The CBS television show, "C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation," has captured audiences - and ratings - with its unflinchingly realistic details of forensic science, tools, and technology. This fascinating new book - written by an acclaimed biographer with a master's degree in forensic psychology - goe[...]

Inspired by storylines based on the blockbuster TV franchise C.S.I., the author of The Forensic Science of C.S.I. looks at the latest cutting-edge techniques in crime scene analysis and investigation and revisits some of history's most notorious crimes in light of the these new investigative tools. [...]

First time in paperback? essential reading for the millions of fans of "CSI" and "Cold Case Files."
Katherine Ramsland, a renowned expert in criminology, traces the story of the evolution of forensic science from thirteenth-century Chinese studies of decomposition through the flowering of scien[...]