Screen LibraryBlood, bullets, and bones : the story of forensic science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA /
"A history of modern forensic science from the first test for arsenic poisoning in the 1700s to criminal profiling, fingerprinting, blood splatter analysis, DNA evidence, and all the milestones in between"--
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Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
"A history of modern forensic science from the first test for arsenic poisoning in the 1700s to criminal profiling, fingerprinting, blood splatter analysis, DNA evidence, and all the milestones in between"-- |
| Carrier Form: | 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780062387622 (hardback) : 0062387626 (hardback) 9780062387639 0062387634 |
| Index Number: | HV8073 |
| CLC: | D919-09 |
| Call Number: | D919-09/H528 |
| Contents: | From darkness to light -- A whiff of garlic : the first poison tests -- Bodies of evidence : autopsies and the rise of medical examiners -- Elementary, my dear Watson : the first detectives -- Not without a trace : the introduction of crime scene evidence -- Fingerprints are forever : early fingerprint evidence -- Bang! Bang! You're dead : the birth of firearm analysis -- Blood is thicker : the first blood pattern cases -- Grave matters : hidden bodies -- Dem bones : forensic anthropology beginnings -- To catch a killer : criminal profilers -- One in a trillion : the dawn of DNA evidence. |