Forensic science

Forensic science

Christopher Cooper, 1944-

Book - 2020

What is forensic science and how is it used to solve a crime? How do you know if a red stain is blood or ketchup, or whose blood it is? Can computers really recognize your face in a crowd? How do scientists decide how old bones are, and trace who they once belonged to? Explore the fascinating, and sometimes gory, world of forensics, where science helps crack the case. Learn why it is important to secure a crime scene, why fingerprints are critical clues, and how DNA sampling works. Find out how maggots can reveal how long someone has been dead, or how a single fabric fibre can lead to the murderer. From the scene of the crime to testing in the laboratory, you will get to know how all the clues are put together to tell a story and reveal the... guilty person. Discover how methods have changed since the days of Sherlock Holmes, the latest technology in use today, and techniques of the future.

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Subjects
Forensic sciences > Juvenile literature.
Criminal investigation > Juvenile literature.
Criminals > Identification > Juvenile literature.
Evidence, Criminal > Juvenile literature.
Instructional and educational works.
Illustrated works.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Genres
Instructional and educational works
Illustrated works
Trivia and miscellanea
Published
New York : DK Publishing 2020.
Language
English
Main Author
Christopher Cooper, 1944- (author)
Edition
[Second edition]. American edition
Item Description
Previous edition: 2008.
"Discover the fascinating methods scientists use to solve crimes - from fingerprinting to DNA sampling."--Cover.
Physical Description
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, portraits ; 28 cm
Bibliography
Includes index.
ISBN
9781465496867
9781465493729
  • In pursuit of the criminal
  • The birth of forensics
  • Securing the scene
  • Recording the scene
  • Handling the evidence
  • Taking the scene
  • Recording the scene
  • Handling the evidence
  • Taking fingerprints
  • Analyzing fingerprints
  • Written in blood
  • DNA analysis
  • Trace evidence
  • Natural clues
  • A good impression
  • Guns and bullets
  • Firearms in the laboratory
  • At the scene of the crime
  • A bug's life
  • Cause of death
  • Toxic world
  • The bones of the matter
  • Spitting image
  • Behavior of the offender
  • Fire starters
  • Fire testing
  • Crash investigation
  • The big bang
  • Computer forensics
  • Paper trail
  • Every picture tells a story
  • Future forensics.

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