DOCUMENTS, COVERING THE PERIOD FROM 1964 TO APRIL 1977, INCLUDE PROJECT SUMMARIES, RESEARCH REPORTS, ANNUAL REPORTS, PROCEEDINGS, TECHNICAL AND THEORETICAL OVERVIEWS, AND LITERATURE SEARCHES. TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE MANPOWER AND TRAINING IN LEGAL MEDICINE, FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOMETRICS IN CRIMINALISTICS, COMPUTERIZED PROCESSING OF FORENSIC INFORMATION, MALPRACTICE, FORENIC TOXICOLOGY, AND METHODS OF OBTAINING, PRESERVING AND ANALYZING EVIDENCE. TECHNIQUES EXAMINED INCLUDE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY, MULTIELEMENT ANALYSIS, SPECTROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, AND INFRARED AND PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES. A LARGE NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS DEAL WITH NEUTRON ACTIVATION TECHNIQUES AND THEIR APPLICATION. DETECTION AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES COVERED INCLUDE WOUNDS, BITE MARKS, OIL STAINS, PAINT, LEAD, GUNSHOT RESIDUES, PAPER, MERCURY, BLOODSTAINS, AND EXPLOSIVES. CONSIDERABLE MATERIAL IS DEVOTED TO ANALYSIS OF BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS AND THE DETECTION OF NARCOTICS AND OTHER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN HUMAN SUBJECTS INCLUDING SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF HEROIN, MORPHINE, MARIJUANA AND HASH HISH, NUTMEG AND MACE, METHADONE, AND OTHER HALLUCINOGENS, STIMULANTS, AND DEPRESSANTS. (JAP)