Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Forensics: What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA and More Tell Us About Crime by Val McDermid

8 reviews

littlealk7's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative medium-paced

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

This is a book about the many fields within forensics studies, and each chapter is illustrated by multiple often distributing crime scenes.

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

5.0

This book was very interesting and I learned a lot from it! As someone who wants to work in forensics, this was an incredibly helpful and informative resource!!

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Bugs are mentioned quite a bit in chapter 3-Forensic Entemology

blenchbooks's review against another edition

dark informative sad

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

junglejelly's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

A very engaging read for me.

I enjoyed the covering a lot of topics but found some chapters too short but appreciated the bibliography at the end for further reading.

Another part I appreciated was the reiterations throughout that forensic science doesn't present 100% facts but can just be likeliness or possibilities.

Would really enjoy an updated version with the latest science and technology.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

kalzu's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Rape, Blood, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Genocide, Pedophilia, and Suicide

timeiswasting's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Murder

rayne_1906's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

3.75

3 hours 36 minutes - A brief but informative introduction to many aspects of forensic sciences, including many well-known processes (eg. fingerprinting) as well as some I'd never really thought about before (eg. entomology). I enjoyed reading about all the cases both past and present that have used the different forensic techniques discussed. However, sometimes it became a little dull to read, but only on occasions. Overall, a good read.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Drug use, Death of parent, and Alcohol

lostinthelibrary's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

3.5

This was a really interesting overview of all of the factors involved in modern forensics and the history of these techniques. I really liked that McDermid based the book around first hand interviews with the amazing specialists in each of these fields and she did a fantastic job of bringing these together into a compelling narrative.

I also found the last chapter very interesting and frustrating. That is that all of the hard work covered in the previous chapters is for nothing if the expert witness cracks under pressure or does not come across well in court. Are legal systems isn't perfect but a lot of work goes into to making them the best and fairest possible. 

Seeing McDermid's passion for forensics gives me a lot of confidence in the accurary of her novels and I look forward to picking them up. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault