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Crime and circumstance : investigating the history of forensic science
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Crime and circumstance : investigating the history of forensic science

Author: Suzanne Bell
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Suzanne Bell
ISBN: 9780313353864 0313353867
OCLC Number: 191808038
Description: xviii, 251 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Sexy science? -- The scene of the catastrophe -- Uniquely human -- Settlements and civilization; : justice and death -- The emerging rules of the game -- Science and biology : alchemy and chemistry -- One element's story -- A visit from God -- Death investigation and forensic toxicology -- Forensic chemistry : the color of evidence -- The eye of the beholder -- Gunpowder and Dupont : dyes and polymers -- Microscopy and trace evidence -- Patterns I : firearms and tool marks -- Patterns II : measuring and mis-measuring man -- Blood : forensic biology arrives -- DNA : the genetic in genetic markers -- Admissibility and the trilogy -- Profession and personalities -- Professional immaturity -- Let us return to the scene of the crime.
Responsibility: Suzanne Bell.

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