Forensic science
By: Peter Pentland and Pennie Stoyles
Contributors: Stoyles, Pennie
Series: Science and scientists
Publisher: Macmillan Library
Published: 2002
Place of publication: South Yarra, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780732967680
Subjects: Forensic sciences; Juvenile literature; Criminal investigation
Description: Explains forensic science and describes some of the scientific principles used in investigating crime scenes and suspects. Profiles Carolyn de Koenig, a forensic technician at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Melbourne. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Have you ever wondered ...?; title: Questions and clues; title: Tools of the trade; title: Would you make a good witness?; title: Making faces; title: Leaving your fingerprints; title: Why are other prints useful?; title: Is all blood the same?; title: What is DNA profiling?; title: Clues in your cleaning up; title: Teeth tell stories too; title: Paper and ink; title: Autopsies; title: Meet a forensic technician; title: Forensic science timeline.