Science & Justice
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 138-140 , September 2010

The evidential value of singed hairs in arson cases

  • Oliver Appel

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Landeskriminalamt Hamburg, LKA 34 – Biologie, Bruno-Georges-Platz 1, 22297 Hamburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 40 428673403.
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  • Irina Kollo

Received 9 June 2009 ,Revised 8 October 2009 ,Accepted 14 October 2009.

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PII: S1355-0306(09)00150-6

doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2009.10.001

Science & Justice
Volume 50, Issue 3 , Pages 138-140 , September 2010