Inside Crime: Forensics is part of an exciting new series that takes the reader undercover to explore the real world of crimefighting. Using up-to-date case studies alongside real-life examples of how famous crimes have been solved, Inside Crime gives a vivid portrait of crimefighting today.

Forensic science is becoming an incredibly useful tool in the fight against violent crime. Discover how dusting for fingerprinting, testing DNA traces and other forensix techniques have helped police to crack the most difficult cases.

This book is part of a book series called Inside Crime .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2010 by Hachette Children's Group .

Colin Hynson is an experienced children's author who has written several books on history and contributed to a number of magazines and journals.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Inside Picture
• 2: Fingerprinting
• 3: Securing the Crime Scene
• 4: The Post Mortem
• 5: Natural Clues: Insects
• 6: Soils and Seeds
• 7: Using Blood
• 8: DNA Evidence
• 9: Bones and Skulls
• 10: Clothes and Shoes
• 11: Following the Paper Trail
• 12: Guns and Bullets
• 13: Narcotics
• 14: Crash Investigations
• 15: Fire Investigations
• 16: Explosions
• 17: The Body Farm
• 18: Glossary
• 19: Further information
• 20: Index