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040      $aDLC
041  0   $aeng
082  00  $a614/.1$221
082  04  $a614.10722$221
100  1   $aNordby, Jon J.
245  10  $aDead reckoning :$bthe art of forensic detection
         /$cby Jon J. Nordby.
260      $aBoca Raton, FL :$bCRC Press,$cc2000.
300      $a273 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504      $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.
         [265]-268) and index.
505  0   $aCh. 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.
520      $a"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.
650   0  $aForensic pathology$vCase studies.
650   0  $aDeath$xCauses$vCase studies.
650   0  $aHomicide investigation$vCase studies.
856  41  $zElectronic
         version$uhttp://www.lib.uts.edu.au/cgi/goto.cgi?url=http://w
         ww.forensicnetbase.com/books/540/cr8122fm.pdf