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Forensic
Investigation Books
The following
forensic books provide
helpful information on the subject of Forensics and Death
Investigations. All forensic investigation books are offered in association
with
Amazon.com .
See also
Crime Scene
Investigation Books.
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Forensics For
Dummies
Book
Description - A plain-English primer on crime scene investigation
that's a must for fans of CSI or Patricia Cornwell.
Since the O. J. Simpson case, popular interest in
forensic science has exploded: CBS's CSI has 16 to
26 million viewers every week, and Patricia
Cornwell's novels featuring a medical examiner
sleuth routinely top bestseller lists, to cite just
a few examples. Now, everyone can get the lowdown on
the science behind crime scene investigations. Using
lots of fascinating case studies, forensics expert
Dr. D. P. Lyle clues people in on everything from
determining cause and time of death to fingerprints,
fibers, blood, ballistics, forensic computing, and
forensic psychology. With its clear, entertaining
explanations of forensic procedures and techniques,
this book will be an indispensable reference for
mystery fans and true crime aficionados
everywhere-and even includes advice for people
interested in forensic science careers.
D. P. Lyle, MD (Laguna Hills, CA), is a practicing
cardiologist who is also a forensics expert and
mystery writer. He runs a Web site that answers
writers' questions about forensics, dplylemd.com,
and is the author of Murder and Mayhem: A Doctor
Answers Medical and Forensic Questions for Writers,
as well as several mystery novels. John Pless, MD,
is Professor Emeritus of Pathology at Indiana
University School of Medicine and former President
of the National Association of Medical Examiners.
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Death Investigators Handbook: A
Field Guide To Crime Scene Processing, Forensic
Evaluations, And Investigative Techniques
Forensic
Book Description - Unlike other such manuals, this
one combines specialized info from dozens of
scientific and investigative references in one handy
volume. A must for detectives, pathologists,
attorneys, crime scene technicians, reporters, EMTs,
PIs and mystery buffs. |
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Cyber Forensics: A Field Manual
for Collecting, Examining, and Preserving Evidence
of Computer Crimes
Forensic
Book Description - This is a comprehensive, highly
usable, and clearly organized field manual of the
issues, tools, and control techniques that audit,
law enforcement, and infosecurity professionals need
to know to successfully investigate illegal
activities perpetrated through the use of
information technology. All of the forensic audit
routines discussed throughout the book are included
on a CD-ROM, which is included with the book. With
the ready-made audit routines included in the
appendix, the reader can immediately implement field
audits. The step-by-step design allows the reader to
gain comprehension of how the routines are
developed, and how they can be applied in an
audit/investigative situation. Provides a
comprehensive, highly usable, and clearly organized
resource to the issues, tools, and control
techniques needed to successfully investigate
illegal activities perpetuated through the use of
information technology. |
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Forensic Science: An
Introduction to Scientific and Investigative
Techniques
Book Description - Encompassing classic
criminalistics and beyond, Forensic Science: An
Introduction to Scientific and Investigative
Techniques is the first introductory text to present
forensic science in its broadest sense. Packed with
over 350 full-color illustrations, the book offers a
cutting-edge presentation of criminalistics and
related laboratory subjects and full-chapter,
state-of-the-art accounts of other traditional
forensic specialties such as forensic pathology and
those disciplines that have recently become part of
the forensic arena. Contributions from highly
respected experts both in practice and academia
cover various applications, such as DNA analysis,
trace evidence, forensic engineering, computer
crime, and forensic psychology. It offers a clear,
comprehensive overview that reveals the breadth and
richness of the forensic sciences to students and
practitioners alike. |
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Criminalistics: An Introduction
to Forensic Science
Book Description - Written by a renowned authority
on forensic science, this book introduces the
non-scientific reader to the field of forensic
science through an exploration of its applications
to criminal invesigations, with clear explanations
of the techniques, abilities, and limitations of the
modern crime laboratory. The most current
technologies, techniques, practices, and procedures
highlight this book; the accompanying interactive
crime scene CD-ROM puts readers in the role of crime
scene investigations. Actual cases, including a new
case study on the role of DNA evidence in the
investigation of the World Trade Center crime scene,
enable readers to see the integral role of forensic
science in criminal investigations. Topics covered
include: the crime scene, physical evidence,
physical properties, organic analysis, inorganic
analysis, the microscope, hairs, fibers, and paint,
drugs, forensic toxicology, forensic aspects of
arson and explosion investigations, forensic
serology, DNA, fingerprints, firearms, toolmarks and
other impressions, document and voice examination,
and forensic science on the Internet. An excellent
reference resource for members of the forensic
science field, as well as others involved in
criminal justice. |
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Sex-Related Homicide and Death Investigation:
Practical and Clinical Perspectives
Book
Description - Sex-related homicides claim victims from all walks
of life, be they men or women, lovers or strangers,
elders or children. They are some of the most
horrific crimes imaginable, and unlike
robbery-homicides or drug-related murders, the
motives behind them are often not clear-cut. For all
homicide cases, professional detectives must have
practical experience in homicide investigation, but
to solve sex-related murders they must also possess
a keen understanding of human behavior patterns and
human sexuality. With 38 years of practical and
clinical experience author Vernon J. Geberth has
that understanding. The renowned investigator and
author of Practical Homicide Investigation, Geberth
now shares his expertise related to the unique
characteristics of sex-related homicides. In
Sex-Related Homicide and Death Investigation:
Practical and Clinical Perspectives he: ·
Comprehensively discusses human sexuality and sexual
deviance · Analyzes the significance of fantasy ·
Presents the crucial dynamics involved in the search
of the crime scene · Introduces the latest
information on the application of DNA technology to
sex crimes · Includes investigative checklists,
clinical references, and case examples · Analyzes
the typology of offenders and reveals how to
determine the "signature aspect" · Provides an
understanding of the significance of sexual
offenders' behaviors The mission of every homicide
investigator is to bring justice to the deceased and
their surviving family. Sex-Related Homicide and
Death Investigation: Practical and Clinical
Perspectives stresses the basics, indicates the
practicalities of certain investigative techniques,
and provides you with patterns upon which to build a
solid foundation for a prosecutable case. |
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A Question of Evidence: The
Casebook of Great Forensic Controversies, from
Napoleon to O.J.
Book Description - Scientific sleuthing and slip-ups
in the investigations of fifteen famous cases
Ranging from the Turin Shroud and the suspicious
death of Napoleon Bonaparte to the murder cases of
Dr. Sam "The Fugitive" Sheppard and O. J. Simpson, A
Question of Evidence takes readers inside some of
the most vexing forensic controversies of all time.
In each case, Colin Evans lays out the conflicting
medical and scientific evidence and shows how it was
used or mishandled in reaching a verdict. Among the
other cases: the assassination of JFK, the strange
history of Alfred Packer (the only convicted
American cannibal), the death of Vatican banker
Roberto Calvi, and the trials of Lindy Chamberlain
(the "dingo baby" case) and Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald
(the case recounted in Fatal Vision). Though the
science of forensics has helped solve a huge number
of crimes, it's clear from A Question of Evidence
that many cases are more open than shut.
Colin Evans (Pembroke, UK) is the author of the
popular Casebook of Forensic Detection (Wiley:
0-471-28369-X) as well as Great Feuds in History
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Computer
Forensics: Computer Crime Scene Investigation (With
CD-ROM)
Amazon.com - The mightiest fortresses in the world
can fail, and when that happens all you can do (you
being the person responsible for castle security) is
figure out what went wrong, what damage was done,
and by whom. If the castle was located in the right
kind of kingdom--to take a metaphor too far--you can
hope to prosecute the perpetrator. Computer
Forensics: Computer Crime Scene Investigation
explains how to gather evidence of computer crimes
in such a way that it will be more likely to lead to
a conviction in a criminal court. It's an
interesting legal area--after all, it's almost
always you, and not any law enforcement agency doing
the surveillance and evidence-gathering on your
computer systems--and John Vacca has done a fair bit
of research. This book will probably expand your
thinking on the subject of information security.
On the other hand, though Vacca gives good general
advice (don't lose volatile information by shutting
a compromised machine down midattack; do be prepared
to translate memory dumps into jury-readable form),
he sometimes meanders into generalizations and
irrelevancies. The fact that terrorists distribute
their plans via public Web sites is certainly scary,
but hardly helpful to someone wanting to prosecute
the guy who vandalized the corporate Web site.
Similarly interesting, but practically irrelevant to
most of us, are discussions of high-energy radio
frequency (HERF) and electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
weapons that can knock out information systems from
a distance. More focus on evidence collection in
organizational computing environments would make
this book useful, rather than just generally
informative. --David Wall |
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Police Lab: How Forensic Science
Tracks Down and Convicts Criminals
From School Library Journal - Grade 6-8-What with
CSI one of the more popular shows around,
forensic-science methods have made an entrance into
many living rooms around the country, and there has
been corresponding activity in the previously placid
363.25s. This addition to the genre discusses
current methodology interspersed with actual
forensic investigations into crimes as diverse as a
brutal murder in 1889 to the causes of the gun
turret explosion on the USS Iowa in 1989. Poison,
strangulation, burning, drowning, shooting, and
stabbing are some of the murderous methods explored
in the readable text, as are such forensic tools as
facial reconstruction, bite matching, ballistics,
DNA screening, and the old standby, fingerprinting.
Color photos abound, as do "Forensic Fact" and
"Crime File" boxes. This title is on a comparable
level with Andrea Campbell's more stolid Forensic
Science (Chelsea, 1999) and Brian Lane's Crime &
Detection (DK, 2000), and more difficult than
Charlotte Foltz Jones's chattier Fingerprints and
Talking Bones (Delacorte, 1997). Couple Owen's book
with Mark P. Friedlander, Jr., and Terry M.
Phillips's competent When Objects Talk (Lerner,
2001) and Donna M. Jackson's superb The Bone
Detectives (Little, Brown, 1996) and put CSI on TiVo.
Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public
Library, NY
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Forensic
Handwriting Identification: Fundamental Concepts and
Principles |
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