STEM Graphic Novels and Comic Books: Forensic Science

Pathologists interpret what the dead are saying using post-mortem examinations. Three stories of actual crimes solved via autopsies are presented here in comic form. Includes overviews of how a crime is investigated and of how a post-mortem exam is conducted.

Describes how forensic anthropology and art are used to help determine age, sex, and manner of death in criminal investigations, and includes three case studies in graphic novel format that implemented these tactics.

Solving a murder -- Crime Scene -- The Mormon forgery murders -- Sawbones -- The hockey bag murder -- Other famous cases.

Solving a murder -- The forensic ballistics expert -- Henry Goddard and the first ballistic's case -- The bullet in the tree -- Bullet holes and lasers -- Other famous cases.

This book, in graphic novel format, presents a collection of cases in which criminal profilers, by looking at all the evidence, can suggest in some detail an offender's personality and mental state.

How are fingerprints, hair, and blood alike? Each can be traced to a specific person and can therefore be used as evidence in criminal investigations. Three stories of actual crimes solved using trace evidence are presented here in comic form. Includes overviews of how a crime is investigated and how trace evidence is analyzed.