A Life of Crime: My Career in Forensic Science

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Flight 621 -- About the Author -- 1: The Early Years -- My Family -- Education -- The RCAF -- Marriage -- Graduate School -- Early Married Life -- Almost Forensic Science -- 2: The Fledgling Forensic Scientist -- Forensic Science in Ontario -- The Attorney General's Laboratory/Centre of Forensic Sciences -- The Breathalyzer -- Introduction of Breath Test Evidence -- 3: Point Zero Eight: Forensic Science Influences the Law -- Early Legislation -- The Grand Rapids Study -- A Holiday Message -- 4: The Courtroom: "What on Earth Am I Doing Here?" -- The Search for Truth? -- The Logistics -- Hastings County (and Other) Juries -- Women in the Courtroom -- Justice for Indigenous People -- Gore Bay, My Favorite Court -- Capital Punishment -- Giving Testimony -- 5: Broadening Horizons: There Is More to This Than Just Alcohol! -- Gas Chromatography and Arson -- Fire Investigation -- 6: Screech and Seal Flipper Pie: Fire and Politics in Newfoundland -- The Initial Investigation and Events -- Ontario Becomes Involved -- The Simulations -- 7: Carbon Monoxide: "Death and the Dark-Haired Maiden" -- Regina v. Dalton Barber -- 8: Nitroglycerine and Explosions: Some Things Can't Be Learned in the Laboratory -- Nitroglycerine: A Tool for Midnight Withdrawals -- Investigating Explosions -- Metallic Sodium -- Homemade Explosives -- An Embarrassing Case -- High Explosives -- A Variety of Learning Experiences -- Hoggs Hollow -- Not All Mines Are Explosive -- Explosion in an Operating Room -- Rush to Sutton Place -- Some Movies Are Truly Explosive -- 9: An Explosion in a Dynamite Plant: "Holy Sh--! This Stuff Is Dangerous!" -- Safety Elements in Building Design and Production Process -- The Explosion -- The Investigation