The Forensic Casebook - by Ngaire E Genge (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Lucidly written and spiked with real crime stories, this ultimate readers' guide to the art of forensics is a book that will fascinate the fans of the hit TV series "CSI" and Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta Series. 40 illustrations & photos.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>THE ULTIMATE READERS' GUIDE TO THE ART OF FORENSICS! <p/><i>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. . . . <p/></i></b>Filled with these and many other intriguing true stories, and packed with black and white illustrations and photographs, <i>The Forensic Casebook</i> 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: <p/>- Securing a crime scene<br>- Identifying blood splatter patterns<br>- Collecting fingerprints--<i>and</i> feet, lip, and ear prints<br>- Interpreting the stages of a body's decay<br>- Examining hair and fiber evidence<br>- Trace evidence from firearms and explosives<br>- "Lifting" DNA prints<br>- Computer crime and forensic photography<br>- Career paths in criminal science <p/>Lucidly written and spiked with real crime stories, <i>The Forensic Casebook</i> exposes the nitty gritty that other books only touch upon. Here is a reference book as addictive as a page-turning novel of suspense.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Ngaire E. Genge </b>is the author of numerous books, including <i>Beyond Blair Witch</i>, <i>Urban Legends</i>, <i>The Buffy Chronicles</i>, and <i>The Unofficial X-Files Companion</i>. She lives in Labrador City, Newfoundland.
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