Crime Investigation [Hardcover]

Paul Leland Kirk (Author), John I. Thornton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1974 | ISBN-10: 0898748542 | ISBN-13: 978-0898748543 | Edition: Second Edition

This text for the criminal investigator presents the essential techniques for the examination of physical evidence on the crime scene. Chapters include: Fingerprints, Fibers, Hair, Blood, Tracks and Trails, Firearms, and Vehicular Accidents.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 508 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc; Second Edition edition (June 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898748542
• ISBN-13: 978-0898748543
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,025,926 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars My first introduction to forensic science literature, April 15, 2005

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JH Guth - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crime Investigation (Hardcover)

Little did I realize when I met Dr. Kirk as a new graduate student at UC Berkeley in 1970 that I was face to face with a legend. I was looking and interviewing for a PhD thesis advisor just having graduated from UC Berkeley's chemistry department with a BS and found in the short period I spent in his lab that his contributions to this extremely important discipline were already incalculable. I was given his first edition of "Crime Investigation" and a long reading list to pursue as a means of determining my exact interests for conducting new research in this environment. Many years later I found myself deeply involved in many other laboratory-related forensic science projects and casework and drew heavily on that early information I received through this book (I still have and have read the second edition). It is a useful and still important book and one that has been called by others "the Bible of Forensic Science". Though the field has advanced in so many ways since its writing, it should be in the library of every serious forensic science student and practitioner of criminalistics. If it is not, then you should consider yourself only standing on one professional leg. It is highly recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars Old But still a great source to forensic science, April 4, 2010

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This review is from: Crime Investigation (Hardcover)

Definitely a must have for anyone serious about learning forensic scientists. Paul Kirk's books are still used today due to the accuracy of his work. Very smart man indeed!