Cool Careers for Girls as Crime Solvers [Paperback]

Linda Thornburg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 27, 2001 | Grade Level: 8 and up

This new title profiles 10 pioneering women working as crime solvers, from police officer to forensic scientist.

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About the Author

Linda Thornburg is well-recognized for her writing on human resource and career topics for business audiences. Together they bring more than 30 years' expertise to this visionary effort to record the work experiences of today's women.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Impact Publications (November 27, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570231745
• ISBN-13: 978-1570231742
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,094,870 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent career comparisons involving forensics, April 30, 2003

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This review is from: Cool Careers for Girls as Crime Solvers (Paperback)

This book has 10 examples of jobs that involve some form of criminal forensics: Firearms Examiner, Latent Fingerprint Examiner, Forensic Anthropologist, Forensic Microscopist, Investigator-Insurance Fraud, Forensic Pathologist, Bloodstain Pattern Analyst, Police Detective/Forensic Artist, Computer Forensic Specialist and Forensic Science Lab Director. EACH career path has a real female example and how she got into her current job. It also has a "career checklist.. You'll like this job if you..." THIS IS GREAT because it applies generic characteristics to a specific job. An example is You'll like bloodstain pattern analysis if you "love to sovle puzzles, are good at math and physics...have a strong stomach, can face the worst human beings do to one another...like to teach." I went through this book within a few hours. I felt as though I had interviewed each of these women about their careers without doing the leg work. It also gave salary information, experience and educational requirements. It is a great book to begin your research into a career in crime solving without becoming a police woman. It also has web references for more in depth information. This book would be great for men as well but it definitely has the edge of assisting women in fields that are predominantly occupied by men.