print email comment close Hairs, Fibers, Crime, and Evidence URL: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/fsc/backissu/july2000/deedrick.htm Description: Article from 2000 about "the identification and comparison of trace evidence" in investigating and prosecuting violent crimes. Topics include hair (anatomy and growth, animal hair, determination of the body area from which a hair originated and the racial group associated with the hair), fiber (natural, man-made, and transfer), and how this type of evidence is collected and handled. From the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Trace Evidence Unit. Author: Deedrick, Douglas W. Publisher: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Extra Keywords Forensic Science Communications human hair Library of Congress Subject Headings: Criminal investigation Forensic sciences Trace evidence LII Database Information: Record 21720 created by Julianna Hamann on 06/01/2006 Last modification on 06/06/2006 Published: 06/08/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/21720