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Frequently, cases that are received for fire debris or explosives analysis will also require other examinations, such as DNA, latent print, trace, and forensic engineering analyses. Fire debris and explosives examiners must consider taking precautions during their analyses so that other types of forensic tests are not compromised. In this chapter, experts from various fields discuss how their examinations interact with fire debris and explosives examinations. Considerations such as the order of examinations, the ‘best evidence’, and segregation of evidence are also discussed.
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Chasteen, C.E. (2019). Interacting with Other Disciplines. In: Evans-Nguyen, K., Hutches, K. (eds) Forensic Analysis of Fire Debris and Explosives. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25834-4_11
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