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Second Edition

Documentaries centering around detective work and the science of criminal  investigation are popular these days but how in-depth can they get in 30 to 60  minutes?

CRIME LAB: A Guide for Nonscientists
takes you behind the scenes, describing each step of  the analysis of evidence gathered at crime scenes, explaining in  easy-to-understand concepts exactly what’s happening along the way. Complex  instruments such as the GC/MS and techniques such as DNA amplification are thoughtfully described with colorful illustrations and photographs. The second edition contains SEVENTY new illustrations covering a broad range of crime lab procedures and equipment.

Completely updated sections on DNA typing!

DNA?— Drugs?— Firearms?—  O.J.?—Take an illustrated tour through the  inner workings of a crime lab following crucial evidence gathered at a brutal homicide. Each step of the forensic analysis is  explained in easily understood terms by an experienced forensic scientist.

John  Houde, B.S., D.A.B.C. is a board certified,  twenty-plus 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 theJournal of Forensic Sciences. He is in his twelfth  year as publisher of the CACNews, the official journal of the California Association of Criminalists, representing  over 700 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.

©2006 224 pp, 8.5 x 11 in., Smyth-sewn hardcover,  $39.95 US,  Index, Biblio., ISBN:  0965828642



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