medical jurisprudence

Presents color-illustrated information on forensics in such formats as a virtual voyage, a scrapbook, and a mystery story, as well as a map, an almanac, a time line, an eyewitness account, and other kinds of features, and includes activities and a research project.

The forensic scientist reviews fourteen celebrated crimes and trials from the twentieth century and offers his opinions about what the evidence really shows.

A Massachusetts district attorney running for governor decides to use a radical new DNA technology to solve a long-ago murder, but his efforts only result in another outbreak of violence.

Dr. Frederick Zugibe, chief medical examiner of Rockland County, New York, offers a behind-the-scenes look at eleven of his most notorious cases.

Examines some of the techniques forensic scientists use to gather evidence used in trials.

Presents an easy-to-understand guide to forensic study and provides information on autopsies, blood and hair evidence, serology, and the toxicology lab.

Investigates how law enforcement, public health workers, doctors, and scientists contribute to the fight against medical crime.

Describes clues bodies leave behind about the cause of death, procedures for autopsies, and ways medical examiners form an opinion about how a death has occurred.

Presents an introduction to the field of forensic medicine, and describes how the time and manner of death are determined, identification processes, and autopsy procedures.