Forensic Science A Geek's Guide

Synopsis Do you know how many DNA matches are needed to identify a perpetrator? How can the discovery of a tiny carpet fiber bring police hammering on a suspect's door? All you'll ever need to know about what quicklime really does to a body, what makes a lip print match, a bullet cartridge case like gold, a poison so deadly, is right here in this stats and facts fueled catalogue of the greatest advances in forensic history. Look into the laboratories, delve into the morgues-the answers are all here, the keys to unlocking some of the world's most infamous criminal acts and the people who have played their parts in creating the detection treasure that is forensic science. As Sir Andrew Maclagan, British Professor of Medicine at Edinburgh University said in 1878, "A dead body tells no tales except those it whispers to the quick ear of the scientific expert, by him to be reported to the proper quarter."