This book explains that the human body records the story of a crime in the language of cuts, wounds, and bruises and in fingerprints and bloodstains.
General Note
Includes index.
Includes glossary.
Content Note
Introduction -- Early death investigation -- Forensic pathology: where scientists dare to tread -- The crime scene -- Examining the body -- The first incision -- The cold hard facts: victim identity and time of death -- Reconstructing the crime -- Glossary -- Further reading -- For more information -- Index -- Picture credits -- Biographies.