Forensic Casebook : The Science of Crime Scene Investigation by Ngaire E. Genge (2002, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100345452038
ISBN-139780345452030
eBay Product ID (ePID)2284185

Product Key Features

Number of Pages336 Pages
Publication NameForensic Casebook : the Science of Crime Scene Investigation
LanguageEnglish
SubjectForensic Medicine, Evidence, Forensic Science
Publication Year2002
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLaw, Medical
AuthorNgaire E. Genge
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight15.8 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width7.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-072063
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal363.25
SynopsisTHE 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., 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., Filled with intriguing true stories of criminals,unmasked and packed with b/w illustrations and,photographs, the Forensic Casebook draws on,interviews with police and forensic scientists to,uncover the vast and detailed underworkings of,criminal investigation. Encyclopedic in scope,this riveting, authoritative book leaves no aspect,of forensic science untouched, including securing,a crime scene, identifying blood spatter patterns,fingerprinting, DNA printing, examining hairs and,fibers, stages of body decay, computer crime and,forensic photography and much more!
LC Classification NumberHV8073.G3485 2002

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