A Question of Evidence : The Casebook of Great Forensic Conteroversies From Napoleon to O. J. Colin Evans

By:

Evans, Colin

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New Jersey 2003Description: 250pISBN:

9780471440147

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

363.3 EVA

Summary: Scientific sleuthing and slip–ups in the investigations of fifteen famous cases Ranging from the Turin Shroud and the suspicious death of Napoleon Bonaparte to the murder cases of Dr. Sam "The Fugitive" Sheppard and O. J. Simpson, A Question of Evidence takes readers inside some of the most vexing forensic controversies of all time. In each case, Colin Evans lays out the conflicting medical and scientific evidence and shows how it was used or mishandled in reaching a verdict. Among the other cases: the assassination of JFK, the strange history of Alfred Packer (the only convicted American cannibal), the death of Vatican banker Roberto Calvi, and the trials of Lindy Chamberlain (the "dingo baby" case) and Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald (the case recounted in Fatal Vision). Though the science of forensics has helped solve a huge number of crimes, it′s clear from A Question of Evidence that many cases are more open than shut. Colin Evans (Pembroke, UK) is the author of the popular Casebook of Forensic Detection (Wiley: 0–471–28369–X) as well as Great Feuds in History (Wiley: 0–471–38038–5).

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Rashtriya Raksha University	363.3 EVA (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		1996

Scientific sleuthing and slip–ups in the investigations of fifteen famous cases
Ranging from the Turin Shroud and the suspicious death of Napoleon Bonaparte to the murder cases of Dr. Sam "The Fugitive" Sheppard and O. J. Simpson, A Question of Evidence takes readers inside some of the most vexing forensic controversies of all time. In each case, Colin Evans lays out the conflicting medical and scientific evidence and shows how it was used or mishandled in reaching a verdict. Among the other cases: the assassination of JFK, the strange history of Alfred Packer (the only convicted American cannibal), the death of Vatican banker Roberto Calvi, and the trials of Lindy Chamberlain (the "dingo baby" case) and Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald (the case recounted in Fatal Vision). Though the science of forensics has helped solve a huge number of crimes, it′s clear from A Question of Evidence that many cases are more open than shut.
Colin Evans (Pembroke, UK) is the author of the popular Casebook of Forensic Detection (Wiley: 0–471–28369–X) as well as Great Feuds in History (Wiley: 0–471–38038–5).

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