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Encyclopedia of forensic science : a compendium of detective fact and fiction / by Conklin, Barbara Gardner.; Gardner, Robert,1929-; Shortelle, Dennis.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-316) and index.Introduction -- Guide to selected topics -- Encyclopedia -- Appendix --Bibliography.
Subjects: Forensic sciences; Criminal investigation;
© 2002., Oryx Press,
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Criminal investigation : the art and science / by Lyman, Michael D.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Foundations and history of criminal investigation -- The crime scene: identification and collection of evidence -- The crime scene: field notes, documenting, and reporting -- Identification of criminal suspects: field and laboratory services -- Legal issues in criminal investigation -- Interviews and interrogations -- Criminal intelligence and surveillance operations -- Undercover operations and informant management -- Death investigations -- Robbery -- Assault and related offenses -- Missing and abducted persons -- Crimes against children: child abuse, child fatalities, and exploitation -- Theft-related offenses -- Arson, bombings, and terrorism -- Special investigations: drug trafficking and gangs -- Special investigations: white-collar, corporate, and computer-related crimes -- Investigations of officer-involved shootings -- Preparation for court."Criminal Investigation: The Art and the Science ― by nationally recognized criminal investigation expert Michael Lyman ― is a clear, thorough examination of the fundamentals of criminal investigation and forensic science, as currently practiced throughout the US. It explores past experiences of investigators alongside forensic and technological innovations." - Amazon.com
Subjects: Criminal investigation.; Forensic sciences.;
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Silent witness / by Ferllini Timms, Roxana.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Forensic anthropology and other sciences -- Bones do talk -- Exhumations and other stories -- Surface bodies: the outdoor setting -- Altered remains: hiding identities -- Air disasters -- Fires and explosives -- Human rights.
Subjects: Forensic anthropology.; Forensic sciences.; Criminal investigation.;
© 2002., Firefly Books,
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Forensic evidence field guide : a collection of best practices / by Pfefferli, Peter W.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index.Best evidence management commandments -- Break and entry : volume crime evidence -- Explosion and arson : safety risk evidence -- Fraud and forgery : document evidence -- Hit and run : automobile accident evidence -- Homicide and rape : violent crime evidence -- Multimedia and electronic : digital evidence -- Narcotics and drugs : controlled substance evidence -- Documents -- Fabrics -- Firearms -- IT -- Unknown substances -- Vehicles -- Biological/DNA evidence -- Bullet and cartridge evidence -- Explosive debris evidence -- Fiber evidence -- Fingerprint evidence -- Fire debris evidence -- Footwear and tire print evidence -- Glass evidence -- Gunshot residues (GSR) evidence -- Hair evidence -- Paint evidence -- Soil and plant evidence -- Toolmark evidence.Highlights the essentials needed to collect evidence at a crime scene. The unique spiral bound is designed to be utilized in the day to day tasks of anyone collecting evidence at a crime scene. Covering the range of evidence management including: characteristics of different types of crime scenes (arson, burglary, homicide, hit & run, forensic IT, sexual assault), how to recover the relevant evidence at the scene and best practices for the search, gathering and storing of evidence.
Subjects: Forensic sciences.; Criminal investigation.; Evidence, Criminal.;
© c2015., Elsevier/Academic Press,
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Introduction to forensic science and criminalistics / by Harris, Howard A.; Lee, Henry C.,author.; Gaensslen, R. E.(Robert E.).Introduction to forensics & criminalistics.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Physical evidence in the legal system -- Crime scene processing and analysis -- Examination and interpretation of patterns for reconstruction -- Examination of physical pattern evidence -- Fingerprints and other personal identification patterns -- Questioned document examination -- Toolmarks and firearms -- Digital evidence and computer forensics -- Blood and physiological fluid evidence: evaluation and initial examination -- Dna analysis and typing -- Arson and explosives -- Drugs and drug analysis -- Materials evidence."This Second Edition of the best-selling Introduction to Forensic Science and Criminalistics presents the practice of forensic science from a broad viewpoint. The book has been developed to serve as an introductory textbook for courses at the undergraduate level--for both majors and non-majors--to provide students with a working understanding of forensic science. The Second Edition is fully updated to cover the latest scientific methods of evidence collection, evidence analytic techniques, and the application of the analysis results to an investigation and use in court. This includes coverage of physical evidence, evidence collection, crime scene processing, pattern evidence, fingerprint evidence, questioned documents, DNA and biological evidence, drug evidence, toolmarks and fireams, arson and explosives, chemical testing, and a new chapter of computer and digital forensic evidence. Chapters address crime scene evidence, laboratory procedures, emergency technologies, as well as an adjudication of both criminal and civil cases utilizing the evidence. All coverage has been fully updated in all areas that have advanced since the publication of the last edition."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Criminal investigation.; Crime scenes.; Forensic sciences.; Evidence, Criminal.;
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Forensics : what bugs, burns, prints, DNA, and more tell us about crime / by McDermid, Val,author.; Wellcome Collection,organizer.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-298) and index.The crime scene -- Fire scene investigation -- Entomology -- Pathology -- Toxicology -- Fingerprinting -- Blood spatter and DNA -- Anthropology -- Facial reconstruction -- Digital forensics -- Forensic psychology -- The courtroom.The dead can tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died, and, of course, who killed them. Forensic scientists can unlock the mysteries of the past and help serve justice using the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene, or the faintest of human traces. This book draws on crime novelist McDermid's own interviews and firsthand experience on scene with top forensic scientists. Along the way, McDermid discovers how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine one's time of death; how a DNA trace a millionth the size of a grain of salt can be used to convict a killer; and how a team of young Argentine scientists led by a maverick American anthropologist were able to uncover the victims of a genocide. It's a journey that will take McDermid to war zones, fire scenes, and autopsy suites, and bring her into contact with both extraordinary bravery and wickedness, as she traces the history of forensics from its earliest beginnings to the cutting-edge science of the modern day.
Subjects: True crime stories.; Crime scene searches.; Evidence, Criminal.; Forensic sciences.; Forensic sciences; Criminal investigation;
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Cops in lab coats : curbing wrongful convictions through independent forensic laboratories / by Thompson, Sandra Guerra.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Bad science wreaks havoc-the George Rodriguez story -- A national crisis -- The complex critique of forensic science -- The paradox of the ethical-and biased-analyst -- Safeguarding justice -- Resisting independence -- Houston's laboratory experiment -- Conclusion: reimagining the practice of forensic science -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author.
Subjects: Criminal investigation; Forensic sciences; Judicial error;
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The poisoner's handbook : murder and the birth of forensic medicine in Jazz Age New York / by Blum, Deborah,1954-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The untold story of how poison rocked Jazz Age New York City. A pair of forensic scientists began their trailblazing chemical detective work, fighting to end an era when untraceable poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime.Prologue : The poison game -- Chloroform (CHCl₃) -- Wood alcohol (CH₃OH) -- Cyanides (HCN, KCN, NaCN) -- Arsenic (As) -- Mercury (Hg) -- Carbon monoxide (CO), part 1 -- Methyl alcohol (CH₃OH) -- Radium (Ra) -- Ethyl alcohol (C₂H₅OH) -- Carbon monoxide (CO), part 2 -- Thallium (Ti) -- Epilogue : The surest poison.
Subjects: Poisoning; Forensic toxicology; Forensic sciences; History, 20th Century; Poisons and poisoning; Toxicology; Forensic sciences;
© 2011., Penguin Books,
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American Sherlock : murder, forensics, and the birth of American CSI / by Dawson, Kate Winkler,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-313) and index.Tales from the archive: pistols, jawbones, and love poetry -- A bloody mess: the case of Allene Lamson's bath, part I -- Genius: the case of Oscar Heinrich's demons -- Heathen: the case of the Baker's handwriting, part I -- Pioneer: the case of the baker's handwriting, part II -- Damnation: the case of the star's fingerprints, part I -- Indignation: the case of the star's fingerprints, part II -- Double 13: the case of ghe great train heist -- Bad chemistry: the case of the calculating chemist -- Bits and pieces: the case of Bessie Ferguson's ear -- Triggered: the case of Mary Colwell's gun -- Damned: the case of Allen Lamson's bath salts, part II.Berkeley, California, 1933. In a lab filled with beakers, microscopes, and hundreds upon hundreds of books sat Edward Oscar Heinrich, America's first forensic scientists. Working in a time when the turmoil of Prohibition led to sensationalized crime reporting and only a small, systematic study of evidence, Heinrich spearheaded the invention of a myriad of new forensic tools that police still use today, including blood spatter analysis, ballistics, lie-detector tests, and the use of fingerprints as courtroom evidence. Dawson captures the life of the man who pioneered the science our legal system now relies upon-- as well as the limits of those techniques and the very human experts who wield them.
Subjects: Heinrich, Edward Oscar, 1881-1953.; Criminologists; Forensic sciences;
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Shutter / by Emerson, Ramona,1973-author.;
Rita Todacheene is a forensic photographer working for the Albuquerque police force. Her excellent photography skills have cracked many cases—she is almost supernaturally good at capturing details. In fact, Rita has been hiding a secret: she sees the ghosts of crime victims who point her toward the clues that other investigators overlook. As a lone portal back to the living for traumatized spirits, Rita is terrorized by nagging ghosts who won’t let her sleep and who sabotage her personal life. Her taboo and psychologically harrowing ability was what drove her away from the Navajo reservation, where she was raised by her grandmother. It has isolated her from friends and gotten her in trouble with the law. And now it might be what gets her killed.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Ghost stories.; Paranormal fiction.; Navajo women; Photographers; Forensic sciences; Psychic ability; Police;
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