Book Description
Kids fascinated by crime and police work will appreciate this inside look at detection and forensic science. The 25 experiments can be performed at home and offer fascinating explanations of police lab techniques.
Author : Robert Gardner
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 29,27 MB
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486311260
Kids fascinated by crime and police work will appreciate this inside look at detection and forensic science. The 25 experiments can be performed at home and offer fascinating explanations of police lab techniques.
Author : Robert Gardner
Publisher : Walker & Company
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 42,7 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Criminal investigation
ISBN : 9780802781581
Introduces techniques of criminal investigation, including fingerprint and voice pattern examination, handwriting analysis, and ballistics, and discusses the development of forensic science.
Author : Robert Gardner
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 29,42 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780606062947
Introduces techniques of criminal investigation, including fingerprint and voice pattern examination, handwriting analysis, and ballistics, and discusses the development of forensic science.
Author : Robert Gardner
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 29,87 MB
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0766069567
Ever wonder how forensics experts and law enforcement solve crimes? Learn how to build a crime lab of your very own with tools and supplies you can easily obtain. Then, following the step-by-step instructions, play the part of a forensic scientist by doing your own experiments, analyzing evidence and drawing conclusions.
Author : Robert Bruce Thompson
Publisher : Maker Media, Inc.
Page : 707 pages
File Size : 46,67 MB
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 1449334474
Have you ever wondered whether the forensic science you’ve seen on TV is anything like the real thing? There’s no better way to find out than to roll up your sleeves and do it yourself. This full-color book offers advice for setting up an inexpensive home lab, and includes more than 50 hands-on lab sessions that deal with forensic science experiments in biology, chemistry, and physics. You’ll learn the practical skills and fundamental knowledge needed to pursue forensics as a lifelong hobby—or even a career. The forensic science procedures in this book are not merely educational, they’re the real deal. Each chapter includes one or more lab sessions devoted to a particular topic. You’ll find a complete list of equipment and chemicals you need for each session. Analyze soil, hair, and fibers Match glass and plastic specimens Develop latent fingerprints and reveal blood traces Conduct drug and toxicology tests Analyze gunshot and explosives residues Detect forgeries and fakes Analyze impressions, such as tool marks and footprints Match pollen and diatom samples Extract, isolate, and visualize DNA samples Through their company, The Home Scientist, LLC (thehomescientist.com/forensics), the authors also offer inexpensive custom kits that provide specialized equipment and supplies you’ll need to complete the experiments. Add a microscope and some common household items and you’re good to go.
Author : Tamra B. Orr
Publisher : Cherry Lake
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,19 MB
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1633627403
Readers will learn what it takes to succeed as a forensic science investigator. The book also explains the necessary educational steps, useful character traits, potential hazards, and daily job tasks related to this career. Sidebars include thought-provoking trivia. Questions in the backmatter ask for text-dependent analysis. Photos, a glossary, and additional resources are included.
Author : Lorraine Jean Hopping
Publisher : Scholastic Incorporated
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 24,67 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780439598125
Author : John Houde
Publisher : Calico Press (Ventura, CA)
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,32 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Law
ISBN :
A guide to forensic analysis describes the processes, instruments, and techniques used by criminalists as they probe for clues among fibers, footprints, and DNA.
Author : Carla Mooney
Publisher : Nomad Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 48,32 MB
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1619301873
Forensics: Uncover the Science and Technology of Crime Scene Investigation introduces students to the fascinating world of forensic science and shows them how to find clues, analyze evidence, and crack the case. Combining hands-on activities with forensic science, kids will have fun learning about the world of forensics, evidence collection, and crime lab analysis. Entertaining illustrations and fascinating sidebars illuminate the topic and bring it to life, reinforcing new vocabulary. Projects include documenting a crime scene, identifying fingerprints, analyzing blood spatter, and extracting DNA. Additional materials include a glossary and a list of current reference works, websites, museums, and science centers.
Author : Jim Wiese
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 47,97 MB
Release : 1996-02-20
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0471119806
Children/Science Become a super science sleuth with . . . Detective Science 40 Crime-Solving, Case-Breaking, Crook-Catching Activitiesfor Kids Search for evidence, gather clues, and discover how science canhelp solve a mystery. From dusting for fingerprints to analyzinghandwriting, these easy, fun-filled activities give you a firsthandlook at how detectives and forensic scientists use science to solvereal-life crimes. Make a plaster cast of a shoe. Identify lip prints left on aglass. Examine hair and clothing fibers. Practice chemistry toidentify mystery substances, and much more. In no time at all, you'll be thinking like a detective andperforming experiments like a real forensic scientist!