Nonfiction Readings—Forensic Books for High-School Students
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- High-School Forensics Textbook
- Bones (Forensic Anthropology)
- Crime-Scene Investigations
- Environmental Forensics MacMaster, Greg. Environmental Forensics . Kewadin, MI: Greg MacMaster, 2010. Evidence
- Fibers Schiller, Lawrence. S. Perfect Murder, Perfect Town . New York: Harper, 1998. (JonBenet Ramsey Case) Forensic Psychology
- Fraud and Counterfeiting
- Glass Fisher, David. Hard Evidence . New York: Dell, 1995. Handwriting
- Observational Skills Ekman, Paul, Emotions Revealed. 2 nd ed. New York: Holt, 2007. Sand and Soil
| Nonfiction Readings—Forensic Books for High-School Students
Nonfiction, high-interest forensics reading to be used in conjunction with Forensic Science: Fundamentals and Investigations 2e (Bertino& Bertino 2016) There are many great nonfiction forensics books of high interest to students. Reading excerpts from forensic books in class also promotes interest and encourages students to read more. The list below is a small sample of the many high-interest books forensic books available for students. A few textbooks were included to provide additional background. (Note that forensics books may contain graphic content, especially those concerning autopsies, blood spatter, bones, and decomposition.) High-School Forensics Textbook Bertino, Anthony, and Bertino, Patricia Nolan Forensic Science: Fundamentals and Investigations, 2nd edition. Mason, OH: Cengage/National Geographic Learning, 2016. Autopsy Cohle, Stephen, M.D., and Tobin T. Buhk, Cause of Death. Amherst, New York: Prometheus, 2007. Blood Wonder, Anita Y., Bloodstain Pattern Evidence, Boston: Elsevier, 2007. (more advanced; many physics applications) Bones (Forensic Anthropology) Hansen, Joyce, and Gary McGowan. Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence. New York: Henry Holt, 1998. (excavation of New York City’s African Burial Ground National Monument) Jackson, Donna. The Bone Detectives. Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1996. Maples, William R., and Michael Browning. Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist. Jackson, TN: Main Street Books, 1995. Massie, Robert K. The Romanovs: The Final Chapter. New York: Random House, 1995. Thomas, Peggy. Forensic Anthropology: The Growing Science of Talking Bones. New York: Facts on File, 2003. (lower reading level) Walker, Sally M. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda, 2009. (forensic anthropology; biological profiles of lives of Jamestown and colonial Maryland; easy reading) Walker, Sally M., and Douglas W. Owsley. Their Skeletons Speak. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books, 2012. (lower reading level) Ubelaker, D., and Henry Scammell. Bones: A Forensic Detective’s Casebook. New York: M. Evans and Company, 1992. Forensic Botany Hall, David W., and Jason Byrd. Forensic Botany: A Practical Guide. Chichester, UK: John Wiley and Sons, 2012. (textbook) Walker, Maryalice. Entomology and Palynology. Philadelphia: Mason Crest, 2006. (lower reading level) Case Studies Baden, Michael M. Unnatural Death: Confessions of a Medical Examiner. New York: Ivy, 1989. Baden, Michael, M., and Marion Roach. Dead Reckoning. London: Arrow, 2002. Craig, Emily. Teasing Secrets From the Dead: My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenes. New York: Three Rivers, 2004. Erzinclioglu, Zakaria. The Illustrated Guide to Forensics: True Crime Scene Investigations. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2004. Evans, Colin, The Casebook of Forensic Detection: How Science Solved 100 of the World’s Most Baffling Crimes. New York: John Wiley, 1996. Mann, Robert, Forensic Detective: How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases. New York: Ballantine, 2007. Crime-Scene Investigations Hallcox, Jarrett, and Amy Welch. Bodies We've Buried. New York: Berkley, 2006. (CSI academy training) Kollmann, Dana. Never Suck a Dead Man’s Hand: Curious Adventures of CSI. New York: Citadel Press Books, 2007. (not appropriate for younger students) Fletcher, Connie. What Cops Know. New York: Pocket Books, 1990 Gardner, Ross M., and Bevel, Tom. Practical Crime Scene Analysis and Reconstruction. Boca Raton, FL: CRC, 2009. Platt, Richard. Crime Scene: The Ultimate Guide to Forensic Science. U.K.: Dorling Kindersley, 2003. Death and Decomposition Bass, Bill, and Jon Jefferson. Death’s Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab, the Body Farm, Where the Dead Do Tell Tales. New York: Putnam, 2003. (the Body Farm) Cohle, Stephen, M.D., and Tobin T. Buhk, Cause of Death. Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 2007. (autopsy case studies) Roach, Mary. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. New York: Norton, 2003 Sachs, Jessica Snyder. Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of Death. New York: Basic Books, 2001. Wecht, Cyril. Tales From the Morgue, Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 2005. DNA Butler, John M. Fundamentals of Forensic DNA Typing. New York: Academic Press, 2010. (college reading level but excellent resource) Thompson-Cannino, Jennifer and Ronald Cotton with Erin Torneo. Picking Cotton. New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2009. (wrongful conviction later exonerated by DNA via The Innocence Project) Massie, Robert K. The Romanovs: The Final Chapter. New York: Random House, 1995. Wambaugh, Joseph The Blooding, New York: William Morrow, 1989. (First case solved with DNA; not for younger readers, deals with rape) Drugs and Toxicology Cobb, Cathy; Feteroff, Monty L.; Goldsmith, Jack G., Crime Scene Chemistry for the Armchair Sleuth, Amherst, NY: Prometheus, 2007. Blum, Deborah. The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York. Penguin, 2010. Environmental Forensics MacMaster, Greg. Environmental Forensics. Kewadin, MI: Greg MacMaster, 2010. Evidence Lee, Henry. Physical Evidence in Forensic Science, Tucson, AZ: Lawyers & Judges Publishing, 2000. Forensic Entomology Byrd, Jason H., and James L. Castner, eds. Forensic Entomology: The Utility of Arthropods in Legal Investigations, Boca Raton, FL: CRC, 2011. (textbook) Erzinclioglu, Zakaria, Maggots, Murder, and Men, New York: St. Martin’s, 2000. Goff, M. Lee. A Fly for the Prosecution: How Insect Evidence Helps Solve Crimes. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2000. Facial Reconstruction George, Robert M., Facial Geometry: Graphic Analysis for Forensic Artists. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 2007. (higher reading level) Taylor, Karen T. Forensic Art and Illustration. Boca Raton, FL: CRC, 2001. (higher reading level) Fibers Schiller, Lawrence. S. Perfect Murder, Perfect Town. New York: Harper, 1998. (JonBenet Ramsey Case) Forensic Psychology Van Zandt, Clint, Facing Down Evil: Life on the Edge as an FBI Hostage Negotiator. New York: Putnam, 2006. (FBI profiler) Fraud and Counterfeiting Abagnale. Frank W. Catch Me if You Can. New York: Random House, 1980. Abagnale, Frank W. The Art of the Steal. New York: Random House, 2001. Perenyi, Ken, Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger, New York: Pegasus, 2012. Wittman, Robert K. Priceless, New York: Random House, 2010. Glass Fisher, David. Hard Evidence. New York: Dell, 1995. Handwriting Rainis, Kenneth. Forgery, Crime-Solving Experiments. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow Publishers, 2006. Impressions Evans, Colin. The Casebook of Forensic Detection. New York: John Wiley, 1998. McDonald, Peter. Tire Imprint Evidence (Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations). Boca Raton, FL: CRC, 1992. (textbook) Observational Skills Ekman, Paul, Emotions Revealed. 2nd ed. New York: Holt, 2007. Sand and Soil McPhee, John. Irons in the Fire. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. Murray, Raymond C. Evidence from the Earth: Forensic Geology and Criminal Investigation, Missoula, MT, Mountain Press, 2004. (textbook) Tool Marks Baldwin, David, John Birkett, Owen Facey, and Gilleon Rabey. The Forensic Examination and Interpretation of Tool Marks. London: John Wiley, 2013. 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