The Forensic Casebook: The Science of Crime Scene Investigation

Ne Genge

ISBN 10: 0345452038 / ISBN 13: 9780345452030

Published by Random House USA Inc, 2002

About this Item

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!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Forensic Casebook: The Science of Crime Scene Investigation
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345452038
• ISBN 13: 9780345452030
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Ngaire E. Genge is the author of numerous books, including Beyond Blair Witch, Urban Legends, The Buffy Chronicles, and The Unofficial X-Files Companion. She lives in Labrador City, Newfoundland.