CRIME LAB. A GUIDE FOR NONSCIENTISTS (2ND ED.) - Tecno-Libro

Follow the evidence! Author and forensic scientist, John Houde, takes you on the cook's tour of a modern crime laboratory, explaining each test and procedure along the way. DNA, blood spatter, firearms, drug analysis, microscopy and more are explained in easy to understand terms and illustrated with real-life examples. This edition .replaces the popular first edition, published in 1999, and includes 70 new illustrations and photographs. The second edition boosts the level of scientific discussion to that of .a high school or first-year college student with a year of biology or chemistry. in addition, it has been re-edited for clarity and updated to reflect current methods of analysis. The .2nd edition also includes three appendices containing materials suitable for an introductory course in forensic science. Discussion questions, practical examples and even a short laboratory exercise are included. in 2000, the first edition of CRiME LA