| Description |
6 videodiscs (approximately 1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 285 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Series |
Great courses. Science & mathematics. Biology |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Biology.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Taught by Elizabeth A. Murray. |
| Note |
Course guidebook includes an outline for each lecture, a glossary, biographical notes, and a bibliography. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (Course guidebook, pages 268-285). |
| Contents |
Disc 1: Using science-crime scene to courtroom -- Crime scenes and forensic evidence -- Fingerprint science-hands-down ID -- Telltale marks-tools, guns, and ammunition -- Good impressions-shoes, tires, and skin -- Forensics of fibers, paint, and glass. Disc 2: Traces of hair and fur -- Soil, protist, plant, and animal traces -- Serology-blood and other body fluids -- The forensic analysis of DNA -- Forensic toxicology of drugs and poisons -- The forensics of substance abuse. Disc 3: Handwriting and forgery analysis -- Computer forensics and digital evidence -- Structure failure-forensic engineering -- Forensic analysis of vehicle accidents -- Fire science and explosion forensics -- Blood evidence-stains and spatters. Disc 4: The science of death -- Death investigation-algor, livor, and rigor -- Autopsy-cause and manner of death -- Decomposition-from bugs to bones -- Forensic anthropology-skeleton stories -- Forensics of teeth and bite marks. Disc 5: Police sketches and facial reproductions -- Interview, interrogation, intelligence -- Forencis profiling-who, how, and why? -- Human memory and eyewitness accounts -- Criminal minds-psychology and psychiatry -- When forensic evidence is on trial. Disc 6: Forensic scientists and expert testimony -- Comparing crimes and crime labs -- Crimes-nobody's supposed to get hurt -- Crimes-killers of one, killers of many -- Applications-mass-disaster forensics -- Applications-identification matters. |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Forensic sciences.
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Forensic sciences. (OCoLC)fst00932011
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| Genre/Form |
Filmed lectures. (OCoLC)fst01726215
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Instructional films. (OCoLC)fst01726236
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Instructional films.
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Filmed lectures.
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| Added Author |
Reay, Alisha.
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Leven, Jon.
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Allen, Jim M.
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| Standard No. |
9781598038460 |
| ISBN |
159803846X (set) |
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9781598038460 (set) |
| Music No. |
1190 Teaching Company (set) |
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PD1190A Teaching Company |
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