

Series: Criminal Justice
Hardcover: 576 pages
Publisher: Pearson; 10 edition (January 13, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0135045207
ISBN-13: 978-0135045206
Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 1 x 10.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (151 customer reviews)
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This book was a required text for a Criminalistic course during my undergraduate studies in Criminal Justice. Now that I am working within the Criminal Justice field - I find myself using this book as a refrence, and loaning to other people within the field.This book is written in an professional manner and clearly explains various forensic tests that are conducted upon evidence.I loaned this book to a 11 year old child - who was intrested in this area and he had no problem underdstanding the basic facts and information presented.Saferstein is an excellent author who has an uncanny abilty to write technical material in a clear and concise manner.I recommend this book to students, professors, and practitioners in the criminal justice field.
As textbooks go this is without a doubt the best one that I have ever used. This book manages to explain complicated things such as DNA, and other techniques, and tests that are used during the course of an investigation in simple terms that are easy to understand. Especially if you are new to the idea of Forensic Science. Simple explanations, with colored pictures, diagrams, and case studies help show how different tests, evidence collection, and other aspects of Forensic's are used to help "catch" the bad guy. Again easy to read and understand. Well worth the purchase, you will learn a lot!
This is without any doubt, in my opinion, the best book everwritten on criminalistics. Not there are not any other great books on the subject, however this is the greatest. It is suprisingly comprehendible considering the complexity of some of the topics involved. The photographs and drawings are crystal clear.In addition I especially like the test at the end of each section that I feel is necessary to help the reader realize his knowledge,(or lack of knowledge) of that section.
This book provides an enormous amount of information that is useful for both the experienced forensic scientist and the student who is just starting in the field.
This was used as a text book for an Australian university and it was incredibly handy! Really helps understand the basic principles behind forensic science! There are multiple case studies that relate to each aspect the book talks about, e.g fingerprinting, physical evidence ETC... Very easy to read and enjoyable! A must have for beginners!
I'm homeschooled and wanted to do Forensic Science as an elective. This book is written in a clear, understandable manner and is very informative. I liked how there was a chapter summary, review questions, and a case reading after every chapter. I definietly recomend this book if you want to use it as a text book or even just a good read.
I love the class that I bought this book for as well as the book. There is an overview of the whole field and a decent amount of information for the multiple different topics it includes. Glad I bought the book.
Bought this book for a biology class I was taking. It is very interesting with lots of cases to review and make you think. Only con is that I didn't get the "mycrimekit" registration number that should have come with the book. If you are buying this book, you want to make sure you get that number as well so you can go online and access more information.
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