institute for Molecular and Human Genetics
Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Nicolas Dittert, Dr. rer. Nat.
University of Bremen
Bremen, Germany

Brian D. Hoyle, Ph.D.
Microbiologist
Nova Scotia, Canada

Alexandr Ioffe, Ph.D.
Russian Academy of Sciences
Moscow, Russia

Pamela V. Michaels, M.S.
Forensic Psychologist

Eric Stauffer, MS, F-ABC, CFEI
Senior Forensic Scientist
MME Forensic Services
Suwanee, GA

Because they are actively working in criminal investigations, some advisors, contributors, and biographical subjects requested the release or inclusion of a minimum of personal information.

Special Thanks

In addition to our academic and contributing advisors, it has been our privilege and honor to work with the following contributing writers, and scientists: Janet Alred, William Arthur Atkins, Juli Berwald, Ph.D., Robert G. Best, Ph.D., Sandra Galeotti, M.S., William Haneberg, Ph.D., Agnieszka Lichanska, Ph.D., Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner, Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., M.L.S., Holly F. McBain, Caryn Neumann, Ph.D., Michael J. O'Neal, Ph.D., Mark H. Phillips, Ph.D., and Jennifer M. Rossi, Ph.D.

Many of the advisors or contributors to World of Forensic Science authored specially commissioned articles within their fields of expertise. The editors would like to specifically acknowledge the following contributing advisors for their special contributions:

Ed Friedlander, M.D.
Autopsy

Antonio Farina, M.D., Ph.D.
Gestational age, forensic determination

Nancy Masters
Friction Ridge Skin and Personal Identification: A History of Latent Fingerprint Analysis

The editors would like to extend special thanks to Connie Clyde for her assistance in copyediting. The editors also wish to specially acknowledge Jenny Long for her diligent and extensive research related to the preparation of sensitive biographical entries.

The editors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of many at Thomson Gale for their help in preparing World of Forensic Science. The editors wish to specifically thank Ms. Meggin Condino for her help and keen insights while launching this project. Special thanks are also offered to Gale Senior Editor Kim McGrath for her timely and friendly guidance through various project complexities. Most directly, the editors wish to acknowledge and offer both professional and personal thanks to our Project Manager, Ms. Elizabeth Manar, for her thoughtful and insightful sculpting of World of Forensic Science. Her good nature and keen eye kept World of Forensic Science on course throughout a hectic production schedule.