How to solve a crime : real cases from the cutting edge of forensics / Angela Gallop ; with Jane Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallop, Angela, author.

Smith, Jane, 1954- author.

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic sciences--Popular works.

Forensic sciences.

Genre:

Popular works.

Physical Description:

x, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2022.

Summary:

Forensic science is one of the most powerful tools in any criminal investigation. The impartial and objective evidence it provides can help to exonerate the innocent and incarcerate the guilty. It enables courts to have confidence in their decisions and to ensure that justice is done. Professor Angela Gallop has been at the forefront of forensics for more than 45 years. During her remarkable career, she has established and run forensic science laboratories and has worked on thousands of cases in the UK and across the world. Whether it's looking at blood patterns and footwear marks at crime scenes to work out what happened, extracting data from suspects' mobile phones to discover where they were at critical times, or analyzing fragments of textile fibers, glass or paint to determine where they might have come from, Gallop shows every contact really does leave a trace, and every trace can help to solve a crime. With unparalleled access and insight across a wide range of specialties, How to Solve a Crime is a fascinating, definitive and authoritative account of real-life forensic science. -- Adapted from front book jacket flap.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. What insects can tell us about crime

2. No body, no crime?

3. Blood: patterns and trails

4. Human prints and marks

5. Other marks and trails

6. DNA profiling

7. Hair

8. Cold cases

9. The importance of independent checks

10. Crimes against children

11. Water

12. Glass and paint

13. Knives and firearms

14. CCTV and other digital evidence

15. Forgery and fraud

16. Presenting evidence in court

17. Knots, ropes and cordage

18. Never assume

19. Fetishes

20. Poisoning and toxicology

21. Quality control and contamination

22. Returning to the scene of a crime

23. Serial offenders

24. Textile fibres

25. Plant material

26. Unsolved cases

27. Worrying verdicts.

Notes:

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781529331349

152933134X

OCLC:

1267751266

Publisher Number:

99991096394