Acknowledgements

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Acknowledgements

The success of this guide has been the result of the dedication of so many

people. I am grateful to each one of you.

Without the forensic experts who contributed to this book, the idea

of creating a book by forensic experts for criminal lawyers would have

never gotten of‌f the ground. I was pleasantly surprised by the scientif-

ic community’s excitement about creating a book like this, and over the

two years we spent putting it together, I had the privilege to work with a

team of not only exceptional experts, but wonderful people. Thank you

for inspiring me to work early mornings, late nights, and weekends to do

my part in seeing this project to completion. To the Irwin Law team and

its president, Jef‌f Miller, thank you for taking a chance on this project in

the f‌irst place and for believing it could be done when all I came to you

with was an idea. Lesley Steeve and Alisa Posesorski, thank you for all the

long hours you spent polishing up this book and for guiding me through

my own responsibilities as editor. Your attention to detail and patience

throughout this process have been sincerely appreciated. Lesley, your

sense of humour made reading and rereading the same content over and

over again much more fun than it would have been otherwise.

Beyond all the professionals who helped to put this book together, I

owe a great deal to everyone in my personal life who put up with me essen-

tially working two jobs over the past two years. I know it was not easy and

that the journey has been a long one. To my parents, Russ and Maureen,

thank you for giving me the love and support that I needed to grow into