For Immediate Release
CRIME LAB: A Guide for Nonscientists
Second Edition Now Available
Calico Press, LLC has announced the publication of a second edition of their title, CRIME LAB: A Guide for Nonscientists, by John Houde. John Houde B.S., D.A.B.C., is a board certified, twenty-year veteran criminalist and the author of over twenty articles on the subject of
forensic science. His articles have appeared in such publications as The California Narcotic Officer and the Journal of Forensic Sciences. He is in his
twelfth year as publisher of the CACNews, the official newsletter of the California Association of Criminalists, representing over 650 criminalists worldwide. John has spent much of his career educating juries, investigators and
attorneys in various topics of forensic science. His specialty areas include the analysis of narcotics, trace and fire debris evidence. John lives in Washington with his wife, Donna.
This new book will replace the popular first edition, published in 1999. It offers readers an expanded tour through a modern crime laboratory, and includes 70 new illustrations and photographs explaining such concepts as DNA typing, firearms databases and the microscopic analysis of trace evidence.
The second edition boosts the level of scientific discussion to that of perhaps a high school or first-year college student with a year of biology or chemistry. In addition, it has been re-edited for clarity and updated to reflect current methods of analysis.
The new edition also includes three appendices containing materials suitable for an introductory course in forensic science. Discussion questions, practical examples and even a short laboratory exercise are included.
In 2000, the first edition of CRIME LAB won both the Benjamin Franklin Award (Publisher's Marketing Association) and the Independent Publisher Award. It was also a New York Public Library "Books for the Teen Age" selection.
"This freshly illustrated edition is a bit less elementary in its approach and should be of great interest to agencies who use the crime lab as well as students who are exploring forensic science as a career," says author John Houde.
Contact Calico Press for information on price, availability and quantity discounts at orders@calicopress.com.
CRIME LAB: A Guide for Nonscientists, 2nd. Ed. $39.95, Hardcover, 224pp, Color, Index, Biblio., ISBN 978-0-9658286-4-2.
Published by Calico Press, LLC, P.O. Box 4648, Rollingbay, WA 98061.
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