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