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THE ULTIMATE READERS GUIDE TO THE ART OF FORENSICSAn intrepid investigator crawls through miles of air conditioning ducts to capture the implicating fibers of a suspects wool jacket . . . A forensic entomologist discovers insects in the grill of a car and nails down a drug dealers precise geographical path . . . A gluttonous criminals 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 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. Here is a reference book as addictive as a page-turning novel of suspense.
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Vânzător: Elefant.ro
Brand: Ballantine Books