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COMPREHENSIVE SERIES IN PHOTOCHEMICAL AND PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCE 1 0 0 P F 4- 4 3 10 Series editors: 0 8 8 7 81 Lesley Rhodes 7 9 9/ University of Manchester, UK 3 0 1 10. Evelyne Sage oi: d Institut Curie, France g | or sc. Massimo Trotta s.r b Istituto per i Processi Chimico Fisici-CNR, Italy u p p:// htt n o 8 1 0 2 pril A 9 0 n o d e h s bli u P View Online COMPREHENSIVE SERIES IN PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY Series editors: Evelyne Sage, Lesley Rhodes and Massimo Trotta Titles in this Series: 1 0 0 P F Volume 1 UV Effects in Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems 4- 4 Edited by E.W. Helbling and H. Zagarese 3 0 1 0 8 8 Volume 2 Photodynamic Therapy 7 1 8 Edited by T. Patrice 7 9 9/ 3 10 Volume 3 Photoreceptors and Light Signalling 0. 1 Edited by A. Batschauer oi: d org | Volume 4 Lasers and Current Optical Techniques in Biology sc. Edited by G. Palumbo and R. Pratesi s.r b u p://p Volume 5 From DNA Photolesions to Mutations, Skin Cancer and htt Cell Death on Edited by É. Sage, R. 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Stair and Mire Zloh n o 8 1 Visit our website at www.rsc.org/books 0 2 pril A 9 0 n o d e h s bli u P View Online 1 0 0 P F 4- 4 3 0 1 0 8 8 7 81 7 9 9/ 3 0 1 0. 1 oi: d g | or c. s s.r b u p p:// htt n o 8 1 0 2 pril A 9 0 n o d e h s bli u P View Online COMPREHENSIVE SERIES IN PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY – VOLUME 17 Light in Forensic Science 1 0 0 P F Issues and Applications 4- 4 3 0 1 0 8 8 7 1 8 7 9 9/ 3 0 1 0. 1 oi: Editors d g | or Giorgia Miolo c. s s.r University of Padova b pu Italy p:// Email: [email protected] htt n o 8 Jacqueline L. Stair 1 20 University of Hertfordshire pril UK A 9 Email: [email protected] 0 n o ed and h s bli u P Mire Zloh University of Hertfordshire UK Email: [email protected] View Online 1 0 0 P F 4- 4 3 0 1 0 8 8 7 1 8 7 9 9/ ISBN: 978-1-78262-768-5 3 10 PDF ISBN: 978-1-78801-034-4 0. 1 EPUB ISBN: 978-1-78801-398-7 doi: ISSN: 2041-9716 g | or c. 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For further information see our web site at www.rsc.org Printed in the United Kingdom by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon, CR0 4YY, UK 7 0 0 P F 4- 4 3 Preface 0 1 0 8 8 7 1 8 7 9 9/ 3 0 0.1 Many textbooks are currently available concerning crime scene examination 1 oi: and the forensic analyses of the material recovered from the crime scene, d g | covering a large range of techniques and approaches. or The peculiarity of this book is that it is specifically targeted at light-based c. s.rs instrumental methods and at light of specific wavelengths for gathering evi- b u dence in the crime scene, assessing a number molecules useful in the crime p p:// scene solving and, at the same time, it presents the adverse photodegrading htt effects of light on materials of interest. n 8 o Since many traces are invisible to the naked eye, various types of illumina- 1 0 tion and visualisation techniques are devised in order to aid the activity of 2 pril the examination teams. A 9 The book covers the analysis of a range of molecular systems for forensic 0 n examination purposes, with a detailed review of different analytical methods o d that use light sources for either illumination or detection of trace samples, e h s including illicit drugs and novel psychoactive substances (NPS), biological bli u agents that may be used in bioterrorism, polymeric material, i.e. fibres, reflec- P tors, adhesive tapes, textiles, and glass materials with a particular emphasis on detecting, analysing and interpreting evidence from crime scenes. This book contains chapters with a review of such approaches, based on absorption, scattering and reflection of light of different wavelengths, and on the exploitation of fluorescence and chemiluminescence. Moreover, the accurate and rapid identification of bacteria using laser irra- diation via MALDI-TOF MS is widely discussed in a chapter dedicated to this methodology for detection of biological warfare agents. Spectroscopic techniques are ideal tools for detecting analytes at trace lev- els i.e., low concentrations. Microspectrophotometry, Raman spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, IR-chemical imaging and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy   Light in Forensic Science: Issues and Applications Edited by Giorgia Miolo, Jacqueline L. Stair and Mire Zloh © European Society for Photobiology 2018 Published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, www.rsc.org vii View Online viii PReFAce are also discussed as recommended tools to determine the nature, class and subclass of polymers, such as fibers. In regards to glass evidence, this has the ability to provide information not only to link individuals to broken glass items found at a crime scene but also to help establish what, when and how these were transferred. In this 7 0 context, light plays a fundamental role in obtaining particularly source infor- 0 P F mation, because the morphology, optical and chemical properties of glass 4- 34 can be characterised by different regions of both the visible and near visible 0 01 electromagnetic spectrum. 8 78 In contextual chapters, NPS and illicit drugs' detection by light based 1 78 techniques and the possibility of photodegradation in different matrices 9 9/ (both in water from various sources for epidemiological studies and in in vivo 3 10 samples, i.e. hair of potential consumers) are extensively discussed and will 0. 1 provide the reader with a solid background in this area of crime investigation. oi: d Normally, at a crime scene the evidence needed is often obtained by col- org | lecting the analytes of interest and the samples are often taken back to the sc. lab for analysis. Nevertheless, there has been a recent surge in portable bs.r methods that can be used at the site of the crime or in emergency rooms. u p p:// Supramolecular host-guest systems, providing the necessary architecture htt for portable systems while being cost effective, selective and sensitive, are on described in a specific chapter of this book, focusing on the recognition of 8 1 drugs of abuse that utilise optical changes i.e., changes in colour or fluores- 0 2 pril cence response. A Furthermore, a chapter is dedicated to Raman spectroscopy which has 9 0 been shown to decipher NPS chemical analogues as well as the NPS from n d o cutting agents and adulterants present in associated products. Analysis e h can be done in the laboratory or in-field using handheld versions, in which s bli the latter often have in-build matching algorithms for a quick response for u P non-experts. Additionally, many synthetic novel psychoactive compounds contain a stereogenic centre leading to two possible enantiomers, whose pharmaco- logical potency differs as it is the case for many chiral active pharmaceutical ingredients. Therefore, the analytical methods for enantioseparation of NPS by high performance separation techniques (HPLc, capillary electrophoresis, capillary electrochromatography and supercritical fluid chromatography) with UV absorption detection is of great forensic interest. Another chapter is dedicated to hair analysis as a valuable tool in forensic toxicology to demonstrate drug exposure in the context of facilitated crimes. Since scalp hair is exposed to sunlight and/or artificial light for many hours per day; the action of light on hair could alter the content of drugs/illicit drugs and/or metabolites and the xenobiotics can gradually disappear or be transformed into other compounds. Thus, light exposure should be consid- ered as a potential confounder in studies investigating xenobiotics in hair giving rise to reduced drug concentrations or even false negative results. Indeed, the second aspect of the light discussed in this book concerns the degrading effects of light, both induced by the analytical methods employed View Online PReFAce ix (i.e. UV light breakage of DNA during DNA profiling) or by sunlight when outdoor samples are collected and then subjected to forensic analyses. Moreover, the current processes used in the forensic analysis of DNA and RNA are covered in a selected chapter detailing why light is essential for detection but also destructive to the template DNA collected during a criminal 7 0 investigation. 0 P F When traces have been exposed for long periods of time to weathering, 4- 34 degradation, especially by light, can modify their structure and complicate 0 01 the work of the analyst. The issues related to degradation of material evidence 8 78 found at the crime scene are discussed, focusing also on polymeric evidence, 1 78 because polymers are the traces most sensitive to degradation, whereas glass 9 9/ or soil are not significantly changed by exposure to light for the time 3 10 durations usually involved in normal casework. 0. 1 At the same time the adverse effects of light on materials of interest as oi: d evidence could open opportunities for development of additional markers org | not yet explored or yield an enrichment of libraries for dedicated instruments sc. by adding degradation products to reduce false negative or positive results. bs.r In conclusion, this book aims to cover the latest research and devel- u p p:// opment based on light methodologies in the crime scene investigation by htt specialists from forensic institutions and departments worldwide. Indeed, on as light can play a powerful role in this environment, the presented material 8 1 will allow reader to gain in depth understanding on how the light affects the 0 2 pril evidence and when to apply techniques that employ light for crime scene A investigations. 9 0 n Giorgia Miolo, Jacqueline L. Stair and Mire Zloh o d e h s bli u P 1 1 0 P F 4- 4 3 Contents 0 1 0 8 8 7 1 8 7 9 9/ Chapter 1 Light for Crime Scene Examination 1 3 0 1 Valerio Causin and Giuseppe Guzzini 0. 1 oi: d Chapter 2 Degradation and Damage due to Exposure to Light g | or in Trace Evidence 27 sc. Valerio Causin s.r b u p p:// Chapter 3 Use of Light in the Detection of Genetic Variation of htt Forensic Importance 51 n o Nick Dawnay 8 1 0 2 pril Chapter 4 Use of Light in Fingerprint Detection 83 A Laurent Galmiche, Clémence Allain and Gilles Clavier 9 0 n d o Chapter 5 Light as an Ionizing Agent in Mass Spectrometry. e h Microbial Identification by Matrix Assisted Laser s ubli Desorption Ionization–Mass Spectrometry 111 P Donata Favretto and Pietro Traldi Chapter 6 The Use of Light in Forensic Glass Analysis 143 Claire Gwinnett and Roger Robson Chapter 7 A Review on Analytical Techniques Used for Forensic Fiber Analysis 175 Nirvani Mujumdar and Andres D. Campiglia Chapter 8 Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) and Recent Scenarios: Epidemiological, Anthropological and Clinical Pharmacological Issues 207 J. M. Corkery, L. Orsolini, D. Papanti and F. Schifano   Light in Forensic Science: Issues and Applications Edited by Giorgia Miolo, Jacqueline L. Stair and Mire Zloh © European Society for Photobiology 2018 Published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, www.rsc.org xi

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