
Homicide
Richard Worth(Author)
Chelsea House Publishers
Will be published approx. on 30. December 2008
Book
Hardback
112 pages
978-0-7910-9409-9 (ISBN)
Description
Murder is among the most common and most terrible of crimes. Motives for murder include anger, love, greed, hatred, and myriad other emotions and reasons, some passionate, some cold-blooded and calculated. ""Homicide"" investigates the nature of murder throughout history and tracks the progress of law enforcement in preventing and solving killings. Although modern police rely on a wealth of sophisticated tools, such as fingerprinting, DNA analysis, and computer databases, to solve murders, these techniques were not always available to detectives. This intriguing book demonstrates how murders are investigated, using real-life cases to illustrate key points.Chapters include: Homicide: As Old as Civilization; The Statistics and the Crimes; Homicide Investigation at the Crime Scene; The Homicide Victim; and Using the Evidence to Convict a Suspect.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Broomall
United States
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Interest Age: From 14 to 17 years
Illustrations
full-colour & black-&-white photographs & illustrations, sidebars, chronology, bibliography, endnotes, further resources, index
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7910-9409-9 (9780791094099)
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