SOCIAL SCIENCES
Carmichael, L. E.

Forensics in the Real World

(3) 4-6 STEM in the Real World series. This series entry surveys careers in forensics. Crime scene investigators, forensics specialists, and researchers in this discipline use techniques that include modern DNA profiling and future identification techniques; they also have a long history of performing autopsies, blood testing, and fingerprinting. First-person accounts, educational requirements, color photographs of scientists at work, and sidebar activities that emphasize nonfiction literacy are included. Reading list. Glos., ind.

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