ACCA CHEMISTRY COURSE
Forensic Chemistry
Fall 2000
Course #: Topics: 494 A/B - ACCA Seminar
Credit: 1 or 2 semester hours
 
Instructor: Dr. Salim M. Diab
Office: Room 215, St. Albert
Phone: 815-740-3855 (Ext. 3855)
Home Phone: 815-740-6238
E-mail: sdiab@stfrancis.edu
homepage:http://www.stfrancis.edu/ns/diab/etherman.htm
The course is held at the Morton Arboretum (Hwy 53) near Lyle, from 7:00-9:00 PM on Tuesday evenings.

Schedule of topics, dates, and speakers:
Date                 Topic                                                  Speaker


9/12                 Introduction to Forensics                        David Stoney
                                                                                    McCrone Reseach Institute, Chicago

9/19                 Document & Art Analysis                      Joseph G. Barabe
                                                                                    McCrone Associates, Inc, Westmont

9/26                 Drug Analysis                                        Lynn Rizo
                                                                                    Illinois State Police, Division of Forensic Services
                                                                                    and Identification, Joliet

10/3                 Trace Analysis                                       Skip Palenick
                                                                                     Microtrace, Elgin

10/10               DNA Analysis                                        Julie Glasner
                                                                                     Illinois State Police, Division of Forensic Services
                                                                                     and Identification, Joliet

10/17               Finger Print Analysis                               Brent Cutro
                                                                                     Illinois State Police, Division of Forensic Services
                                                                                     and Identification, Joliet
                        Fire Arms                                              Peter Striupaitis
                                                                                     Chicago Crime Lab

10/24               Hair Analysis                                          Richard Bisbing
                                                                                     McCrone Associates, Inc, Westmont

10/31               Arson Analysis                                        George Dabdoub
                                                                                      Illinois State Police, Division of Forensic Services
                                                                                      and Identification, Joliet

11/7                 Forensic Toxicology                                Maurine Massina
                                                                                      Cook County Medical Examiner's Office

11/14               Ethics and Forensic Analysis                    David Stoney
                                                                                      McCrone Reseach Institute, Chicago
Required Texts:
None

References
Baden, M. M.; Hennessee, J. A. Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner, Ballantine Books, New York,
1989.
Brewer, W. E.; Galipo, R. C.; Morgan, S. L.; Habben, K. H. "Confirmation of volatiles by solid-phase microextraction and
GC/MS," J. Anal. Toxicol. 1997, 21(4), 286-290.
Davis, G. Forensic Science, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1986.
Dwyer, J.; Kocieniewski, D.; Murphy, D; Tyre, P. Two Seconds Under the World: Terror Comes to America (The
Conspiracy behind the World Trade Center Bombing, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1994.
Evans, C. The Casebook of Forensic Detection, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996.
Fisher, D. Hard Evidence, Bantam DoubleDay Dell Publ. Group, NY, 1995.
Gerber, S. M., Ed., Chemistry and Crime; From Sherlock Holmes to Today's Courtroom, American Chemical Society,
Washington, DC, 1984.
Ho, M. H. Analytical Methods in Forensic Chemistry, Ellis Horwood, Ltd., London, 1990.
Hunt, S. M. Investigation of Serological Evidence: A Manual for Field Investigators, Charles C. Thomas Publ. Ltd.,
London, 1984.
James, R. E. Laboratory Manual for Criminalistics, Prentice Hall, NY, 1980.
Lowry, W. T. Forensic Toxicology: Controlled Substances and Dangerous Drugs, Plenum Publ. Co., NY, 1979.
Maples, W. R.; Browning, M. Dead Men Do Tell Tales, Bantam DoubleDay, NY, 1994.
Saferstein, R. Criminalistics; An Introduction to Forensic Science, 5th Ed., Prentice-Hall, Inc., NY, 1994.
Saferstein, R. Forensic Science Handbook, Vol. I-III, Regents/Prentice Hall, NJ, 1993.
Tebbett, I., Ed., Gas Chromatography in Forensic Science, Ellis Horwood, Ltd., London, 1993.
Terry, I. M.; Robertson, J. C. Instrumental Data for Drug Analysis, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1991.
Wecht, C.; Curriden, M.; Wecht, B. Grave Secrets, Penguin books USA, Inc., New York, 1996.
Widmark, E. M. P. Principles and Applications of Medico-Legal Alcohol Determination, translated from original 1932 ed.,
Biomedical Publications, Davis, CA, 1981.
Yinon, J., Ed., Forensic Applications of Mass Spectrometry (Modern Mass Spectrometry), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL,
1995.

General Internet Sources:

http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=forensic+chemistry&a=n
http://forensic.to/forensic.html
http://www.aoac.org/
http://www.bci.state.ut.us/crimebook/CIU99/ciu.htm
http://www.randomc.com/~german/afis.html
http://pw2.netcom.com/~forensic/index.html
http://www.soton.ac.uk:80/~jb3/
http://police2.ucr.edu/csi.htm
http://www.cshl.org/books/dna_technology.html
http://www.lab.r1.fws.gov/
http://www.asti.dost.gov.ph/~shoreadm/HIS.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=4&db=m&term=Forensic+chemistry&dispmax=
20&relpubdate=No+Limit
http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/~chem1a/fall95/lab/crime/crime.html
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/DNA_forensics_1/DNA_forensics.html
http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/FORHTML/FORIDX.html
http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/DRUG/DRUG.html
http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/GUNS/GUNINTRO.html
http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/TUTORIAL/TUTORIAL.html#1
http://users.aol.com/murrk/
http://www.scientific.org/tutorials/articles/kruglick/kruglick.html
 

Citations on Specific Topics

Drugs
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9157497&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9061905&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9098986&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9050222&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9051417&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r

Toxicology
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9129320&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9061886&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r

Hair and Human Tissues
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9188820&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9144932&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9153782&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9098984&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9061500&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9081890&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9042734&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9042727&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9081890&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9042734&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r

DNA and Body Fluids
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9144941&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9144935&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9144934&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9095300&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9068193&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9061459&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r

Fingerprint
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9061902&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r

Age Determination:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9221515&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9221512&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r

Ethics and Justice
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=9206311&form=6&db=m&Dopt=r

Expectations of Students:
1. Attendance is required. If you need to miss a lecture, please let me know and we will work out a substitute assignment.
2. A feedback form is required for each speaker. The form will be distributed on the day of the presentation and must be turned in to your instructor the following week.
3. Active participation is encouraged. This can be done in the form of questions, comments, or informal dialogue with the speakers and other participants.
 

Criteria for Evaluation
One-hour credit: attend all lectures and submit a written summary/critique of each lecture.

Two-hour credit: 50% of the grade will be based on the same criteria as the one-hour credit. The other 50% will be based on a research paper on one of the topics discussed in the course. The paper must be 8-10 pages, well researched, properly cited with all the relevant bibliography.