Forensic Plant Science

1. Introduction to Forensic Plant Science
2. Suitability of Forensic Plant Science Evidence for Courtroom Presentations
3. Sources for Forensic Plant Science Evidence
4. Forensic Plant Anatomy
5. Cases Using Evidence from Plant Anatomy
6. Forensic Plant Taxonomy
7. Cases Using Evidence from Plant Taxonomy
8. Forensic Plant Ecology
9. Cases Using Evidence from Plant Ecology
10. Additional Approaches in Forensic plant Science
11. Bringing It All Together

Dr. Bock is a Professor emerita in biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She received her bachelor's degree from Duke University, master's degree from Indiana University and Ph.D. (1966) from the University of California at Berkeley. All her degrees are in Botany. She taught, carried out research and published scientific work in population ecology and forensic botany at Boulder for over 30 years. Officially retired from teaching, she continues to do research as a forensic botanist and serve as an expert witness for the defense or the prosecution in homicide cases. She also lectures and continues to publish regularly. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and was a founding member of both Necrosearch Ltd and the Ecology Section of the Botanical Society of America.Dr. David Norris is Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado. He obtained his BS from the Baldwin-Wallace University and his PhD from the University of Washington. His broad research areas include environmental endocrinology and forensic botany. In the area of environmental endocrinology, his studies have focused on the neuroendocrine control of thyroid, adrenal, and reproductive functions with special interest in the role of environmental factors that alter the activities of these neuroendocrine systems. In the area of forensic botany, he specializes in the identification of food plants in stomachs of modern humans with respect to determining time of death.