| Publication |
London, Kingfisher Publications Plc, 2005.
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| Description |
64pBlack and Red Spine
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| Series |
Kingfisher Knowledge
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| Summary/Abstract |
Explore the crime lab with Forensics and discover how detectives use science to solve crimes. From the scene of the crime to a criminal's conviction, discover how the marks of blood, footprints, and fingerprints can lead the police to criminals. Find out how specialists can match trace evidence, such as a single hair found on a victim, to the murderer. Learn how famous crimes were solved and,like a true detective, find out whether it was arson, poison,or murder.
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| Contents |
Signs of the crime
-The crime scene
-Collecting evidence
-Photography
-Telltale marks
-Finding a body
-Lifting prints
-Showing the invisible
-Summary
Who is it?
-Evidence from blood
-DNA analysis
-Teeth and bones
-Making faces
-Matching fingerprints
-Unknown culprit
-Proof of guilt
Crime lab
-The autopsy
-How did they die?
-Trace evidence
-Dirty proof
-Computers and crime
-Bombs and fires
-Drugs and poisons
-Weapons
-Fakes and forgeries
-Summary
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements
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| Standard Number |
9780753411131 Hb.
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