Akron Public Library

"An in-depth look at how crime scene investigators record, collect, and analyze details and evidence to solve crimes, employing real-life examples such as the O. J. Simpson case"--

This guide introduces you to all the key players behind the investigations. You'll follow the medical examiner and the forensic team in action, find out how they collect and evaluate evidence, and get a glimpse into the criminal mind.

Describes what forensic science is and how it can be used to help solve crimes

Former police detective Mark Fuhrman describes his part in the investigation of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, his testimony in the trial, his nolo contendere plea to charges of perjury, and the effect the Simpson trial had on Fuhrman's family.

Describes crime scene investigators, including what they do and how they help catch criminals.

Introduces young readers to forensic science through creative, step-by-step projects that promote the basic skills and techniques applied by forensic scientists to collect and analyze evidence from crime scenes.

Amanda Jaffe, the Oregon defense attorney, is defending a homeless man accused of murder, while her father, Frank, is representing a mobster on a similar charge. Although both men profess their innocence, the forensic evidence says otherwise. But when Amanda starts examining the evidence in these two unconnected cases, she finds a frightening common denominator.

"Can little crimes inspire big ones? When Adam and Eve Castle bring their miniature dioramas to Denver to train cops in crime-scene investigation, a string of baffling murders follows. Called in to solve the crimes depicted in the dioramas, paintings conservator Lily Sparks discerns connections between them and the real murders which draw her into the orbit of a killer intent on going from master of a tiny universe to playing God. Each diorama parallels...