Dead reckoning
Dead reckoning: the art of forensic detection
by Jon J. Nordby
Publisher: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2000.
ISBN: 0849381223
DDC: 614.1
Edition: (alk. paper)
Summary:
"Dead Reckoning: The Art of Forensic Detection examines the
applications of logic and science to decipher chaotic death scenes
and difficult cases, and to derive orderly explanations from their
jumbled clues. The 10 case studies in this book illustrate the powers
of observation exercised in reading the signs, identifying them as
clues, and reasoning from them to the best explanation." "For
investigators, as well as forensic pathologists, coroners,
prosecutors, and defense attorneys, Dead Reckoning: The Art of
Forensic Detection stresses the importance of trusting your own
observations even in the wake of apparently contradictory
evidence."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-268) and index.
Ch. 1. Method - The Andrews Case: Reasoning Backward Analytically --
Ch. 2. Signs - The Duffy Case: Reading Signs -- Ch. 3. Chance - The
Davenport Case: Probability and Serendipity -- Ch. 4. Elimination -
The Homberg Case: Inductivism, Best Explanations, and Testing
Alternatives -- Ch. 5. Explanation - The Majcher Case: Natural Signs
and Statistical Inferences -- Ch. 6. Diagnosis - The Ridgeley Case:
Natural Signs and Logics of Discovery -- Ch. 7. Confirmation - The
Selsner-Martin Case: Logical Testing -- Ch. 8. Proof - The Melrose
Case: Causal Explanation and Formal Deduction -- Ch. 9. Error - The
Baby Belden Case: Fallacious Appeals to Medical Authority -- Ch. 10.
Disagreement - The Darcy Case: An Open Verdict: Opinion,
Uncertaintly, and Conflicting Conclusions.
Language: eng
Physical Description: 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition Info: (alk. paper)
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