The Forensic Casebook: The Science of Crime Scene Investigation

Filled with 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 autopsists- to uncover the vast and detailed under workings of criminal investigation. Encyclopaedic 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 - ‘Lifting’ DNA prints - Examining hair and fiber evidence - Interpreting the stages of a body’s decay - 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.