Forensic Technology

by Ian Graham

Overview

Forensic Technology looks at new and future developments in fingerprint technology, and detecting and understanding trace evidence left at scenes of crimes. It also explores DNA profiling and how it can be used, and how forensics experts use new technology to uncover information about fires and explosions, and detect fakes and forgeries. The New Technology series is an exciting, up-to-date look at new technology and the effect it is having on the world. Each title looks forward to likely future technological advances that will affect our everyday lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780237540784
Publisher:	MMS Gold
Publication date:	05/01/2010
Series:	New Technology Series
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	13.00(w) x 10.40(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Ian Graham was born in Belfast in 1953. After taking a degree in applied physics and a postgraduate diploma in journalism at City University, London, he went to work as a writer and editor for a group of electronics, computer, and video magazines in London. After three years, he went freelance and has been writing mainly children's illustrated non-fiction books ever since then. He has had more than 230 books published on a wide range of topics, including space exploration, aircraft, forensic science, robots, military technology, transport, engineering, and general science.

Table of Contents

introduction 6

Chapter 1 print evidence 8

Chapter 2 dna profiling 14

Chapter 3 fire and explosion 20

Chapter 4 trace evidence 24

Chapter 5 investigating death 30

Chapter 6 fakes and forgeries 34

Chapter 7 cyber forensics 40

conclusion 42

glossary 44

more information 45

index 46

Editorial Reviews

The use of science in investigating crimes, called "forensic science," is supported by a wide variety of technology and tools that are growing steadily in sophistication and power. Understanding how and when to use these tools and technologies is as important as knowing the science itself. These tools and technologies are grouped by their application to different kinds of evidence, for example, print, DNA profiling, fire and explosion, trace evidence and fakes and forgeries. Each tool is explained in context with sidebars labeled, "How It Works," that give pertinent details about the science involved. The possible future of the science is presented in sidebars labeled, "What's Next." Color photographs and graphics give visual information that expand on the text. If the technology/tool is a controversial one, a sidebar labeled "For and Against" lists the pros and cons of its use. This book, one in the "New Technology" series, concludes with a glossary, a list of resources labeled "More Information" and an index, and would be a good addition to a middle school or high school library or science class on modern forensics. Reviewer: Hazel Buys

Children's Literature - Hazel Buys