FORENSIC CHEMISTRY FUNDAMENTALS strives to help scientists & lawyers,
& students, understand how their two disciplines come together for forensic science,
in the contexts of analytical chemistry & related science more generally, and the
common law systems of Canada, USA, UK, the Commonwealth.
In this book, forensics is considered more generally than as only for criminal
law; workplace health & safety, and other areas are included. And, two issues of
Canadian legal process are argued as essays in the fi nal two chapters.

• Acknowledgements 9
• Preface 11
• Contents 31
• About the author 41
• Chapter 1 Science and law 43
• Chapter 2 Essential concepts of forensic science 99
• Chapter 3 Analytical approach 135
• Chapter 4 Uniqueness of matter 167
• Chapter 5 Site and lab procedure, and documentation 215
• Chapter 6 Analysis, instrumentation and methods 259
• Chapter 7 When 337
• Chapter 8 Error 355
• Chapter 9 Report 405
• Chapter 10 Essay – biased opinion – polemic. Canada Controlled Drugs & Substances Act – ipse dixit 443
• Chapter 11 Essay – biased opinion – polemic. Canada Criminal Code – driving impaired by drug – science? 477