A QUESTION OF EVIDENCE

By Colin Evans

Book Overview

Scientific sleuthing and slip-ups in the investigations of fifteen famous cases Ranging from the Turin Shroud and the suspicious death of Napoleon Bonaparte to the murder cases of Dr. Sam "The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760773246
• ISBN13: 9780760773246
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Wiley
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The dingo really did eat your baby!

Intriguing review of forensic controversies, wherein one learns that forensic "science" consists in equal parts of science, art, persuasion, fraud, and bribery, with people's lives at stake. Highlights: a review of "The dingo ate your baby!" (referenced in a hilarious Sienfeld episode), in which it turns out the dingo really did, and of course a thumbnail of the OJ case. Evans points out that cases of the OJ type are rare...

Very well done

Interesting take on many of the controversies of the past. Good use of science, as opposed to heated opinion, to come up with some answers to "did they or didn't they"? I liked the author's historical approach, using cases to trace the development of forensics over time. Overall, a very good read.

Or better yet, questions of interpretation

I had intended to read only two or three of these cases, those that I was most familiar with, the O. J. Simpson case and the Jeffrey MacDonald case, for example, but found myself reading more and more into the book until I had read all fifteen of them.What Evans does so very well is concisely and clearly present the facts of the cases so that the reader feels clearly involved; and then he brings into sharp focus the controversies...