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Crime Lab: A Guide for Nonscientists
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 LAB won both the Benjamin Franklin Award (Publisher's Marketing Association) and the Independent Publisher Award. It was also a New York Public Library "Books for the Teen Age" selection.
"This freshly illustrated edition is a bit less elementary in its approach and should be of great interest to agencies who use the crime lab as well as students who are exploring forensic science as a career," says author John Houde.
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 LAB won both the Benjamin Franklin Award (Publisher's Marketing Association) and the Independent Publisher Award. It was also a New York Public Library "Books for the Teen Age" selection.
"This freshly illustrated edition is a bit less elementary in its approach and should be of great interest to agencies who use the crime lab as well as students who are exploring forensic science as a career," says author John Houde.
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420 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 1, 1998
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August 12, 2017
果然不負《刑偵實驗室》之名，書中內容主要簡述刑偵專家在案件調查中通常會進行的分析與檢驗。雖然作者將此書嚴格定位在為非專業人士，尤其陪審團，了解科學調查的原理與方法，但某部分內容對文科生而言還是太複雜了。
對刑事鑑識有興趣的人，若能同時閱讀李昌鈺的《犯罪現場》，堪稱相得益彰－－《刑偵實驗室》著重講述具科學背景的刑偵專家在實驗室內的工作，而《犯罪現場》則著重警員的實務偵查技巧。
對刑事鑑識有興趣的人，若能同時閱讀李昌鈺的《犯罪現場》，堪稱相得益彰－－《刑偵實驗室》著重講述具科學背景的刑偵專家在實驗室內的工作，而《犯罪現場》則著重警員的實務偵查技巧。
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