Human Body

Andrew Solway

Description

When police are called to a house, they find three bodies. Are they dead, and has any crime been committed? This book looks at the topic of the human body to explain how our body systems work. It shows how medical and police investigators use their knowledge of science and technology to work out what has happened when there is an unexplained death.

Informations

• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 12 septembre 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781406268553
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 14 Mo

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A N AT O M Y O F A N I N V E S T I G AT I O N

The Human Body: INVESTIGATING AN UNEXPlainED DEATH

Andrew Solway

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Edited by Andrew Farrow, Adam Miller, and Adrian Vigliano Designed by Richard Parker Original illustrations © HL Studios Illustrated by James Stayte (pages 4–7); HL Studios Picture research by Ruth Blair Production by Sophia Argyris Originated by Capstone Global Library Ltd Printed and bound in China by CTPS

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Solway, Andrew The human body: investigating an unexplained death. – (Anatomy of an investigation)

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We would like to thank David Wright for his invaluable help in the preparation of this book.

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Contents

Death in Clarence Crescent..................................................... 4

Real-life CSI........................................................................... .8

Learning from the dead........................................................16

Doing the forensics .............................................................. 24

The importance of police work ............................................. 36

Investigation: collecting trace evidence................................ 48

Timeline ............................................................................... 50

Glossary ............................................................................... 52

Find out more....................................................................... 54

Index .................................................................................... 56

Some words are printed in bold,like this. You can find out what they mean by looking in the glossary on page 52.

Death in C Crescent

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Police officers Khan and Fletcher are on night patrol. So far, it has been very quiet...

...we have a report of gunshots at the following address: 52 Clarence Crescent...

Hey, Jamal, that’s just up the road!

We heard gunshots! About an hour ago. It sounded like they came from the flat downstairs. Mr and Mrs Boyd’s place...