Pub Date: February 11, 2006
Dewey: 363.259523
LCCN: 2005003112
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: 12 to 15
Physical Info: 0.49" H x 9.28" L x 7.20" W ( 0.90 lbs) 112 pages
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Series: Crime Scene Investigations
Description: From the crime scene to the courts, forensic experts play increasingly important roles in solving murders in the twenty-first century. The book details the techniques they use in crime labs throughout the country to unravel real-life murder mysteries and help bring the guilty to justice.
Review Quotes: Review: Murder "A reference to the CSI TV programs springboards into finely detailed and illustrated chapters about various techniques required to solve a crime. This volume in the Crime Scene Investigation series focuses on finding evidence in the crime scene; interpreting that evidence under a microscope; using DNA, blood, bones, and impressions in laboratories; and then sharing that evidence effectively in the courtroom. Cursory references to famous cases, such as O.J. Simpson's and JonBenet Ramsey's, appear. The strength of this book, though, is its systematic, methodical approach, re-creating in words the pattern of how CSI workers solve murders. Generously sized, tinted sidebars and photos make these books as colorful as they are interesting to read and useful for research."--Booklist, April 2006