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Forensic science : from fibers to fingerprints / Lisa Yount.

By: Yount, LisaMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Milestones in discovery and inventionPublication details: New York : Chelsea House, c2007Description: xvii, 206 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 0816057516 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Forensic sciences -- History -- Juvenile literature | Forensic scientists -- Juvenile literature | Criminal investigation -- History -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 363.25 LOC classification: HV8073.8 | .Y68 2007
Contents:
Introduction Deadly powder : Mathieu Orfila, James Marsh, and detection of poisons Arches, loops, and whorls : Francis Galton, Edward Henry, and fingerprinting The language of blood : Karl Landsteiner and blood types Every contact leaves a trace : Alexandre Lacassagne, Edmond Locard, and forensic science laboratories The name on the bullet : Calvin Goddard and firearms identification Liar, liar : Leonarde Keeler and the polygraph Voiceprints : Lawrence Kersta and voice identification Bone biographies : Clyde Snow and forensic anthropology The body farm : William Bass and determining time of death The ultimate identifier : Alec Jeffreys and DNA profiling.
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Includes glossary of terms.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction Deadly powder : Mathieu Orfila, James Marsh, and detection of poisons Arches, loops, and whorls : Francis Galton, Edward Henry, and fingerprinting The language of blood : Karl Landsteiner and blood types Every contact leaves a trace : Alexandre Lacassagne, Edmond Locard, and forensic science laboratories The name on the bullet : Calvin Goddard and firearms identification Liar, liar : Leonarde Keeler and the polygraph Voiceprints : Lawrence Kersta and voice identification Bone biographies : Clyde Snow and forensic anthropology The body farm : William Bass and determining time of death The ultimate identifier : Alec Jeffreys and DNA profiling.

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