A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie (Bloomsbury Sigma)
People are fascinated by murder. The popularity of murder mystery books, TV series, and even board games shows that there is an appetite for death, and the more unusual or macabre the method, the better. With gunshots or stabbings the cause of death is obvious, but poisons are inherently more mysterious. How are some compounds so deadly in …
This book offers a succinct, clear, and user-friendly review of federal evidence law. It provides many helpful examples and employs checklists at the end of every chapter. The checklist approach provides an organized way to analyze evidence problems and is particularly helpful for spotting hidden issues. This book’s summaries, sample problems, and checklists offer a systematic …
Good police officers are often promoted into supervisory positions with little or no training for what makes a good manager. Effective Police Supervision is a core text used in college-level classes on supervisory practices in criminal justice. This popular book combines behavioral theory with case studies that allow the reader to identify and resolve personal and organizational problems. …
Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime
Val McDermid is one of the finest crime writers we have, whose novels have captivated millions of readers worldwide with their riveting narratives of characters who solve complex crimes and confront unimaginable evil. In the course of researching her bestselling novels McDermid has become familiar with every branch of forensics, and now she uncovers the history of this …
The events of September 11, 2001 heightened our great respect for emergency medical services personnel, firefighters, and police officers. Those brave men and women who turned Ground Zero into a place of heroes — and others like them nationwide — show true courage and faith in daily putting their lives on the line for someone else in need.Even …
Siegel’s Evidence: Essay & Multiple Choice Questions & Answers, 5th Edition
The Siegel’s Series works through key topics in a Q&A format, providing an additional source for self-quizzing. A proven resource for high performance, titles in this exam-prep series contain essay questions with model answers, as well as multiple-choice questions and answers. Siegel’s Series Features: All titles newly revised and updated Multiple-choice …
“A law professor sounds an explosive alarm on the hidden unfairness of our legal system.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred A child is gunned down by a police officer; an investigator ignores critical clues in a case; an innocent man confesses to a crime he did not commit; a jury acquits a killer. The evidence is all around us: Our system …
For his first book, Chief Billy Goldfeder, a 40-year fire service veteran, solicited insights and pearls of wisdom from our country’s greatest firefighters, fire officers and emergency responders.The stories that make up this unprecedented collection share many perspectives of the emergency service experience and offer invaluable, often hard-won, lessons learned.Every firefighter, from probie to veteran, can find something …
Seattle Justice: The Rise and Fall of the Police Payoff System in Seattle
This is the story of one of the youngest county prosecutors in the country whose mission was to finally end the system of vice and corruption that had infiltrated Seattle’s police department, municipal departments, and even the mayor’s office. In the late 1960s, Christopher T. Bayley was a young lawyer with a fire in …
Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques, Fourth Edition
Covering a range of fundamental topics essential to modern forensic investigation, the fourth edition of the landmark text Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques presents contributions from experts in the field who discuss case studies from their own personal files. This edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the cutting edge of forensic science across …