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Dead Reckoning: The New Science of Catching Killers

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Title: Dead Reckoning: The New Science of Catching Killers
by Michael Baden, Marion Roach
ISBN: 0-684-85271-3
Publisher: Fireside
Pub. Date: 04 September, 2002
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $13.00
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Average Customer Rating: 4 (41 reviews)

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Rating: 5
Summary: Stunning information, entertainingly delivered!
Comment: This is what you get when you mix a brilliant and principled scientist with a passionately curious and witty writer. Dr. Baden and Ms. Roach educate and entertain the reader, yet never let you forget that these are the stories of real people, victims and their families who deserve justice. How science can serve up justice in many new and old cases and why it has failed, or been prevented from doing so in others, makes for some very good story-telling. I was fascinated to learn about "Blood School" in Corning, New York and the eccentric, fun-loving forensic entomologist who teaches the relationship between corpses and bugs on his farm in Indiana. There is new information on the Nicole Brown/Ronald Goldman and the Jon Benet Ramsey murder cases, as well as details about Princess Diana's death, but the writing is never exploitive or sensational, just an honest review of mistakes made and lessons learned. Anyone whose work brings them this close to deep and devastating tragedy on a daily basis could be forgiven if they exhibited a "scientific detachment" or even a degree of dark humor about the work. I was however impressed throughout with what I would describe as Dr. Baden's "scientific attachment" and non-waivering respect in handling and describing the remains of victims. There is welcome dark comic relief mixed into Ms. Roach's descriptions of the aformentioned Blood School, Bug School and the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in Reno, Nevada which will let you in on a secret passion of Wayne Newton's that I promise will surprise and amuse. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, was educated by it and comforted by the dedication to justice of the authors and their colleagues in this fascinating profession.

Rating: 5
Summary: The Modern Sherlock Holmes
Comment: I have had the privilege of seeing Dr. Baden give evidence in a murder trial. He has a manner of communicating with a jury that brings forensic science to life in a way that is understandable to the layman. I was pleased to see that his book reflects his personal style in that it is informative with a wonderful and sensitive personal touch that allows the reader to see the charachter of the man himself . Baden clearly has a love for his work and a keen sense of Justice in his recognition of the value of forensic science to criminal investigations.
Despite the fact that Dr. Baden details in a number of areas the specific nature of forensic examination the book is written in a manner that holds the reader as the science is wound in with the particular facts of numerous cases, combined with his own personal reflections of his work, attorneys , police, victims and accused.
Dead Reckoning is a must read for anyone who has an interest in forensic science and no professional involved in any facet of criminal justice should be without a copy.
Michael Baden is without question the modern day Sherlock Holmes.

Rating: 4
Summary: Gruesome but informative
Comment: Like sex and psychology, we all know something about death. As a forensic pathologist, Baden is an expert. He shares his expertise and fascination with cause and mode of death in this enthralling book. As a frequent expert-witness in his field, Baden has mastered the art of expressing his science in easy-to-understand terms, without patronising the reader. His passion for his subject spills onto the page like so many bodily fluids seeping inextricably into the text.

Our authors revel in the gruesome and grotesque subspecialties of forensic pathology. The reader is invited to the Blood School where practising crime investigators go to learn about the ballistics of blood splatter. The course includes esoteric experiments where participants find themselves blowing mouthfuls of blood at each other to demonstrate what evidence may result. The squeamish among you may have your stomachs turned by a weekend trip to a leading forensic entomologist's ranch, where pigs are slaughtered and then, later, are re-examined for evidence of insect activity: this science helps to estimate the time since death of a corpse. As a source of many clues, heads warrant a chapter of their very own: the skull may be subject to facial reconstruction; dental histories can lead to identification of the deceased; DNA and evidence of drug use or poisoning can be extracted from hairs from the scalp.

All of these stories are told with zeal, but also with an underlying gravity. Our authors take the scientific processes of collecting and preserving evidence seriously - experience tells them that any evidence may turn out to be essential in the examination an unnatural death. Vitally, it is truth that the investigator seeks here - regardless whether he has been employed by the prosecution or defence for a case.

Baden and Roach take a potentially interesting subject and make it fascinating - and highly readable. The breadth of fields studied in the search of truth, and subsequently justice, is broad and continues to evolve. I wonder what form evidence will be found in next? Baden and Roach are surely qualified to tell us.

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