Bodies of Evidence: Forensic Science and Crime - Hardcover

Christianson, Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843403714 ISBN 13: 9781843403715

Verlag: Collins & Brown, 2006

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The use of forensic science has drastically altered the world of criminal investigations. Since the discovery of fingerprinting, arguably the first step in forensics, the science is becoming ever more refined and accurate. Minute details from the scene of the crime are more and more relied upon to build up cases against perpetrators. "Bodies of Evidence" looks at this essential development in detection and shows how forensics are currently employed by investigative agencies to help solve crime.

 

The introduction defines the term ‘forensic’ and describes how the different aspects of the science developed from the 1930s to become an important part of investigation today. The main text starts by discussing evidence collection and goes on to look at the different branches of forensics such as toxicology, anthropology, odontology, psychology, and criminalistics. Each chapter has at least one case study that describes a criminal trial in which evidence was based on the forensic procedure being discussed in that section.

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SCOTT CHRISTIANSON, Ph.D. is a prize-winning author. His books include 100 Diagrams That Changed the World, With Liberty for Some: 500 Years of Imprisonment in America; Condemned: Inside the Sing Sing Death House; Notorious Prisons: Inside the World's Most Feared Institutions; Bodies of Evidence: Forensics and Crime; Freeing Charles: The Epic Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, The Nation, Village Voice, and Newsday.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Collins & Brown
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1843403714
• ISBN 13: 9781843403715
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
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