Sachs, Jessica Snyder.

Corpse : nature, forensics, and the struggle to pinpoint time of death / Jessica Snyder Sachs. - Cambridge, MA : Perseus Pub., c2001. - x, 270 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259) and index.

The body handlers -- Reasonable doubt -- The bone detectives -- The witness was a maggot -- Bug sleuthing crosses the Atlantic -- A model for murder -- The dirty dozen -- Perfecting the postmortem clock -- Plants, pollen, and perpetrators -- The pathologist's garden -- Chemical clues -- The new mod squad. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

073820336X 0738207713 (pbk.)

2001097879

101133300 DNLM


Death--Time of--Popular works.
Postmortem changes--Popular works.
Medical jurisprudence--Popular works.
Forensic entomology--Popular works.
Forensic anthropology--Popular works.
Death.
Medical jurisprudence.
Homicide.
Time.

RA1063.4 / .S23 2001