This fast-paced, authoritative book offers a close-up, compelling look at the ways in which scientific techniques have helped investigators solve some of the most famous crimes in history. View More...
Fascinating, educational, and highly readable, Bones takes readers into the dark world of forensic science. Dr. Douglas Ubelaker, a frequent forensics consultant to the FBI, and Henry Scammell, author of Mortal Remains, document a collection of cases that span from 40,000 B.C. to today. View More...
One of the nation's top forensic scientists, Larry Ragle has investigated countless brutal and baffling crimes during his forty-year career. Now he takes us behind the yellow police tape and into the medical examiner's laboratory for a fascinating look at his most sensational cases, revealing how cutting-edge science and medical technology were used to shed brilliant light on the criminals and their transgressions. Here is the real world of C.S.I. -- where astonishingly detailed portraits of malefactors are painted with a single drop of blood, and a microscopic fiber can direct the police to e... View More...
Revealing the very latest high-tech techniques of forensic detection, Crime Scene: The Ultimate Guide to Forensic Science uses case studies and amazing digital imagery to show how science helps uncover the truth about how crimes were committed and who carried them out. View More...
A plain-English primer on crime scene investigation that's a must for fans of CSI or Patricia Cornwell Since the O. J. Simpson case, popular interest in forensic science has exploded: CBS's CSI has 16 to 26 million viewers every week, and Patricia Cornwell's novels featuring a medical examiner sleuth routinely top bestseller lists, to cite just a few examples. Now, everyone can get the lowdown on the science behind crime scene investigations. Using lots of fascinating case studies, forensics expert Dr. D. P. Lyle clues people in on everything from determining cause and time of death to fingerp... View More...
Hidden Evidence takes you to the scenes of 40 infamous crimes and into the heart of the forensic investigations. These are the true crime shockers that have grabbed headlines and aroused public passions. David Owen explains the scientific procedures that helped crack every one of these cases -- from the gathering of elusive physical clues to the examination of weapons and bodies, to the use of sophisticated scientific analysis. Threaded throughout the book is the history of forensic science and the technologies that support it, including: fingerprinting, autopsies, handwriting analysis, bal... View More...
This text takes the reader step-by-step through the crime lab to find out how murders and other crimes are solved. From the arrival at the scene of the crime to high-tech analyses of fingerprints and DNA prints, blood samples and psychopathology, the book shows how each forensic technique is used. View More...
The Practical Guide to The Genetic Family History Robin L. Bennett Compiling the most recent genetic developments in medical specialties, The Practical Guide to the Genetic Family History is a valuable resource which outlines the proper methods for taking and recording a patient's family medical history, allowing primary care physicians to be more efficient in diagnosing conditions with potential genetic components. With genetic screening forms, an overview of directed questions, pedigree nomenclature, and outlining common approaches used, genetic counselor Robin L. Bennett provides readers wi... View More...
The victim was shot through the heart--but no bullet was ever found.In a case full of baffling twists, a gunshot wound to the heart leads to a brilliant investigator to one conclusion: a bullet designed to disappear... The skin was peeled from the victim's handsA beautiful woman almost gets away with murder because her victim cannot be identified. Then a forensic scientist leads police to the peeled skin from two boiled hands--and the fingerprints that will crack the case. The murder weapon was smashed to smithereensA man was killed by a blow from a bottle. Now, determined investigator careful... View More...
How do lawyers persuade juries? In this text, the author reveals the tactics used by lawyers to establish rapport, to instill confidence, and ultimately to win. She explains 100s of tactics and then teaches step-by-step how the reader can use them. View More...
