crime scene searches

Describes crime scene investigators, including what they do and how they help catch criminals. Presented in both English and Spanish.

Discusses the science, tools, field experiences, and more of crime scene techs.

Introduces the reader to the basics of forensic science and criminal investigation, and discusses the details of mark and trace analysis. Using the clues left by tools, chemicals, body contact, and traces of human activity, forensic scientists can help criminal investigators solve crimes.

Describes how forensic anthropologists are able to examine the bodies of crime and disaster victims in order to identify victims and even solve mysteries by piecing together a victim's last moments. Discusses osteology, the study of bones, and taphonomy, the study of decomposition and the effects of death on the body.

Discusses how forensic scientists and crime scene investigators can piece together a criminal's or victim's identity and actions through clues like fingerprints, ear prints, bite marks, and other evidence. Describes several major cases of the 20th century in which botched forensics played a role.

Text and photographs introduce young readers to crime scene investigations from the arrival of the first responders at the scene to the court room.

Contains a behind the scenes look at crime scene investigations, examining the medical technology and cutting-edge science that helps to uncover the most baffling and brutal crimes.

Crime scene investigators Gil Grissom, Nick Stokes, and Riley Adams work on a case involving a serial killer who uses insects as his weapon, while investigators Catherine Willows and Greg Sanders look into a suspicious death with links to crystal meth dealers and avant-garde artists.

Christmas in Miami - the city is rapped in its own unique festive cheer, and countless children breathlessly await the arrival of Santa Claus. Except this year there are hundreds of Santas. Miami has been invaded by the Red Menace. Anannual gathering of hundreds of red-suited, jolly old fat men and women swarm over the city,comical and annoying, until one of them turns up dead.

Describes the National Forensic Academy where students are trained in burial recovery with actual human remains and how they use trace evidence to solve crimes.