Forensic Science : a Very Short Introduction.
Forensic science is a subject of wide fascination. What happens at a crime scene? How does DNA profiling work? How can it help solve crimes that happened 20 years ago? In forensic science, a criminal case can often hinge on a piece of evidence such as a hair, a blood trace, half a footprint, or a ty...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2010.
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Colección: | Very short introductions.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; List of illustrations; List of tables; 1 What is forensic science?; 2 Investigating crime; 3 Crime scene management and forensic investigation; 4 Laboratory examination: search, recovery, and analysis; 5 DNA: identity, relationships, and databases; 6 Prints and marks: more ways to identify people and things; 7 Trace evidence; 8 Drugs: identifying illicit substances; 9 Science and justice; Afterword; Further reading; Index.