The Forensic Casebook: The Science of Crime Scene Investigation - Softcover

Genge, Ngaire E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345452038 ISBN 13: 9780345452030

Verlag: Random House Publishing Group, 2002

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Black-and-white photographs and illustrations, along with case studies and interviews with forensic and police personnel, highlight a close-up look at the art of forensic science and its applications in law enforcement, covering such topics as securing a crime scene, collecting fingerprints, examining trace evidence, the role of DNA, and computer crime and forensic photography. Original.

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THE ULTIMATE READERS' GUIDE TO THE ART OF FORENSICS!
"An intrepid investigator crawls through miles of air conditioning ducts to capture the implicating fibers of a suspect's wool jacket . . . A forensic entomologist discovers insects in the grill of a car and nails down a drug dealer's precise geographical path . . . A gluttonous criminal's fingerprints are lifted from a chocolate truffle. . . .
Filled with these and many other intriguing true stories, and packed with black and white illustrations and photographs, "The Forensic Casebook draws on interviews with police personnel and forensic scientists--including animal examiners, botanists, zoologists, firearms specialists, and autoposists--to uncover the vast and detailed underworkings of criminal investigation. Encyclopedic in scope, this riveting, authoritative book leaves no aspect of forensic science untouched, covering such fascinating topics as:
- Securing a crime scene
- Identifying blood splatter patterns
- Collecting fingerprints--"and feet, lip, and ear prints
- Interpreting the stages of a body's decay
- Examining hair and fiber evidence
- Trace evidence from firearms and explosives
- "Lifting" DNA prints
- Computer crime and forensic photography
- Career paths in criminal science
Lucidly written and spiked with real crime stories, "The Forensic Casebook exposes the nitty gritty that other books only touch upon. Here is a reference book as addictive as a page-turning novel of suspense.

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• Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0345452038
• ISBN 13: 9780345452030
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336