The Handy Forensic Science Answer Book

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

Patricia Barnes-Svarney, Thomas E. Svarney (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

400 Seiten

2018
Visible Ink Press (Verlag)
978-1-57859-621-8 (ISBN)

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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.

Looking at the science of law enforcement, how evidence is gathered, processed, analysed, and viewed in the courtroom, and more. From the cause, manner, time of a death, and autopsies to blood, toxicology, DNA typing, fingerprints, ballistics, tool marks, tread impressions, and trace evidence, it takes the reader through the many sides of a death investigation. Arson, accidents, computer crimes, criminal profiling, and much, much more are also addressed.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	24.08.2018
Reihe/Serie	Handy Answer Books
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, unspecified
Verlagsort	Canton, MI
Sprache	englisch
Maße	181 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Rechtsmedizin
	Naturwissenschaften
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	1-57859-621-1 / 1578596211
ISBN-13	978-1-57859-621-8 / 9781578596218
Zustand	Neuware