內容簡介
內容簡介 閱讀犯罪小說、追犯罪鑑識劇不可或缺的書籍！與英國犯罪小說天后一起破解鑑識科學！她一直以來，都在小說中解決複雜的刑事案件，面對人性難以想像的邪惡。這一次，她把目光轉移至現實世界，研究關於鑑識科學的一切！相信許多人都從犯罪鑑識劇中，看過穿著白袍的鑑識專家，辛苦地蒐集並保存重要證據。但你知道現實狀況是如何嗎？你想知道歷史上第一個被解剖的對象是誰、發生在什麼時候嗎？你想知道如何從屍體上採集的蛆，判斷死亡時間嗎？你想知道相當於一撮鹽的百萬分之一的DNA痕跡，如何將殺人犯定罪嗎？你想知道由美國考古學家帶領的阿根廷科學家團隊，如何揭開種族屠殺受害者的秘密嗎？本書帶您一窺小說中犯罪科學背後的現實！屍體會說話－－只要你用正確的方式傾聽，就能得知它們的秘密，包括它們來自哪裡，還有誰殺了它們。鑑識科學解開過去的謎團，藉由遺留在屍體上與犯罪現場的訊息，讓正義得以伸張。但人類利用鑑識科學來解決犯罪案件的歷史並不長，而DNA的發現，也只不過是二十世紀中期的事。本書作者與各領域專家進行訪談，並汲取鑑識科學領域具開創性的研究，走入戰區、火災現場與解剖室。她追溯鑑識的歷史與方式，從鑑識科學不成熟的開始，到現代先進鑑識科學的表現，涵括眾多來自世界各地的鑑識案例研究。本書分為「火災現場調查」、「昆蟲學」、「病理學」、「毒理學」、「血跡奔濺與DNA」、「考古學」、「顏面重建」、「鑑識心理學」等篇章，一一帶領讀者探討鑑識科學的研究領域。不管你是犯罪小說迷，還是犯罪鑑識劇迷，都絕對不能錯過。你將會發現，真相往往比虛構的故事更加離奇！The dead talk. To the right listener, they tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died - and who killed them. Forensic scientists can unlock the mysteries of the past and help justice to be done using the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene or the faintest of human traces.Forensics draws on interviews with top-level professionals, ground-breaking research and Val McDermid's own experience to lay bare the secrets of this fascinating science. And, along the way, she wonders at how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine time of death, how a DNA trace a millionth the size of a grain of salt can be used to convict a killer and how a team of young Argentine scientists led by a maverick American anthropologist uncovered the victims of a genocide.In her novels, McDermid has been solving complex crimes and confronting unimaginable evil for years. Now, she's looking at the people who do it for real. It's a journey that will take her to war zones, fire scenes and autopsy suites, and bring her into contact with extraordinary bravery and wickedness, as she traces the history of forensics from its earliest beginnings to the cutting-edge science of the modern day.
