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The publications are discussed which are presented in a special issue of the journal "X-ray Spectometry", - "X-ray Spectrometry in Forensic Science" - (X-ray Spectometry. January/February 2014, vol. 43, issue 1, pp. 1-66). In some articles the features of using X-ray fluorescence analysis ( XRF ) in various situations of forensic investigation are considered. This is the arsenic poisoning added to the curry, which led to several deaths, the effect of the distance from the point of firing to the target on Cu, Zn, Sb, Ba, and Pb contents on a victim clothing, experimental study of gunshot residues on hands of a shooter and transfer of gunshot residues via a handshake, features of broken glass analysis using m-XRF, the use of portable X-ray spectrometers in studying materials of cultural values and similar materials in forensics, the organization of the judicial database of soils in Japan. In the articles one can find examples of the use of possibilities of simple hand-held spectrometers and complex equipment (SPring-8 synchrotron). The issue is of interest to analysts, solving forensic problems, and specialists working in other areas. Key words : X-ray fluorescence analysis, application to the forensic science. (Russian) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15826/analitika.2014.18.1.013 A.G. Revenko Institute of the Earth's crust SB RAS , Irkutsk, Russia n Federation

Review of the special issue of “X-ray spectrometry” – “X-ray spectrometry in forensic science”