Physical evidence

Author: Brian Innes
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Publication Date: 2001-10-01
Features: Body Evidence is rich in content, well-researched, authoritative, and highly readable, making it an ideal home collection for enthusiasts of forensic science. The book is accompanied by 200 black-and-white illustrations, some of which have never been previously disclosed. As early as the 13th century, the Chinese believed that even the slightest detail at a crime scene (a hair's breadth) could ultimately become evidence in cracking the case. Since then, forensic investigators have learned how to uncover crucial evidence from scattered fragments: fingerprints, skin, debris, fragments of teeth and bones, bloodstains, paint spots, chemical traces, glass shards, and bullets with unique grooves. This grim science has helped bring some of history's notorious, cruel, and dangerous criminals to justice.
Body Evidence is illustrated with a variety of cases covering all aspects of astonishing court evidence, including the techniques of various criminals: political assassins and con artists, crafty thugs and kidnappers, ruthless rapists and cunning poisoners, murderers of husbands, wives, or lovers, terrorists or anarchists who oppose large corporations or government agencies, and even cannibals. Additionally, Body Evidence evaluates the significant contributors to fields such as toxicology, serology, fingerprinting, facial reproduction, forensic ballistics, criminal profiling, and DNA fingerprinting, arranged chronologically.