K-12 Bibliography

Students explore the similarities and variations of fingerprints. They take their own fingerprints (using pencil and transparent tape), devise their own classification categories, and apply their classification skills to solve a crime.

Forensic pathologist Michael Baden gives a detailed account of his distinguished career in forensic pathology, and produces dramatic evidence to argue that political intrigue, influence peddling, and professional incompetence have created a national crisis in forensic medicine.

Forensic pathologist Michael Baden and writer Marion Roach illustrate how advances in forensic science can help forensic professionals answer crucial questions in a criminal case.

An international team of experts explains how the careful study of the bones reveals compelling pictures of the lives, cultures, and beliefs of ancient societies from around the world.

In the Detective's Lab discusses the investigatory work performed in laboratories using clues such as fingerprints, tire tracks, bullet holes, and artists' sketches.

Crime Lab Chemistry introduces 4th through 8th graders to paper chromatography.

Crafty Detectives describes the necessary skills for detective work, including information collecting techniques, message sending, and disguising methods.

Mystery Festival uses a classroom learning-station format students study a simulated crime scene, conduct crime-lab tests on the evidence, analyze the results, and try to solve a mystery.

Encyclopedia of Forensic Science contains information on the increasingly popular and relevant subject of forensic science, as well as bibliographical references and an index.

Forensic Detection explores the vital role of medicine and microscopy in police investigations.

Science Catches the Criminal illustrates the usefulness of science in the detection of crime through case histories.

Police Detectives outlines the prerequisites for a career in police detective work.

Microscopic Explorations features 10 learning-station activities. Among the activities, students use microscopes to investigate scientific objects that can be used as forensic evidence.

Forensic Science describes indicators that forensic scientists use to identify and apprehend criminals. Some indicators covered in the book include rug fiber quality, DNA fingerprints, and bone breakage patterns.

Detective Tricks You Can Do follows 2 young detectives through an investigation, while introducing detective artifices such as mirror writing, codes, invisible ink, and fingerprinting.

Croce outlines the career paths of FBI agents, police detectives, and private investigators.

Readers help Lu and Clancy solve a puppy-napping case by completing 16 forensic science activities.

The Casebook of Forensic Detection is a collection of 100 true-crime cases. Additionally, it outlines the historical development of modern forensic procedures.

This book discusses the discovery and initial use of DNA fingerprinting, the past and present roles of DNA in forensic identification, and DNA fingerprinting's current applications in forensics, conservation biology, and human genetics.

Ron Fridell examines the methods developed by 6 pioneers in the field of forensics, who relied on their instincts, their love of details, and their scientific knowledge to solve crimes.

When Objects Talk combines facts and storytelling to illustrate the theories and practices of forensic science.

Crime Lab 101 describes the development of forensic science and introduces techniques of criminal investigation, including fingerprint and voice pattern examination, handwriting analysis, and ballistics.

The Forensic Casebook draws on interviews with police personnel and forensic scientists to uncover the vast and detailed inner-workings of criminal investigation.

Goff uses actual cases on which he consulted to show how knowledge of insects and their habits allows forensic entomologists to furnish investigators with crucial evidence about crimes.

Crime Scene Investigation is a set of interdisciplinary activities for school-aged children, in which students act as reporters, lawyers, and detectives at the scene of a crime. The activities teach children about forensics, while building reasoning and language skills.

Forensic Science introduces students to the analyses of trace evidence, fingerprints, poison, blood, ballistics, and more.

This book explores the techniques forensic anthropologists employ to examine skeletal remains and solve crimes.

The Bug Scientists introduces entomology, the study of insects, to students, and explains how it pertains to forensic science.

This work describes how the wildlife detectives at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon, analyze clues to catch and convict people responsible for crimes against animals.

Steve Jackson chronicles how NecroSearch International, a non-profit organization which specializes in the search for clandestine gravesites, was developed, and why it is now used globally in murder investigations.

This book describes different methods used to solve crimes, including skeletal and facial reconstruction, gathering botanical or geological information, voiceprints, and hypnosis.

Crime & Detection explores the changing nature of crime from prehistoric times to the present day, and crime-detection methods.

A fictitious murder is used as the framework to discuss the work of law enforcement professionals and forensic experts.

The Microscope Book introduces microscopy and magnification through experiments using easily-obtained materials like comic books, leaves, hair, and potatoes.

Forensic anthropologist Mary Manhein describes her career path and how bones are used to solve crimes in forensic anthropology. In the book, Manheim recollects several cases in which she used her expertise to identify victims' remains.

Forensic anthropologist William Maples revisits his strangest and most horrific historical investigations.

Mattern presents a comprehensive history of forensics, comparing technology and techniques from classical times to present day.

Readers follow the narrative through an investigation surrounding a Toltec mask stolen from a museum, and reconstruct the crime through analysis of the clues.

Murdico examines the careers available in the field of forensics, discussing the necessary education and training, and on-the-job duties.

Whodunit? introduces readers to forensic science through 10 case studies.

Police Lab shows how forensic scientists gather and analyze evidence, examine weapons and bodies, and use DNA testing and other techniques to help solve crime through 20 real-life case studies.

Crime Detection uses familiar examples to explain the science of crime detection, describing how different forms of evidence are analyzed using forensic science techniques.

Forgeries, Fingerprints, and Forensics Crime provides a basic introduction to crime solving with forensic science.

Forensic Science is an introductory survey of the scientific principles used in crime solving, such as evidence collection, fingerprint, blood types, hair, fibers, amd DNA profiling.

Crime Scene uses case studies and digital imagery to show how science helps solve mysterious crimes.

Crime-Solving Science provides readers with detailed experiments describing forensic crime-solving tactics.

Forensic psychologist Kathleen Ramsland examines the crime-solving techniques dramatized in CBS' television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, to assess the reality of the cutting-edge forensic procedures depicted on the show.

Rollins describes the science behind ballistics and the methodologies used to extract information about crimes from ballistic data.

Rollins describes how blood analysis is used to solve crimes.

Rollins describes the clues that corpses leave behind about the cause of death, procedures for autopsies, and other methods that forensic scientists use to identify the cause of death.

Rollins presents a brief history of forensics, explains different fingerprinting methods and their uses, and offers information on careers in fingerprinting.

Sachs describes the methods that forensic scientists use to determine time of death information, the difficulties that arise in the determination process, and the possible implications of their findings.

This book introduces the field of forensic science through an exploration of its applications to criminal investigations, and presents explanations of techniques, abilities, and limitations of the modern crime laboratory.

Police Lab illustrates the importance of forensic science in crime solving through case histories.

This book highlights the information gained from analysis of blood, teeth, teeth marks, fingerprints, eye prints, DNA, hairs, and fibers in forensic investigations.

This book describes the tools and methods used in forensic laboratories to apprehend criminals.

Talking Bones presents the history and technology of forensic science and includes actual forensic cases.

This work offers the history of forensic anthropology and how it has been used to solve some of the most notable crimes of the last 150 years.

Cool Careers profiles 10 women with careers in different areas of crime solving, including a firearms examiner, a forensic anthropologist, and a latent fingerprint examiner; and explains each woman's on the job duties.

High-Tech IDs describes identification apparatuses and techniques, including finger and hand scans, iris and retinal scans, fingerprinting, DNA analysis, and voice pattern recognition.

Ubelaker, curator of anthropology at the Smithsonian Institute, explains the techniques that forensic anthropologists use to determine information about victims from the examination of bones.

Crime Scene Investigations contains more than 60 lesson plans and activities for students to explore and learn about data organization and collection, critical thinking, and simple testing techniques.

With the lesson plans and activities given, students carefully observe, organize, and record data, think critically, and conduct simple tests to solve crimes.

Detective Science presents 40 experiments and activities that offer hands-on experiences with forensic science investigation methods.

Criminal Investigation provides a basic analysis of biology and forensic science.