Copyright Date:
2008
Edition Date:
2008
Release Date:
06/01/08
Pages:
xvi, 402 pages
ISBN:
0-8160-6799-6
ISBN 13:
978-0-8160-6799-2
Dewey:
363.2503
LCCN:
2008005862
Dimensions:
29 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
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Television shows such as CSI make forensic science a popular subject. The new edition of this encyclopedia first published in 2004 provides a current overview of this complex field. The author is a professor of chemistry and director of forensic and investigative science at West Virginia University. The book contains more than 650 alphabetical entries, more than 80 of which are new to this edition. These include Alchemy; Boyle, Robert; Color and colorants; and DNA wars. The entries range in length from a single paragraph to two pages. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and charts supplement the text. Eight color plates in the center of the book contain photographs of shoe prints, bullets under a comparison microscope, and more. Fifteen essays on topics such as "DNA Typing and Privacy" and "Drug Testing in Sports" add depth and show how forensic science is actually used. Three appendixes offer a bibliography and list of Web resources, a list of common abbreviations and acronyms, and the periodic table of elements. This is a current, reasonably priced book that will be useful for public and academic library collections, especially where the previous edition was popular.
Bibliography Index/Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Praise for the previous edition:Society of School Librarians International Honor Book...user friendly and accessible...a book with tremendous potential usage...Highly Recommended.—Library Media Connection, starred review...an excellent source...Essential...—Choice...will provide readers with a nuts-and-bolts understanding of the real world of forensic science and is recommended for public and undergraduate libraries.—Booklist...[a] handsome, polished reference work...should be among the more frequently consulted reference works in public and university libraries.—American Reference Books AnnualGathering the core topics of forensic science into one comprehensive volume and providing an overview of each, this edition of the award-winning original features approximately 650 entries, more than 80 new to this edition. More than 12 essays are interspersed throughout this reliable A-to-Z reference, describing how forensic science relates to areas such as drug testing in sports, privacy concerns, misconceptions about forensic science, and the interface of forensic engineering and forensic science. Encyclopedia of Forensic Science, Revised Edition is richly illustrated with more than 200 black-and-white photographs and illustrations, plus a full-color insert containing photographs with depictions of firearms, tool marks, and DNA analysis. Most of the photographs were supplied by working forensic scientists in many different organizations. With updated appendixes aiding further research, this essential revised edition will remain the ultimate primer in the subject of forensic science for high school and college students alike. New and revised entries include:
Accidental characteristics
Airplane crashes
Alchemy
Anthropology, forensic
Birch Method
Bloodstain patterns
Robert Boyle
Color and colorants
Crime labs (forensic labs)
CSI and CSI effect
DNA wars
Dust analysis
Environmental forensics
Explosive power
Glove prints
Jack the Ripper
Lindbergh kidnapping
Madrid bombings
Albertus Magnus
Oaths and ordeals
Sir William Brooke O'shaughnessy
Paracelsus
Rigor mortis
Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)
Skeletal identification
Sir Bernard Spilsbury
Vinland Map
Zwikker test
and more.
Excerpted from Encyclopedia of Forensic Science by Suzanne Bell
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Gathering the core topics of forensic science into one comprehensive volume and providing an overview of each, ""Encyclopedia of Forensic Science, Revised Edition"" is a revised and expanded version of the award-winning original with approximately 650 entries, more than 80 new to this edition. More than 12 essays are interspersed throughout this reliable A-to-Z reference, describing how forensic science relates to areas such as drug testing in sports, privacy concerns, misconceptions about forensic science, and the interface of forensic engineering and forensic science. The encyclopedia is richly illustrated with more than 200 black-and-white photographs and illustrations, plus a full-color insert containing photographs with depictions of firearms, tool marks, and DNA analysis. Most of the photographs were supplied by working forensic scientists in many different organizations.With updated appendixes aiding further research, this essential revised edition will remain the ultimate primer in the subject of forensic science for high school and college students alike. New and revised entries include: Accidental characteristics; Airplane crashes; Alchemy; Anthropology, forensic; Birch Method; Bloodstain patterns; Robert Boyle; Color and colorants; Crime labs (forensic labs); CSI and CSI effect; DNA wars; Dust analysis; Environmental forensics; Explosive power; Glove prints; Jack the Ripper; Lindbergh kidnapping; Madrid bombings; Albertus Magnus; Oaths and ordeals; Sir William Brooke O'Shaughnessy; Paracelsus; Rigor mortis; Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP); Skeletal identification; Sir Bernard Spilsbury; Vinland Map; and, Zwikker test.
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