Dem Bones

The spate of CSI programs with crusty but clever doctors deciphering the clues left by the body have inspired many a student to go into Criminal Justice.

Beyond the body farm (GN69.8 .B35 2007) in which "Forensic anthropologist Bass nicely complements his memoir, Death's Acre, with this unnervingly cheerful collection (ably co-written by science journalist Jefferson) of case studies and anecdotes from the field of corpse identification. With careful attention to detail and the occasional darkly humorous aside, the authors describe charred maggot cocoons; the grotesquely dismembered victims of a fireworks factory explosion; and the forensic uses of sonar, scanning electron microscopes and computer databases. [More]" You can get a hint of what you'll learn by reading the excerpt at the author's site.

This book is available at our Woodstock campus. We do move books around the system through the courier. Check with your CTC Librarian for your reading needs.

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