Murder Two: The Second Casebook of Forensic Detection

by Colin Evans

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471215325
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	08/01/2004
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.08(d)

About the Author

Colin Evans combines machine learning and semantic analysis into a deadly one-two punch against information entropy and noisy data. The results of his efforts appear as millions of facts in Freebase. Prior to joining Metaweb, Colin helped users organize their world through his work on the IRIS semantic desktop project at SRI.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Allan, John—1998.

Amos, Lowell—1994.

Anthropology (Forensic).

Armstrong, Troy—1992.

Arson.

Atwood, Frank—1984.

Autopsy (Postmortem).

Baden, Michael (1939–).

Ballistics.

Beck, Roy, Jr.—1996.

Bertillon, Alphonse (1853–1914).

Blood Spatter Analysis.

Bocarmé, Hyppolyte and Lydie de—1850.

Booth Deringer, The—1997.

Brain Fingerprinting.

Bramblett, Earl—1994.

Brown, Gregory, and Darlene Buckner—1995.

Bush, Edwin—1961.

Calzacorto, Brian—1990.

Campbell, Stuart—2001.

Camps, Francis (1905–1972).

Casement, Sir Roger, Diaries—2000.

Chromatography.

Churchill, Robert (1886–1958).

Clark, Hadden—1992.

Colwell, Martin—1925.

Coroner.

Crowe, Frederick—1968.

Cruz, James Robert—1993.

Curley, Joann—1991.

DNA Typing.

Elkins, Howard—1969.

Emmett-Dunne, Frederick—1953.

Entomology (Forensic).

Explosives.

Facial Reconstruction.

Fingerprinting.

Fleagle, Jake—1928.

Frediani, David—1985.

Gibbs, Terry—1999.

Glaister, John (1892–1971).

Green, George—1938.

Gross, Hans (1847–1915).

Gwaltney, George—1982.

Haigh, John—1949.

Hair and Fibers.

Hanratty, James—1961.

Harry, Lewis—1986.

Hayden, Eric—1995.

Heflin, Steven—1976.

Heinrich, Edward O. (1881–1953).

Helpern, Milton (1902–1977).

Henry, Sir Edward (1850–1931).

Hightower, William A.—1921.

Hooker, David and Joy—1993.

Howard, Wilbur—1976.

Iceman, The—1991.

Jarman, Mark—1990.

Jeffreys, Sir Alec (1950–).

Johnson, Clayton—1989.

Jones, Bryan Maurice—1985.

Kaczynski, Theodore—1978.

Keidel, Gene—1966.

Kibbe, Roger—1986.

Knife Wounds.

Lacassagne, Alexandre (1843–1924).

Lachaal, Kassem—1986.

Lafarge, Marie—1840.

LaMarca, Angelo John—1956.

Lee, Henry (1938–).

Leonski, Edward—1942.

Locard, Edmond (1877–1966).

Mackay, George (Alias “John Williams”)—1912.

McCurdy, Elmer—1976.

Meierhofer, David—1973.

Microscopy.

Middleton, David—1995.

Moody, Walter Leroy, Jr.—1989.

Mormon Will, The—1976.

Morris, Earl—1989.

Morrison, Kevin—1996.

Neutron Activation Analysis.

Noguchi, Thomas (1927–).

Norris, Charles (1867–1935).

Odontology.

Overton, Richard—1988.

Patrek, Stanley, and Joseph Stepka—1945.

Peng, Lisa—1993.

Perera, Samson—1983.

Persian Mummy, The—2000.

Phillips, Charlie—1980.

Phonemasters, The—1994.

Pinkerton, Allan (1819–1884).

Podmore, William—1929.

Polygraph.

Pommerais, Edmond de la—1863.

Psychological Profiling.

Questioned Documents.

Raso, Dennis, and Stephen Azzolini—1978.

Robertson, James—1950.

Rose, Keith—1981.

Routier, Darlie—1996.

Scher, Stephen—1976.

Schneeberger, John—1992.

Serology.

Severs, Roger—1993.

Simpson, Keith (1907–1985).

Sims, Paula—1989.

Singh, Udham—1940.

Sivri, Tevfik—1988.

Smalley, Dennis—1991.

Smith, Sir Sydney (1883–1969).

Snow, Clyde (1928–).

Spencer, Timothy—1984.

Spilsbury, Sir Bernard (1877–1947).

Stack, Sir Lee—1924.

Stager, Barbara—1988.

Stallings, Patricia—1989.

Starrs, Kenneth (1931–).

Tardieu, Auguste Ambroise (1818–1879).

Taylor, Charles Anthony (1885–1965).

Tetzner, Erich—1929.

Theobald, Charles-Louis—1847.

Time of Death.

Toxicology.

Unterweger, Jack—1991.

van Rie, Willem—1959.

Vickers, Darren—1997.

Vidocq, François-Eugène (1775–1857).

Vinland Map, The—1965.

Voiceprints.

Walker, Albert—1996.

Ward, Delbert—1990.

Wecht, Cyril (1931–).

White, Raymond—1939.

Wilson, Gustav—1963.

Wolf, Paul—1982.

Zaph, William—1861.

Landmarks in Forensic Science.

Index.