A voice for the dead; a forensic investigation's pursuit of the truth in the grave.HV8073 2004-053463 0-399-15225-3 A voice for the dead; a forensic investigation's pursuit of the truth in the grave. Starrs, James E. Putnam, [c]2005 284 p. $24.95 In recent years the world of forensic science The application of scientific knowledge and methodology to legal problems and criminal investigations. Sometimes called simply forensics, forensic science encompasses many different fields of science, including anthropology, biology, chemistry, engineering, genetics, has been glamorized and popularized through a number of Hollywood television shows and movies. In this text, Starrs (law and forensic sciences, George Washington U., Washington, D.C.) takes readers behind the scenes, as he explores real world exhumations of individuals in several famous cases, to demonstrate the value and importance of the forensic sciences to the truthful and accurate reconstruction of past events. The text includes chapters on Alfred Packer packer /pack·er/ (pak´er) an instrument for introducing a dressing into a cavity or a wound. pack·er n. 1. An instrument for tamponing. 2. See plugger. , a 19th-century Colorado prospector accused of cannibalism cannibalism (kăn`ĭbəlĭzəm) [Span. caníbal, referring to the Carib], eating of human flesh by other humans. ; the reputed assassin of Huey P. Long; Jesse James; supposed-Boston Strangler stran·gle v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles v.tr. 1. a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle. b. victim, Mary Sullivan; and Cold War government scientist Frank Olson Frank Olson (July 17 1910 – November 28 1953) was a U.S. Army scientist at the top secret Special Operations Division at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, who died under mysterious circumstances in New York City. . Academic but accessible to the general reader. No subject index. |
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