{"product_id":"the-forensic-casebook","title":"The Forensic Casebook","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE ULTIMATE READERS' GUIDE TO THE ART OF FORENSICS! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn intrepid investigator crawls through miles of air conditioning ducts to capture the implicating fibers of a suspect's wool jacket . . . A forensic entomologist discovers insects in the grill of a car and nails down a drug dealer's precise geographical path . . . A gluttonous criminal's fingerprints are lifted from a chocolate truffle. . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with these and many other intriguing true stories, and packed with black and white illustrations and photographs, \u003ci\u003eThe Forensic Casebook\u003c\/i\u003e draws on interviews with police personnel and forensic scientists--including animal examiners, botanists, zoologists, firearms specialists, and autoposists--to uncover the vast and detailed underworkings of criminal investigation. Encyclopedic in scope, this riveting, authoritative book leaves no aspect of forensic science untouched, covering such fascinating topics as: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e- Securing a crime scene\u003cbr\u003e- Identifying blood splatter patterns\u003cbr\u003e- Collecting fingerprints--\u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e feet, lip, and ear prints\u003cbr\u003e- Interpreting the stages of a body's decay\u003cbr\u003e- Examining hair and fiber evidence\u003cbr\u003e- Trace evidence from firearms and explosives\u003cbr\u003e- \"Lifting\" DNA prints\u003cbr\u003e- Computer crime and forensic photography\u003cbr\u003e- Career paths in criminal science \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucidly written and spiked with real crime stories, \u003ci\u003eThe Forensic Casebook\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the nitty gritty that other books only touch upon. Here is a reference book as addictive as a page-turning novel of suspense.","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48835880517837,"sku":"9780345452030","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_3f8cc964-550a-42af-9dc4-bd8cd25c364a.jpg?v=1790988597","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-forensic-casebook","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}