Forensic Science category: 441 books
The Murder Room
The Heirs of Sherlock Holmes Gather to Solve the World's Most Perplexing Cold Ca ses
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
Thrilling, true tales from the Vidocq Society, a team of the world's finest forensic investigators whose monthly gourmet lunches lead to justice in ice-cold murders
Three of the greatest detectives in the world--a renowned FBI agent turned private eye, a sculptor and lothario who speaks to...
Forensic Detective
How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2007
Death. It’s not only inevitable and frightening, it’s intriguing and fascinating–especially today, when science continues to make ever more stunning advances in the investigation of the oldest and darkest of mysteries. To discover the how and why of death, unearth its roots, and expose the mechanics...
Bodies We've Buried
Inside the National Forensic Academy, the World's Top CSI TrainingSchool
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007
Two National Forensic Science Institute administrators invite readers into what the Washington Post calls "the Harvard of hellish violence"-the only hands-on CSI school of its kind where students are trained in burial recovery with actual human remains. With exclusive access to a world normally off-limits...
by Stephen Mancusi
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2010
The police composite sketch, one of the most crucial investigative tools in law enforcement, is developed during a composite session—an intense display of communication and art in which the words of a witness are transformed into the features of a suspect. Despite the incredible technological leaps...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2018
This richly illustrated two-volume book offers a comprehensive and essential reference guide for veterinary pathologists and clinical veterinarians interested in performing animal necropsies for forensic casework. It presents a broad range of animal crime cases, with particular focus on the post mortem...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
Juvenile homicide and fatal maltreatment remain serious and pervasive problems in the developed world and especially in the United States, where in 2005 some 1,500 children died from neglect and physical abuse. Alarming statistics such as this, as well as an upsurge in the media attention paid to...
Forensic Aspects of Pediatric Fractures
Differentiating Accidental Trauma from Child Abuse
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Fractures are a common finding in children and it is estimated that 2.1% of all children will suffer at least one fracture before the age of 16. With young children in particular, the question may arise if this is related to child abuse. The aim of this book is to help physicians involved in child...
Mortal Evidence
The Forensics Behind Nine Shocking Cases
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010
A lifeless newborn baby is found discarded in a motel Dumpster. Authorities quickly arrest the infant's teenage parents, charging them with murder. Did Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson, in fact, murder their own baby? Tammy Wynette died suddenly at a relatively young age, and yet no autopsy was performed?...
Electronic Control Fires
A Design, Manufacturing and Forensic Technical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
The failures of electronic controls, which can cause loss of life and property, are discussed from the perspective of both the design and manufacturing functions and clarified for the responsible forensic team. Many pitfalls of the fast-paced product introduction environment for industrial and consumer...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
All up-to-date aspects of DNA technology are discussed partly in review lectures but mostly in research articles in this volume: new methods, population statistics for different restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP's), new developments dealing with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), biostatistical...
by Yuri Davydovich Krivoruchko
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2017
In the course of the study, we have used the methodological approach to the scientific substantiation of the comprehensiveness of expert assessments of the mental state of patients-offenders suffering from cerebral-organic pathology. As a result, we have formulated the following general points: The...
Death's Acre
Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2004
Dr. Bill Bass, one of the world's leading forensic anthropologists, gained international attention when he built a forensic lab like no other: The Body Farm. Now, this master scientist unlocks the gates of his lab to reveal his most intriguing cases-and to revisit the Lindbergh kidnapping and murder, fifty years after the fact.
True Stories of CSI
The Real Crimes Behind the Best Episodes of the Popular TV Show
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2008
The bestselling forensic psychologist examines the true crimes that inspired the television smash hit, C.S.I.
Katherine Ramsland follows the evidence and revisits some of the most absorbing episodes of the phenomenally popular C.S.I. television franchise, and explores the real-life crimes that...
Identity Crisis
The Murder, the Mystery, and the Missing DNA
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Renowned forensic anthropologist Bill Bass—founder of the Body Farm—tackles one of his most baffling cases ever in this real-life spellbinder
In 1978, 56-year-old Leoma Patterson left a bar in Clinton, Tennessee, and was never seen again. Six months later, a female skeleton was found on...