A Crime Solving Toolkit: Forensics in the Caribbean - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9766402205 ISBN 13: 9789766402204

Publisher: University Press of the West Indies, 2009

Synopsis

Unacceptably high murder and crime rates in the Caribbean have captured the attention of the world and Caribbean policymakers, and forensics provides a key tool in prosecuting criminals and reducing crime. Although forensic sciences have been judiciously applied in the Caribbean for decades, the vast majority of forensic publications have focused on North American and Europe. This volume embraces diverse perspectives on forensics within the Caribbean by focusing on disaster victim identification protocols, forensic anthropology, computer forensics, geospatial technologies, shoe-print identification, suicide hangings and forensics linguistics.

Desperately needed, this volume provides prescriptive formulas to mitigate the rising crime in the region and is of particular interest to policymakers, lawyers, police officers, anthropologists, computer specialists and interested members of the public.

About this title

About the Author

BASIL A. REID is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of History, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. His publications include Archaeology and Geoinformatics: Case Studies from the Caribbean; Myths and Realities of Caribbean History; Caribbean Heritage; and Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of the West Indies
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9766402205
• ISBN 13: 9789766402204
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148
• Editor: Reid Basil A.