Forensics : What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us about Crime (CD-Audio)

from aadyer

A brilliantly entertaining whirlwind tour through forensic science from some of its origins to the present day. Using case histories this has a great feeling of pace and is never boring. I'm not particularly interested in the origins and development of fingerprints for example, but Val McDermid m...

from brokenangelkisses

'Every contact leaves a trace.' This is the Locard Exchange Principle and it's the fundamental building block of what we term 'forensics'. In this neatly presented book, talented crime writer Val McDermid explores the development of forensic science and its applications in solving real life crime...

from jess_reads

This book is excellently written. A great balance between the history of each discipline, practical application, and how it continues to evolve. She addresses arson investigation to entomology, autopsies to DNA analysis, even the reliability of the sciences in the courtroom. Val McDermid both int...

from pomo58

Forensics by Val McDermid is a superb popular introduction to forensics from both scientific and legal perspectives. The experts she consulted with largely be familiar to anyone who has even a passing interest in forensics and McDermid brings her usual style to consolidating this information into...

from Susan.Macura

This is a great book on this topic, combining the history of the various components with true crime stories as to how they were used to solve crimes. This would be a great source of information for teachers of this topic.