Forensic Identification: Putting a Name and Face on Death

Murray, Elizabeth A.

ISBN 10: 0761366962 ISBN 13: 9780761366966

Verlag: Twenty First Century Books, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

About 4,000 unidentified deceased persons are discovered in the United States every year. But forensic experts are successful in identifying about 3,000 of those bodies within a year. In Forensic Identification: Putting a Name and Face on Death, forensic anthropologist Dr. Elizabeth A. Murray takes readers into the morgues and forensic labs where experts use advanced technology to determine the identities of dead bodies whose names are not known because the bodies are mutilated, decomposed beyond recognition, or cut into pieces. She also explores what happens to the bodies and remains that belong to people who have been missing for so long that law enforcement and forensic files are no longer active.

Through a wide range of fascinating scientific methods—including DNA testing, facial reconstruction, dental records, blood analysis, fingerprinting, and X-rays—forensic specialists work to piece together the stories that will give names back to the unknown dead and missing. Come along to watch the experts do their amazing work.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Twenty First Century Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0761366962
• ISBN 13: 9780761366966
• Einband: Bibliothekseinband
• Anzahl der Seiten: 72
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