Blood, bullets, and bones : the story of forensic science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA

Summary: "A history of modern forensic science from the first test for arsenic poisoning in the 1700s to criminal profiling, fingerprinting, blood splatter analysis, DNA evidence, and all the milestones in between"--

Record details

ISBN: 0062387626
ISBN: 9780062387622
Physical Description: 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-250) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

From darkness to light -- A whiff of garlic : the first poison tests -- Bodies of evidence : autopsies and the rise of medical examiners -- Elementary, my dear Watson : the first detectives -- Not without a trace : the introduction of crime scene evidence -- Fingerprints are forever : early fingerprint evidence -- Bang! Bang! You're dead : the birth of firearm analysis -- Blood is thicker : the first blood pattern cases -- Grave matters : hidden bodies -- Dem bones : forensic anthropology beginnings -- To catch a killer : criminal profilers -- One in a trillion : the dawn of DNA evidence.