DNA Crime Investigations (Hardback)
Solving Murder and Serious Crime Through DNA and Modern Forensics
Imprint: Wharncliffe True Crime
Pages: 192
ISBN: 9781845631055
Published: 19th November 2009
Last Released: 30th November 2009
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A daily newspaper in February 2009 has an image of an old man shackled to a police officer by handcuffs. It looks like any other arrest and detention. But the man had committed a serious sexual offence eighteen years earlier. The latest use of DNA evidence was used to charge and ultimately convict him.
When Professor Alex Jeffreys worked with Leicestershire police on the Colin Pitchfork case in 1986, a revolution started in the application of forensic expertise. Since then there have been several major cases in which long-standing murders and rapes have been revisited by teams of Cold Case detectives. With new DNA sampling in their armoury, officers throughout the land are having successes when reinvestigating serious crimes. Cold cases are hot again.
In Cold Cases Revisited, Stephen Wade has gathered together most of the high-profile cases of recent years - and several obscure ones - examining the nature of the crimes, the investigation highs and lows, and the triumphs of new forensic work. Some failures are also recounted too, as scientists began to work with barristers in court, making the evidence solid and meaningful for juries.
The famous cases included here include those of Rachel Nickell, Keith Lyon, Lesley Moleseed, the World's End killings, plus many others, not forgetting the Cardiff Three and Sean Hodgson's false imprisonment, one of the longest ever miscarriages of justice.
Before the stories are told, the basics of DNA sampling are explained, and the lab work in each case is discussed in every chapter.
Highly recommended!
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... a well-rounded inclusive book on the use of DNA in criminal investigations. Written in an authoritative yet comforting style giving the reader confidence in the facts they are reading, DNA Crime Investigations is a book I am sure all readers will learn from. It is an enlightening and enjoyable read and a definite winner for any true crime enthusiast who is keen on the mechanics and science behind the modern-day forensics within criminal investigations.
Crime Bookshelf - Fiona Guy
About Stephen Wade
Stephen Wade is a freelance writer specializing in the history of crime and the law in Britain and Ireland. He has written fourteen true crime and crime history books, including Tracing Your Police Ancestors and Tracing Your Criminal Ancestors. His history of detectives, Plain Clothes and Sleuths, was published in 2007 and he is currently completing a history of the City of London Police. He also teaches crime history at the University of Hull and, as a visiting lecturer, at Oxford. He has contributed to Family Tree Magazine, Ancestors and other periodicals.