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Title: Hidden Evidence: Forty true crimes and how forensic science helped solve them by David Owen, Thomas T. Noguchi (Foreword), Kathy Reichs ISBN: 1-55209-483-9 Publisher: Firefly Books Pub. Date: 02 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.94 (16 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Picture-laden, text-light good general overview of forensics
Comment: This is a picture book for adults about forensics. The photos and illustrations are amazing, varied, and, often, gruesome and graphic. The text seems like an afterthought; nothing more than the basic information is given, and each case study covers the facts and very little else. This book is not for someone like myself who studies forensics, but rather for someone who is hooked on CSI, doesn't know anything about the topic, and wants to read more about it. This book is a much better general forensics overview and has more detailed information [and more information generally] the The Forensic Science of C.S.I.
Hidden Evidence also explains the major types of forensic science [ballistics, DNA, trace evidence, etc] and uses case studies to document each field. Overall, this book is a good starting point for anyone interested in forensic science.
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting, slight book on forensic science.
Comment: I'm always a little leary of saying a book like this is fun. I don't want people to think that forensics is anything but a serious science, and one that is unfortunately used way too often in this world. I've always wondered why I am fascinated by this particular field, and it worries me less it says something bad about me. However, I can say that of all the professions especially in the sciences, forensics is the one that comes nearest to being able to solve puzzles and mysteries and still manage to get paid for it! When I see a book like Owen's I find it is hard to put the book down. Like other reviewers, I wish the author had put more information in the book about the techniques and the crimes. I did not recognize some of the crimes, so when the author refers back to them it is difficult to understand where the technique was used. The photography and graphics were phenomenol. For someone like me, who is deaf, graphic presentation is as important as the written presentation of the science. I feel like the author got all these pictures (and that was a lot of work doing this research, because I have not seen many of the pictures before)and did a rush job on the writing part. The book is still very good, and I think this is a valid book to refer to for people who are deciding whether or not to go into the particular field as a career. It is basic, but it provides enough information and 'gore' to see if a person can stand dealing with the awful situations in which forensic scientists are called upon to view. I know in medical school I was a little leary of if I was going to be sick when we had to go down to the morgue, for fear I'd get sick or not be able to do my work. I found out that it didn't bother me (except for children)and it did bother my interpreters (went through 3 in less then a month!) It is imperative for people who are even considering this field to look at a book like this to see how squeamish they are in dealing with this stuff. I know too many people who tried to become doctors or nurses who had to quit because they could not deal with death and illness on a daily basis. How much more important is it for someone who will be exposed to violent death to decide whether this field is actually for them? This book would be a good career guide for this field. They no longer just use a coroner, but specialists in anthropology, entomology, firearms, photography, psychology, etc. and the need for these trained people is going to increase because of population increases. For the most part this was a good book, but be aware that the author does not give as much information about a lot of the crimes as many people want. This book is mainly about the science behind the police and prosecutors, and not about the crimes themselves. If the reader is interested in the crimes themselves, they will have to go elsewhere to find the information. Karen Sadler, Science Education, University of Pittsburgh
Rating: 3
Summary: Hidden Evidence..or is it??
Comment: Hidden Evidence , by David Owen is a intriguing book about 40 different crimes and how forensic science was involved in solving each one. This non-fiction book covers forensic science cases from 1775-1988. This book has everything from carpet fibers to fingerprints to DNA testing and how each one put someone away in jail.
Hidden Evidence is placed everywhere around the world. Forensic Science is going on at anytime and everywhere. "Whenever you have excluded the impossible , whatever remains , however impossible , must be the truth"(Owen 8). Sir Arthur Conan Doyle said that quote referring to all of forensic science. "Large fragments of glass can sometime be fitted into the lamp or window pane from which they were broken for a positive match , or the glass can actually preserve a record of the order in which events really happened"(Owen 180). David Owen knows what he is talking about and he should know with his 50-year forensic background.
One thing that stuck out in my mind was all the pictures in this book showing the evidence of some of the cases and or examples of certain instruments that are used in forensics. I feel that this book was well written. I think anyone interested in science should read this book especially if you are interested in forensics.
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Title: The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science Solved 100 of the World's Most Baffling Crimes by Colin Evans ISBN: 047128369X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 16 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Forensic Casebook : The Science of Crime Scene Investigation by Ngaire E. Genge ISBN: 0345452038 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Forensic Science of C.S.I by Katherine M. Ramsland ISBN: 0425183599 Publisher: Boulevard (Trd Pap) Pub. Date: 04 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Dead Reckoning: The New Science of Catching Killers by Michael Baden, Marion Roach ISBN: 0684852713 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 04 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: What The Corpse Revealed by Hugh Miller ISBN: 0312975732 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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