Trails of evidence : how forensic science works

Murray, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Ann) 1958- (Author). Reay, Alisha. (Added Author). Leven, Jon. (Added Author). Allen, Jim M. (Added Author).

Summary: "Although forensic science has become an extremely popular and pervasive subject in television programs, films, and literature, many members of the general public have only a limited understanding of the science behind forensic evidence and investigations. This course introduces the multidisciplinary field of forensic science, using real casework to illustrate basic principles."--p. 1 of course guidebook.

Record details

ISBN: 159803846X
ISBN: 9781598038460
Physical Description: videodisc
6 videodiscs (approximately 1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 286 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, ©2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Course guidebook includes an outline for each lecture, a glossary, biographical notes, and a bibliography.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (Course guidebook, pages 268-285).
Formatted Contents Note:	Disc 1: Using science-crime scene to courtroom -- Crime scenes and forensic evidence -- Fingerprint science-hands-down ID -- Telltale marks-tools, guns, and ammunition -- Good impressions-shoes, tires, and skin -- Forensics of fibers, paint, and glass. Disc 2: Traces of hair and fur -- Soil, protist, plant, and animal traces -- Serology-blood and other body fluids -- The forensic analysis of DNA -- Forensic toxicology of drugs and poisons -- The forensics of substance abuse. Disc 3: Handwriting and forgery analysis -- Computer forensics and digital evidence -- Structure failure-forensic engineering -- Forensic analysis of vehicle accidents -- Fire science and explosion forensics -- Blood evidence-stains and spatters. Disc 4: The science of death -- Death investigation-algor, livor, and rigor -- Autopsy-cause and manner of death -- Decomposition-from bugs to bones -- Forensic anthropology-skeleton stories -- Forensics of teeth and bite marks. Disc 5: Police sketches and facial reproductions -- Interview, interrogation, intelligence -- Forencis profiling-who, how, and why? -- Human memory and eyewitness accounts -- Criminal minds-psychology and psychiatry -- When forensic evidence is on trial. Disc 6: Forensic scientists and expert testimony -- Comparing crimes and crime labs -- Crimes-nobody's supposed to get hurt -- Crimes-killers of one, killers of many -- Applications-mass-disaster forensics -- Applications-identification matters.
Participant or Performer Note:	Taught by Elizabeth A. Murray.
System Details Note:	DVD.
Language Note:	In English.