Use this guide to research the ethical issues and science involved in criminal investigations. This guide helps with the annotated bibliography and presentation assignments.
Borrow the books below for up to four months with your SUNY Adirondack ID card. See directions above for Fall 2020.
Head Shot: The science behind the JFK assassination by G. Paul Chambers
Call Number: E842.9 .C46 2010
Anatomy of Innocence: Testimonies of the wrongfully convicted by Laura Caldwell; Leslie S. Klinger (Editor); Barry Scheck (Introduction by); Scott Turow (Introduction by)
Call Number: HV9950 .A525 2017
Blind Injustice: A former prosecutor exposes the psychology and politics of wrongful convictions by Mark Godsey
Call Number: KF9756 .G63 2017
The Crime Book: Big ideas simply explained by Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff; Peter James (Foreword by)
Call Number: HV6251 .H58 2017
ISBN: 9781465462862
A Guide to Forensic DNA Profiling by Allan Jamieson; Scott Bader
Call Number: RA1057.55 .G85 2016
ISBN: 9781118751527
Cadaver Dog by Andrew Rebmann; Edward David
Call Number: HV8025 .R43 2000
ISBN: 0849318866
Dog Heroes of September 11th by Nona Kilgore Bauer; Rudy Giuliani (Foreword by)
Call Number: SF428.73 .B38 2011
ISBN: 159378998X
Publication Date: 2011-07-19
Bloodstain Pattern Analysis by Tom Bevel; Ross M. Gardner
Call Number: HV8077.5.B56 B48 2008
ISBN: 1420052683
Publication Date: 2008-04-08
Forensic fire scene reconstruction by Icove, David J.
Call Number: TH9180 .I26 2013
ISBN: 0132605775
An Introduction to Fire Dynamics by Dougal Drysdale
Call Number: QD516 .D79 2011
ISBN: 0470319038
Publication Date: 2011-09-19
Introduction to forensic science by Jones, Thom
Call Number: HV8073 .I58 2014
ISBN: 1495276252
Forensic science: an introduction to scientific and investigative techniques by James, Stuart H.
Call Number: HV8073 .F5835 2014
ISBN: 1439853835
Blood, Bullets, and Bones: the story of forensic science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA by Bridget Heos
ISBN: 9780062387622
Publication Date: 2016-10-04
The scientific Sherlock Holmes: cracking the case with science and forensics by O’Brien, James F.
Call Number: HV8073 .O36 2013
ISBN: 0199794960
Beetles of Eastern North America by Arthur V. Evans
Call Number: QL581 .E93 2014
ISBN: 0691133042
Publication Date: 2014-06-08
Animal investigators: how the world’s first wildlife forensics lab is solving crimes and saving endangered species by Neme, Laurel Abrams
ISBN: 0813035627
The annals of unsolved crime by Epstein, Edward Jay
Call Number: HV6281 .E67 2012
ISBN: 1612190480
Opportunities in forensic science careers by Camenson, Blythe
Call Number: HV8073 .C316 2009
ISBN: 0071545336
Bodies we’ve buried : inside the National Forensic Academy, the world’s top CSI training school by Hallcox, Jarrett
Call Number: HV8073 .H223 2006
ISBN: 0425207528
Forensic Engineering Fundamentals by Harold Franck; Darren Franck
Call Number: TA219 .F728 2013
ISBN: 1439878390
More Forensic Science Books to Borrow
DNA Testing and Privacy by Barbara Krasner
Call Number: QP624 .D17497 2020
Every contact leaves a trace : crime scene experts talk about their work from discovery through verdict by Fletcher, Connie
Call Number: HV8073 .F54 2006
ISBN: 0312340370
If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, her mysterious disappearance, and the murder of her children by Gregg Olsen; Rebecca Morris
Call Number: HV6534.W48 O47 2015
18 Tiny Deaths by Bruce Goldfarb
Call Number: Circulating HV8073 .G583 2020
Death’s acre : inside the legendary forensic lab the Body Farm where the dead do tell tales by Bass, William M.
Call Number: GN69.8 .B37 2003
ISBN: 0399151346
Criminal investigation by Becker, Ronald F.
Call Number: HV 8073 .B374 2013
ISBN: 1449650546
The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer by Unni Turrettini; Kathleen M. Puckett
Call Number: HV6433.N8 T87 2015
ISBN: 160598910X
Publication Date: 2015-11-16
From crime scene to courtroom: examining the mysteries behind famous cases by Wecht, Cyril H.
Call Number: HV8073 .W383 2011
ISBN: 1616144475
Into the Minds of Madmen by Don DeNevi; John H. Campbell
Call Number: HV6080 .D46 2004
ISBN: 1591021359
The Human Predator: a historical chronicle of serial murder and forensic investigation by Katherine Ramsland
Call Number: HV6505 .R36 2013
Overviews of Forensic Science Issues
These reference books offer quick background information.
Encyclopedia of forensic science by Bell, Suzanne
Call Number: Ref. HV8073 .B425 2004
ISBN: 0816048118
Forensic anthropology training manual by Burns, Karen Ramey
Call Number: REF. GN 69.8.B87 B87 2013 (also circulating copy)
ISBN: 0205022596
We have two copies: one in Reference and one to borrow.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - DSM-5 by American Psychiatric Association Staff; Kernberg
Call Number: Ref. RC455.2.C4 D54 2013
ISBN: 0890425558
Publication Date: 2013-05-22
CRC handbook of chemistry and physics by Ref. QD65 .C72 2008
This encyclopedia is in print in the Reference Books area. This online version is NOT full-text in our version of the ScienceDirect database. Use this as an index to the print version.
Books about Serial Murderers
The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers by Michael Newton
Call Number: HV6245 .N49 2006
ISBN: 0816061955
Publication Date: 2006-02-01
Criminology by Larry J. Siegel
Call Number: HV6025 .S484 2016
ISBN: 1305261097
These books cover specific serial murderers:
Lady Killers: Deadly women throughout history by Tori Telfer
Call Number: HV6517 .T45 2017
ISBN: 9780062433732
The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy, the Classic Story of Seduction and Murder by Ann Rule
Call Number: HV6248.B773 R84 2000
ISBN: 0393050297
We Have Your Daughter: The unsolved murder of JonBenét Ramsey twenty years later by Paula Woodward
Call Number: HV6534.B73 W66 2016
ISBN: 1632260778
John Wayne Gacy by Sam L. Amirante; Danny Broderick