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Author Innes, Brian, 1928-2014.

Title Bodies of evidence / Brian Innes.

Publication Info. Pleasantville, NY : Reader's Digest , [2000]
©2000

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 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  363.25 INN    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  363.25 INN    Check Shelf
Description 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Note Includes index.
Summary Even as far back as the 13th century the Chinese appreciated that at a crime scene, "the difference of a hair" could change whether or not a crime was solved. Since then, criminal investigators have learned how to interpret vital testimony that is written in the language of fingerprints and flakes of skin, fragments of teeth and bone, splashes of blood, flecks of paint and traces of chemicals, a splinter of glass, or a uniquely striated bullet. Book of Evidence is authoritative and informative, and is of help to anyone who has an interest in the science of criminal investigation.
Contents Gathering the evidence -- Suicide or murder? -- Mark of death -- With poison deadly -- Skull and bones -- Breath of life -- Worm in the flesh -- Finger of suspicion -- Written in blood -- DNA fingerprinting -- Hanging by a hair -- Speeding bullet -- Fire and destruction -- Fragments of evidence -- Speaking likeness -- Guilty party -- Forensic hardware.
Subject Crime laboratories -- Case studies.
Criminal investigation -- Case studies.
Chemistry, Forensic -- Case studies.
Criminals -- Identification -- Case studies.
Crime laboratories -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Criminal investigation -- Great Britain -- Case studies.
Added Author Innes, Brian, 1928-2014.
ISBN 0762102950
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