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Contents The CSI Effect 7 What is Forensic Science? 9 Charts, Graphs & Tables 20 Blood & Guts 24 Blood Spatter 25 Is It Blood? 28 Ologies 30 DNA Extraction 32 Bones 36 Forensic Careers: Forensic Anthropology 38 The Body Farm 39 Eye Witness 40 A Timely Observation 41 Did You See What I Saw? 43 Lie Detection 44 Polygraphs 47 Fingers & Feet 48 Lifting Prints 49 Family Fingerprints 52 Fingerprints & Forensics 54 Fingerprint History 55 Footprints 56 Sherlock Holmes 59 Casting Prints 60 The Written Record 64 Chromotography 65 Handwriting Analysis 68 Sherlock Homes 71 Document Recovery 72 Forensic Careers: Questioned Document Examiner 75 Left Behind 76 Identifying Chemicals 77 Fractography 80 Soil Analysis 82 Sherlock Holmes 85 Tire Tracks 86 Sherlock Holmes 89 Glass 90 Insects in the Soil 94 Forensic Careers: Forensic Entomologist 97 Insects in the Air 98 Flame Test 102 Fibers & Fabric 106 Glossary 110 Acknowledgments 112 Index 112
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Criminal investigation.
Forensic sciences.
Science projects.