Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys
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In this revised and expanded edition of his critically acclaimed Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys, leading forensic scientist John Trestrail offers a revolutionary survey of all that is known about the use of poison as a weapon in murder. Topics range from the use of poisons in history and literature to convicting the poisoner in court, and include a review of the different types of poisons, techniques for crime scene investigation, and the critical essentials of the forensic autopsy. The author updates what is now known about poisoners in general (psychological profile, types, and statistical analyses) and their victims (who gets poisoned, investigative considerations, and classic symptoms of poisoning). The Appendix has been updated to include the more commonly used poisons, as well as the use of antifreeze as a poison, to reflect some cases that have recently come to light. Comprehensive and fully updated, Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys, Second Edition, offers forensic scientists, police and private investigators, forensic psychologists, and criminal lawyers a unique one-volume summary of the knowledge and techniques needed to solve the near-invisible crime of poisoning and convict the perpetrator.
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I was disappointed with this book when I recieved it. The book has been written on a basic superficial level and was not what I expected. If the proposed target audience are those with small or no science background, then this might make fascinating reading. There is far too small chemistry and toxicology in the book for anyone who wishes to develop a deeper understanding of the underlying principles of the field.
Criminal Poisoning: Investigational Guide for Law Enforcement, Toxicologists, Forensic Scientists, and Attorneys (Forensic Science and Medicine)
Rating: 2 / 5
This small book has a lot of in rank helpful to law enforcement in evaluating deaths, to help determine if a death is a result of a homicidal poisoning. Further, the author provides advice on how to close in on a suspect and how homicidal poisoners operate.
The book has a number of statistics regarding frequency of use of various poisons and percentages of poisoners who are male, female and of various races.
There are two reasons for my giving it 3 stars:
1. I expected more in rank about specific poisons. Aside from a summary of a few poisons in an appendix, there is not much specific in rank about the actions of various chemicals.
2. The book is rife with grammatical and what I assume are typographical errors, even to the top that the author (or publisher) misspells his own name on one page. In a book with many statistics, seeing so many such errors makes me wonder how many errors exist in the numbers that I’m reading. I never heard of this publishing house but I found their website and they report has it that specialize in scientific and medical books. I just hope that they aren’t printing books being relied upon by physicians treating members of my family, if this is the quality of oversight they give to their books.
Rating: 3 / 5
This book should be in the library of anyone interested in toxicology whether a professional or a reader or novelist in this area. The book is a meticulous reference for an area which is covered only in scattered locations. Descriptions of historical poisoners as well as more modern cases are concise and clear. The author bases this book on his extensive address run at the FBI academy. Investigations through testimony in court is covered. The author provides detailed in rank on key poisons and an extensive bibliography. The in rank presented will clear up many myths perpetuated in various novels and on the internet.
Rating: 5 / 5