The Forensic Casebook: The Science of Crime Scene Investigation - N.E. Genge

The Forensic Casebook The Science of Crime Scene Investigation

By: N.E. Genge

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2002

Pages: 319

Dimensions: ± 23 cm x 18.5 cm (L x W)

Softcover

Condition Good.  Binding intact.  No loose pages. Covers with slight wear on cover corners.

Pages still crisp and clear writing. No inscriptions or underlining noted.

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 scientistsincluding animal examiners, botanists, zoologists, firearms specialists, and autoposiststo 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 fingerprintsand feet, lip, and ear prints

Interpreting the stages of a bodys 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.