| Description |
xviii, 253 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Fragmentary evidence : Jeffrey Dahmer's first victim -- 2. From the cradle to the funeral home : the making of a forensic anthropologist -- 3. The body farm -- 4. The Cades Cove murder -- 5. The Halloween mummy -- 6. A man and his car -- 7. A Florida hanging -- 8. A question of murder -- 9. Searching for a friend's grave -- 10. The last unknown -- 11. House of horrors : the Poughkeepsie serial killer -- 12. The fate of a skyknight -- 13. A leg in the toilet bowl -- 14. A Pearl Harbor sailor -- 15. Out of the blue : terrorists strike on 9/11 -- 16. Ripley would be proud -- 17. A shot in the dark : the death of Private Horner -- 18. Murder in paradise -- 19. Thunderbolts and liberators -- 20. The bone traders |
| Summary |
A leading forensic anthropologist takes readers behind the scenes of some of his most intriguing cases to reveal the secrets of forensic science |
| Analysis |
Forensic science |
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Missing persons |
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Atrocities |
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Case studies |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Subject |
Forensic anthropology -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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Case studies
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Case studies.
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| Author |
Williamson, Miryam Ehrlich.
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| LC no. |
2005048336 |
| ISBN |
0345479416 hardback |
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9780345479419 hardback |
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9780345479426 paperback |
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