| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
vii, 88 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-85) and index. |
| Contents |
What it's like to be a detective: Uncovering secrets -- The six questions -- Observation, plus -- A mold on a petri dish -- On the crime scene box: to link, or to clear? -- Scared witnesses box: electronic witnesses, secret listening, secret watching -- White-colar crime box: swindlers in cyberspace -- The narcotics squad -- A tough job -- Behind the scenes in the lab: The greasy overalls box: the Korean rope -- Fingerprints, millions of them -- What DNA proves box: DNA danger -- Bullets with signatures -- Blood and poison -- No two write alike box: Hitler's secret diaries -- Secrets and lies -- Eyewitnesses and identification box: is it young Mr. Lincoln? -- Secrets in old bones box: when mummies speak -- Detective work, not on the police force: The Pinkertons and the Molly Maguires -- Cloak-and-dagger work among the corporations -- Going after the mafia -- The investigative reporter box: crime busters at the word processor -- What happens to evidence in court -- When the innocent are convicted -- So you want to be a detective?. |
| Subject |
Detectives -- Juvenile literature.
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Criminal investigation -- Juvenile literature.
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Detectives.
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Police.
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Criminal investigation.
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| ISBN |
0439293154 |
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