CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1
WRITTEN IN BLOOD

A Brief History of Forensic Science

The Death of Lady Mazel

Deadly Poisons

An Emergent Science

The First Detectives

New Developments

CASE FILE: The Real Sherlock Holmes

CASE FILE: Murder Under the Microscope

Chapter 2
SCENE OF THE CRIME

Securing the Scene

Collecting Evidence

Forensic Profile: Crime Scene Investigator

Preserving Evidence: Forensic Photography

The Philosophy of Forensics

Forensic Profile: The Coroner

CASE FILE: If The Glove Fits – The O. J. Simpson File

Chapter 3
MATERIAL WITNESSES

Bloodstains

Footprints and Tyre Tracks

The Great Train Robbery

Evaluating Prints

Incriminating Toolmarks

CASE FILE: The Stratton Brothers

CASE FILE: The Widow Accused

CASE FILE: The On-The-Ball Billionaire

CASE FILE: Geographical Forensics – Driven to Murder

CASE FILE: A Case Without A Corpse – The Woodchip Killer

CASE FILE: The Battered Widow

Chapter 4
CRIME LAB

Tour of the Crime Lab

DNA

What is DNA Fingerprinting?

Trace Evidence – Under the Microscope

Fibres

Glass

Toxicology

Poison

The Audio-Visual Lab

CASE FILE: A Scraping of Paint

CASE FILE: A Murdered Teenager

CASE FILE: A Hair Out of Place

CASE FILE: Doctor Double Cross

CASE FILE: Nicotine Poisoning

CASE FILE: The Ghost Writer Caught on Tape

CASE FILE: DNA Catches a Rapist and Murderer

CASE FILE: Watergate

CASE FILE: A Sharp-Eyed Investigator

Chapter 5
ANATOMY OF A MURDER

Determining Cause of Death

Betrayed by Bugs

The Autopsy

Tattoos

In Suspicious Circumstances – Clues to Misadventure

Fire and Flame

Drowning

CASE FILE: The Exact Time of Death

CASE FILE: The Mysterious Death of Robert Maxwell

Chapter 6
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY

It's All in the Bones

Skull Sculpture

The Art of Facial Reconstruction

Forensic Profile: Forensic Artist

Forensic Profile: Criminal Profiler

CASE FILE: The Iron Age Murder Mystery

CASE FILE: The Mystery of the Romanovs

CASE FILE: The Maclvor Case

CASE FILE: Digital Identikit

CASE FILE: Odontology – Once Bitten

CASE FILE: Last Will and Testament

CASE FILE: The Railway Rapist

Chapter 7
DEADLY FORCE

Ballistics

Bomb Scene Investigations

Arson

CASE FILE: A Fatal Falling Out

CASE FILE: The Libyan Embassy Shooting

CASE FILE: Hit and Run

CASE FILE: JFK and the Magic Bullet

CASE FILE: Mail Order Murder

CASE FILE: Lockerbie

CASE FILE: The King's Cross Fire

Chapter 8
SUSPECT SCIENCE

Civil Cases

Miscarriages of Justice

Untrustworthy Scientists

CASE FILE: The Hitler Diaries

CASE FILE: The Mummy in the Cupboard

CASE FILE: The Angel of Death

CASE FILE: Jack the Ripper

CASE FILE: The Finger of Suspicion