Crime Scene: How Investigators Use Science to Track Down the Bad Guys

by Vivien Bowers

Book Overview

A glimpse into police investigation at crime scenes. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1897066562
• ISBN13: 9781897066560
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Owlkids
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A good introduction to forensics for children

Criminal Science has provided a great background for a number of recent popular TV shows. CSI is one of the first. The main characters are using science to figure out how a crime was committed, and who committed the crime. This book is a good introduction to forensics for children. I enjoyed reading it. It is a quick read. It covers a lot of basics. The book explores fingerprinting, fake money, recognizing hand writing, hackers, being able to ID a criminal, and identifying a victim from a skull. I learned a few new things. For example police have been able to anticipate possible places for where a crime will happen given on the location of other similar crimes. Many Criminals have a "comfort zone" and will steal in the same area of town. Once these are plotted on a computer it can help the police to narrow down where the next burglary may occur. If you have children with any interest in understanding how science helps police, this is a good book to start with.