evidence, criminal

Contains over three hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about crime scene investigations, covering applications, techniques, real-life cases, and historical and biographical topics.

Introduces young readers to forensic science through creative, step-by-step projects that focus on the examination of biological evidence, and encourages the reader to investigate dirt samples, hair, and other organic materials in order to solve crimes.

Describes how blood analysis is used to solve crimes, including the tests performed by lab technicians on samples to determine blood type and other characteristics, and finding, saving and interpreting blood evidence.

Presents an introduction to forensic science, explaining how human fingerprints, bite marks, ear prints, and other forms of developing technologies help solve criminal investigations and other mysteries.

"Describes the types of items found at a crime scene that can be pieces of evidence in a criminal investigation, such as hair and saliva that carry DNA, fingerprints, clothing fibers, and foot prints. Includes real case files and case studies"--Provided by publisher.

Examines how DNA, blood, bones, teeth, and fingerprints help in a criminal investigation; and looks at how science aided in solving real-life crimes.

Explores ways technology is used by forensic scientists during criminal investigations, discussing crime scene preservation, collecting, analyzing, presenting, and documenting evidence, and other topics, and including a related case study.

Examines how fingerprints, bite marks, shoe prints, and tire tracks help in a criminal investigation; and looks at how science aided in solving real-life crimes.

Explores ways soil, insects, animals, plants, weather, temperature, and water are used by forensic scientists during criminal investigations, and including a related case study.

Explores the controversies surrounding capital punishment in the United States, focusing on more than a dozen of the most controversial Oklahoma death penalty cases, including two in which innocent men nearly lost their lives.