Crime Scene Chemistry for the Armchair Sleuth

by Cathy Cobb, Jack G. Goldsmith, Monty L. Fetterolf

Book Overview

With hands-on demonstrations, this book presents the science - and the realities - of forensic chemistry in a narrative style that makes this timely topic accessible to the nonchemist. The authors lead you through actual and simulated forensic techniques, such aspresumptive and confirmative drug testing, body fluid identification including luminol testing, DNA analysis, trace fiber and gun shot residue analysis, latent fingerprint development, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591025052
• ISBN13: 9781591025054
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 394 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

It's a 'must' for any serious college-level library strong in either chemistry or criminal science.

Law enforcement processes depend heavily upon chemistry to analyze crime findings and build cases: that's why CRIME SCENE CHEMISTRY is so important an acquisition for any college-level collection strong in either science or criminology. Chapters follow a chemist and a reserve police officer to examine just how evidence is collected and what happens in the field of forensic chemistry, surveying the testing and analytical processes involved in gathering evidence. It's a 'must' for any serious college-level library strong in either chemistry or criminal science.

More Factual Than CSI

An introduction to the basic science behind forensic chemistry, this book gives a realistic appraisal of the time and levels of certainty behind the ta-da of television and movies. It includes experiments using common household products for those of us who wished we had gotten a chemistry set for Christmas. Highly recommended for mystery writers.