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Bodies we've buried : inside the National Forensic Academy, the world's top CSI training school  Cover Image Book Book

Bodies we've buried : inside the National Forensic Academy, the world's top CSI training school / Jarrett Hallcox and Amy Welch ; foreword by Bill Bass.

Hallcox, Jarrett. (Author). Welch, Amy. (Added Author).

Summary:

An introduction to forensic science and its role in law enforcement goes behind the doors of the National Forensic Academy to reveal the school's intensive, ten-week training course in crime scene investigation.

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  • ISBN: 0425207528
  • ISBN: 9780425207529
  • Physical Description: xiv, 286 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Berkley Books, c2006.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-261) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction : what's in a name? -- Keep a knockin', but you can't come in : crime scene management -- Every picture tells a story : photography -- Goodwill hunting : latent print development -- Down on the farm : the body farm and time since death research -- Diggin' up bones : burial recovery -- It's a rigorous job, but somebody's got to do it : post mortem printing -- Vinyl resting place : autopsy -- Heart strings : death investigation -- Spatter up! : bloodstain pattern analysis -- Burnin' down the house : arson -- Fire in the hole! : bombs -- Hair today, court tomorrow : trace evidence.
Subject: National Forensic Academy.
National Forensic Academy.
Crime scene searches > United States.
Criminal investigation > United States.
Evidence, Criminal > United States.
United States.


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