Patricia Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney

The Handy Forensic Science Answer Book

Reading Clues at the Crime Scene, Crime Lab and in Court

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Covering the fundamentals, science, history, techniques, laboratory analysis, the latest research, and controversies, The Handy Forensic Science Answer Book: Reading Clues at the Crime Scene, Crime Lab and in Court.

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Produktdetails

• Handy Answer Books
• Verlag: Visible Ink Press
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9781578596218
• ISBN-10: 1578596211
• Artikelnr.: 50445561

Autorenporträt

Thomas E. Svarney is a scientist who has written extensively about the natural world. His books, with Patricia Barnes-Svarney, include Visible Ink Press' The Handy Anatomy Answer Book, The Handy Biology Answer Book, and The Handy Nutrition Answer Book, and he is also the author of Skies of Fury: Weather Weirdness around the World and The Oryx Guide to Natural History.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Overview
2. History of Forensic Science
3. The Crime Site and Investigation Teams
4. Looking for Biological Evidence
5. Looking for Physical Evidence
6. Analyzing a Body
7. Analyzing Older Remains
8. Trace Evidence
9. Patent, Latent, and Plastic Prints
10. DNA Analysis
11. Toolmarks, Firearms, and Ballistics
12. Examining Explosives
13. Questioned Documents and Cryptanalysis
14. Computer, Accounting, and Other Forensic Investigations
15. Forensic Psychology
16. The Legal Process
17. Controversies in Forensic Science
18. Famous (and Infamous) Crimes and Forensic Science
19. The Media and Forensic Science
Glossary
Resources
Further Reading
Index