Clues in Corpses: a Closer Look at Body Farms: A Closer Look at Body Farms (Crime Scene Investigations)

This series is designed to help young readers understand the systems inplace to allow forensic professionals to do their jobs. Covering a widerange of topics, from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy to21st-century cybercriminals, these titles describe in detail the ways inwhich technology and criminal investigations have evolved over morethan 50 years. They cite eyewitnesses and experts in order to give adetailed and nuanced picture of the difficult task of rooting outcriminals. Although television shows and movies add drama to the crimescene investigation process, these real-life stories have enough drama ontheir own. This series sticks to the facts surrounding some of the highestprofile criminal cases of the modern era and the people who work to solvethem and other crimes every day When human remains are found at a crime scene, forensic anthropologists examine them to determine the time and cause of death, as well as the identity of the victim. How do they know the answers to these questions? Body farms are facilities where specialists can study the ways bodies decompose under different conditions, which helps forensic anthropologists solve crimes more effectively. Informative fact boxes, full-color photographs, and engaging sidebars offer a closer look at these little-known research facilities. Readers are sure to be captivated by stories of farms unlike any they have ever heard of before.