Fingerprints, Bite Marks, Ear Prints

Fingerprints, Bite Marks, Ear Prints

by Angela Libal
Fingerprints, Bite Marks, Ear Prints

Fingerprints, Bite Marks, Ear Prints

by Angela Libal

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Overview

Welcome to the exciting world of forensic science, where every contact leaves a trace! This book shows how real-life detectives solve crimes with human signposts: fingerprints, the most well-known human indentifying mark; as well as newer technologies, like bite mark matching; and controversial new evidence, such as ear prints. Prepare yourself for a wild ride through some of the most shocking and mysterious crimes of history, the twentieth century, and today...you may never look at your fingertips the same way again!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781422289549
Publisher: Mason Crest
Publication date: 09/02/2014
Series: Solving Crimes With Science Series: Forensics
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 112
Lexile: 1190L (what's this?)
File size: 8 MB
Age Range: 12 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

1 Using Science in Criminal Investigation 9

2 By These Signs Ye Shall Know Him: Fingerprints 27

3 Let Your Fingers Do the Talking 33

4 Bite Marks 55

5 Ear Prints: Forensic Markers? 69

6 Additional Personal and Forensic Markers 79

7 "Beyond a Reasonable Doubt": Famous Twentieth-Century Cases of Evidence Gone Awry 91

Glossary 105

Further Reading 107

For More Information 108

Index 109

Picture Credits 111

Biographies 112

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