Filter By Series
Facts on File science libraryFilter By Genres
bibliography biography Literary criticism. Self-help publications. True crime stories.Filter By Series
Facts on File science libraryFilter By Genres
bibliography biography Literary criticism. Self-help publications. True crime stories.Humes, Edward
Summary: "More than a gripping detective story, Burned is a shocking tale that upends the almost universal confidence we have in flawed forensics -- the "CSI" so long celebrated in fiction and film-- that has put thousands in prison as our justice system chose toembrace junk science over protecting the innocent. On an April night in 1989, three small children perished in a Los Angeles apartment fire....
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 HUMHumes, Edward
Summary: "On an April night in 1989, three small children perished in a Los Angeles apartment fire. Their young mother, Jo Ann Parks, escaped unharmed. Based on forensic evidence, Parks was later convicted, sentenced to life in prison without parole. Now a young lawyer with the California Innocence Project is challenging the conviction and the so-called "science" behind it"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 364.152 HUMNorton, Laurah
Summary: "Fans of true crime shows like CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, and Law and Order know that when it comes to "getting the bad guy" behind bars, your best chance of success boils down to the strength of your evidence-and the forensic science used to obtain it. Beyond the silver screen, forensic science has been used for decades to help solve even the most tough-to-crack cases. In 2018, the accused...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Fabricant, M. Chris
Summary: "In 2012, the Innocence Project began searching for prisoners convicted by junk science, and three men, each convicted of capital murder, became M. Chris Fabricant's clients. Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System chronicles the fights to overturn their wrongful convictions and to end the use of the "science" that destroyed their lives. Weaving together courtroom battles from...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Books 2022
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Starr, Douglas P.
Summary: With high drama and stunning detail, relates the infamous crime and punishment of French serial killer Joseph Vacher, interweaving the story of how Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne, Emile Fourquet and colleagues developed forensic science as we know it.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 STABell, Suzanne.
Summary: Bell (forensic chemistry, West Virginia University) explains traditional and emerging concepts and technologies in forensic science in this 600-entry encyclopedia. In addition to entries, the encyclopedia also includes 14 essays on how forensic science relates to areas such as terrorist attacks, privacy concerns, and drug testing in sports. Some 200 b&w photos and illustrations, plus a section...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25 BELValentine, Carla
Summary: "Written by mortician and forensic expert Carla Valentine, The Science of Murder explores the real-life cases that inspired Agatha Christie and shows how the great mystery writer may have kept up to date with the latest developments in forensic science, from ballistics to blood-splatter analysis. Valentine examines the use of fingerprints, firearms, handwriting, impressions, and toxicology in...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks 2022
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823 VALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 823 VALWagner, E. J.
Summary: From autopsies to zoology, how Holmes eliminated the impossible This unique book uses the legendary adventures of Sherlock Holmes as a jumping-off point to discuss the growth of forensic science during the Victorian era. The book explores the emergence of science from superstition, how forensic autopsies evolved from anatomical dissection, the huge advances in blood chemistry and poison...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons 2006
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25 WAGMauriello, Thomas P.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: PI Press 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.6 MAUWagner, Sarah E.
Summary: Nearly 1,600 Americans who took part in the Vietnam War are still missing and presumed dead. Sarah Wagner tells the stories of those who mourn and continue to search for them. Today's forensic science can identify remains from mere traces, raising expectations for repatriation and forcing a new reckoning with the toll of America's most fraught war.--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 959.704 WAGJobb, Dean
Summary: "Framed around one salacious trial in 1891 London, a fascinating and vividly told true-crime narrative about the hunt for one of the first known serial killers, whose poisoning spree in the US, Canada, and England coincided with the birth of forensic science as well as the public's growing appetite for crime fiction such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novels"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 JOBCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.152 JOBKahneman, Daniel
Summary: Discusses why people make bad judgements and how to make better ones by reducing the influence of "noise"--variables that can cause bias in decision making--and draws on examples in many fields, including medicine, law, economic forecasting, forensic science, strategy, and personnel selection
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2021
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.8 KAHBalko, Radley
Summary: Relates the stories of two innocent men who were wrongly accused and convicted of crimes due largely to the legally condoned failures perpetrated by invalid forensic science and institutional racism. --Publisher. "A shocking and deeply reported account of the persistent plague of institutional racism and junk forensic science in our criminal justice system, and its devastating effect on...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614 BALBenedict, Jeff.
Summary: When he's not at a notorious crime scene or a mass disaster, Doug Owsley is entering tombs and crypts, unwrapping mummies, or climbing into caves to unlock the secrets of bones. In No Bone Unturned, investigative journalist Jeff Benedict not only unveils a compelling portrait of the man behind America's most notorious cases but also gives us a fascinating look inside the world of forensic...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2003
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.701 BENPellegrino, Charles R.
Summary: Drawing on the voices of atomic-bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices detonated over Japan changed life on Earth forever.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2010