Best forensics science law books according to redditors
We found 127 Reddit comments discussing the best forensics science law books. We ranked the 52 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 127 Reddit comments discussing the best forensics science law books. We ranked the 52 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
https://theintercept.com/2015/02/26/fbi-manufacture-plots-terrorism-isis-grave-threats/
https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Factory-Inside-Manufactured-Terrorism/dp/1935439618
Let's not forget the 9/11 hijackers lived with a FBI informant and with the 93 WTC bombing the FBI was going to have their informant build the bomb with fake material, but that got screwed up, additional source. Here is the transcript from the informants secret recordings with his FBI handler:
>FBI Special Agent John Anticev: But, uh, basically nothing has changed. I'm just telling you for my own sake that nothing, that this isn't a salary, that it's—you know. But you got paid regularly for good information. I mean the expenses were a little bit out of the ordinary and it was really questioned. Don't tell Nancy I told you this. [Nancy Floyd is another FBI Special Agent who worked with Emad A. Salem in his informant capacity.]
>FBI undercover agent Emad A. Salem: Well, I have to tell her of course.
>Anticev: Well then, if you have to, you have to.
>Salem: Yeah, I mean because the lady was being honest and I was being honest and everything was submitted with a receipt and now it's questionable.
>Anticev: It's not questionable, it's like a little out of the ordinary.
>Salem: Okay. Alright. I don't think it was. If that's what you think guys, fine, but I don't think that because we was start already building the bomb which is went off in the World Trade Center. It was built by supervising supervision from the Bureau and the D.A. and we was all informed about it and we know that the bomb start to be built. By who? By your confidential informant. What a wonderful, great case!
Audio source at 4:20
There's actually an entire book written on the subject.
Amazon link
I can't remember what the statistic is, but, I want to say it was something like 90% of the "terrorists" that have been arrested have been FBI setups. So, pretty much only ten percent are real.
From the book Terror Factory: Inside the FBi's Manufactured War on Terrorism:
"When Barack Obama took office in January 2009, his administration provided some early indication that federal law enforcement would deemphasize the targeting of potential terrorists in Muslim communities and focus more attention on right-wing extremists and other growing threats in the U.S. In April 2009, the Dept. of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis released a report titled "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment," warning that violence could come from right-wing extremists concerned about illegal immigration, abortion, increasing federal powers, and gun control. Returning military veterans were particularly susceptible to recruitment into these extremist groups, the report said.
A political storm gathered following the report, with Fox News providing inspirtaion with exaggerated interpretations such as: "The government considers you a terrorist threat if you oppose abortion, own a gun, or are returning war veteran." U.S. Representative Lamar Smith, a Republican from Texas, accused DHS of "politcal profiling." A House Homeland Security Committee inquiry followed, whih the committee's then-chairman, Bennie Thompson, a Democrat from Mississippi, called "a GOP stunt aimed at embarrassing the new administration." IN fairness, three months before the right-wing report, DHS had released an assessment predicting increased cyber threats from left-wing extremists--but the federal government's concerns about extremists on both ends of the politial spectrum were cut out of the controversy, which became so great that Homeland Security Janet Napolitano withdrew the right-wing report and ordered it re-written."
Good TED talk on the subject: https://www.ted.com/talks/trevor_aaronson_how_this_fbi_strategy_is_actually_creating_us_based_terrorists?language=en
Another book called Green is the New Red is all about how the FBI continues to target left-wing and eco groups as terrorists despite very, very few instances of violence, even going so far as to deliberately entrap them. Meanwhile, right wing terrorists are the most prolific terror group in this country.
You're not the first writer to ask this question, OP. I've read a bunch of "murder manuals" written for writers and the following are to my mind the most useful:
There are plenty of others.
You might be interested to know that the FBI has a long history of manufacturing plots and persuading (usually) mentally unstable or desperate people to commit terrorism for money.
New York Times: Terrorist Plots, Hatched by the F.B.I.
The Guardian: Government agents 'directly involved' in most high-profile US terror plots
Or you can read Trevor Aaronson’s The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism.
p.s. Couple of years ago, court documents revealed an FBI agent admitting that a certain would-be terrorist was “a retarded fool who didn’t have a pot to piss in”.
Some examples of fake terror plots:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/terrorist-plots-helped-along-by-the-fbi.html
https://amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article135983268.html
Also here’s a book for you: https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Factory-Inside-Maufactured-Terrorism-ebook/dp/B00ATLNH78
Anatomic Path - Sternberg
Neuropath - Ellison & Love
Forensics - Spitz & Fisher
also a fun coffee table book useful for alienating visitors to your home
Republicans have historically taken the same stance on anarchists, communists, and "Islamic terrorists," sorry to say. Guilty until proven innocent.
I think it's important to recognize our own biases. The modern "left" has failed miserably on the issue of due process rights for men accused of sexual crimes; the right has failed miserably on due process rights for men accused of "terrorism," even though many "terrorist plots" are essentially engineered by the FBI and various intelligence agencies. This is a respectable study on the matter:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Terror-Factory-Manufactured-Terrorism/dp/1935439618
Turning Men's Rights into a strictly partisan affair and using it as a means of bolstering political parties is a sure way to divide and conquer the movement. I say that as someone who loathes Democrats and Republicans in equal measure.
I recommend the book : Terror Factory: https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Factory-Inside-Maufactured-Terrorism-ebook/dp/B00ATLNH78/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543377819&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=terror+factory
Hi! We have a subreddit wiki page of all the 'required reading' for our disciplines here.
This was my undergrad Forensic Science textbook. It's a nice overview type of book. Libraries or used bookstores tend to have this one. Pretty cheap paperback version.
Not insensitive at all! This is my job, so I keep one foot in the compassion camp and one foot in the matter-of-fact camp.
It depends on the caliber of the firearm, the angle of the barrel, placement of the muzzle and general body posture. And there are infinite combinations of these things and other additional factors.
The larger the caliber, generally, the more damage occurs. Our female patient who severely damaged her face, had placed the muzzle just behind her left eye, on the foremost part of her temple. She was also very intoxicated at the time because she had been in an argument with her significant other, therefore, when she injured herself, it was an impulsive behavior and the barrel was pointing toward the front of her face. The face (and its tissues and bones) are pretty delicate and come apart fairly easily with a firearm blast. So, in her case, it was mostly direction and path of least resistance. The cranial vault (the part of the skull that holds the brain) can deflect a decent amount of force, if not directly applied.
Many people who shoot themselves in the head (again, this statement is based purely on my work experience, not on any proper study) are upset and often intoxicated, whether it be alcohol, meth, etc. And often in this state, people make impulsive decisions and they do not have a solid plan, let alone accurate geometry to cause instant death.
Another thing to consider when it comes to instant death, or lack thereof, is how intact the brain stem remains and how much brain swelling occurs. If the cranial vault has been compromised, i.e. it has been fractured or a section has been removed by the blast, this will allow room for the brain to swell and lowers the likelihood that it will protrude down and out of the opening of the base of the skull (the foramen magnum), assuming enough of the brain is left intact. This is what is called herniation and it is always fatal.
Honestly, after all of the combinations that I've seen in my department, I would have to say the way to guarantee a completed suicide would be a very deliberately placed .45 or shotgun barrel placed in the mouth.
If you're genuinely interested in how the pathologies play out in firearm injuries, you might want to check out the textbook Gunshot Wounds: Practical Aspects of Firearms, Ballistics and Forensic Techniques. It's pretty much the 'bible' on the topic.
I highly recommend this book for those who want to learn about all those "terrorists" the FBI has arrested lately: http://www.amazon.ca/The-Terror-Factory-Manufactured-Terrorism/dp/1935439618
Step 1: Convince impresionable person to become a terrorist.
Step 2: Give them the training, motivate them to commit the crime and give them a FAKE device to activate.
Step 3: Convince courts to charge people who detonate fake devices with the same crimes as if they had detonated real devices
Step 4: Charge the people you groomed, trained, convinced to destroy America, who you GAVE the "devices" to, who you told where and when to go with the device and who pressed the button YOU told them to with crimes.
Step 5: Security!
Amazing book, worth the read if you are at all interested. Well cited, not an Alex Jones type book.
No shit? Was this ever in doubt? THIS IS WHAT THEY DO.
https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Factory-Inside-Manufactured-Terrorism/dp/1935439618
This is silly. Did you wake up this morning and decide to take up geopolitics as a pastime?
Most of the readers here are too far into this to waste time giving history lessons.
If you want to brush up on the subject here are a few books to start with:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0805075593?pc_redir=1408767114&robot_redir=1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0985271027?pc_redir=1408686538&robot_redir=1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0615602223?pc_redir=1408631528&robot_redir=1
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1935439618?pc_redir=1408800754&robot_redir=1
http://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Ultimate-Insiders-Story-Presidents/dp/0684834979/sr=8-1/qid=1163059092/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-8219747-6907339?ie=UTF8&s=books
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/094500110X?pc_redir=1408852909&robot_redir=1
Read these books and then do your own research and look into the claims for yourself. Most of his claims are common knowledge, and have been widely reported with frequency over the past decade. They are easily researchable with rudimentary search engine skills.
Your burden of proof logic games are misguided and add nothing to such a prima facia discussion
Swing and a miss on so many levels. You're like the person who struck out on your first pitch.
As a forensic anthropologist with an emphasis in genetics, I can tell you specifically what science (anthropology specifically) says about this- race is a social construct that has nothing to do with genetics, and there's no such thing as "success" when it comes to culture or "racial groups" in science.
Here's a few books you can read up on:
Demographic Methods and Concepts
The Genetics of Human Populations
and for osteology:
The Human Bone Manual
This should clear up some of the bigger misconceptions you might have. I also recomment Svante-Paabo for ancient DNA work as well.
http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-FBI-Ronald-Kessler/dp/0307719707/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342891903&sr=1-1&keywords=secrets+of+the+fbi
You guys make me feel like Bill Hicks at the Waffle House. Pick up a book, this stuff isn't secret.
There's a great book about this:
https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Factory-Inside-Manufactured-Terrorism/dp/1935439618/
Do they really though? I mean, at least on a subconscious level women must realize that rape culture is complete bullshit, otherwise they wouldn't go near universities. And they certainly wouldn't be comfortable getting shitfaced and going to sleazy clubs and bars. Fantasies of being raped (by some chiseled billionaire) are not the same thing as desiring to be raped, as you obviously know.
While your ideas are certainly interesting (as they come from a female perspective), I think a more mundane explanation is that feminists are running out of things to complain about, so they have to invent new crises. It's sort of like when the FBI or CIA manufacture then miraculously foil terrorist attacks by using agent provocateurs, entrapping mentally ill and borderline retarded Muslim youth in order to justify their bloated budgets.
I do think this point is correct though:
>The idea that a man wants you so much that he's willing to break the law and risk his future just to have you can be stupidly galvanizing.
Not to be unkind but a lot of feminists and women who attend "slut walks" are not very attractive. And as HL Mencken recognized a hundred years ago:
“The woman who is not pursued sets up the doctrine that pursuit is offensive to her sex, and wants to make it a felony. No genuinely attractive woman has any such desire. She likes masculine admiration, however violently expressed, and is quite able to take care of herself. More, she is well aware that very few men are bold enough to offer it without a plain invitation, and this awareness makes her extremely cynical of all women who complain of being harassed, beset, storied, and seduced. All the more intelligent women that I know, indeed, are unanimously of the opinion that no girl in her right senses has ever been actually seduced since the world began;”
The article missed some details on Kayelyn Louder:
>Kayelyn leaves her home barefoot while it was raining, without her car keys or wallet, and is later found dead in a river.
There was a small creek near her house that led to the Jordan River, but detectives stated and proved that there wasn't enough water to wash her to the river where she was found even if she was unconscious. So how she got to her apartment complex to where she was eventually found is unknown.
those details are from this link, which also has more details on Cullen Finnerty.
Brandon Swanson's story is like Paul Degola's story. Both were college-aged men, missing from their car, ended up dead in a river - highly unlikely they slipped and fall into a river while drunk, as people suggest for similar cases.
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Other articles by the same author:
People who write about the same topic (it's not just happening in Boston):
This is how they justify their budgets.
Oh, remembered one:
He (and the rest of the family) actually had the gall to argue with Werner Spitz, regarding the results of Diane's autopsy. Spitz literally wrote the book on forensic autopsy: https://www.amazon.com/Spitz-Fishers-Medicolegal-Investigation-Death/dp/0398075441
This is a decent article: https://www.addiction.com/3425/aunt-diane/
Previous thread with great discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3mptm3/was_diane_schulers_body_ever_exhumed_has_her_son/
It's all a fabricated shame. This book does an excellent job of explaining what's going on beyond the kneejerk headline:
https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Factory-Inside-Manufactured-Terrorism/dp/1935439618
Have you read their textbook? Because I have. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439876649/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
This is considered the gunshot wound bible. Take a peek, I'm pretty sure it can be found in pdf form somewhere as well.
https://www.amazon.com/Gunshot-Wounds-Ballistics-Techniques-Investigations/dp/0849381630
You can start here if you have a legitimate desire to find empirical data on terminal ballistics. There is a looooooot of misinformation out there absolutely. My basic evaluation after all my own research is that shot placement is what counts. Hollow point pistol rounds are cool but don't have any advantage over FMJ in terms of terminal ballistics. Where the hollow point shines is its tendency to deform and stop inside flesh rather than pass through and cause collateral damage on the back end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nycYxb-zNwc
Pistol rounds need to hit vitals to stop an attacker, there is no significant difference in caliber over a certain range so it would be safe to say that there is no significant difference in bullet construction in the same caliber.
I run hornady critical duty in my pistols of normal barrel length, and critical defense in my shorter barreled pistols.
http://www.amazon.com/Gunshot-Wounds-Ballistics-Techniques-Investigations/dp/0849381630/
Great read, the FBI "creates" terrorists from burnout teenagers all the time.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1935439618/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1371603800&sr=8-1&pi=SL75
ps. The books I mentioned are kinda embarrassed to tell, but I do really like Pop science books!
My books are including Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal, More Forensics and Fiction: Crime Writers' Morbidly Curious Questions Expertly Answered, (Thai) The war that never won: History of fighting between humans and germs and more. Also I bought the complete series of The Famous Five, because I loved it since childhood and the artwork for this edition is really cute! It gives me the nostalgic feeling.
But as I told, I can just open some pages and leave it behind. Such a long journey to be an adult I guess. :/
And the agencies that are charged with this job also can't so shit either. The FBI "stops" terrorism because they manufacture it by giving stupid people bomb making material.
http://www.salon.com/2011/09/29/fbi_terror/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/16/fbi-entrapment-fake-terror-plots
http://www.amazon.com/The-Terror-Factory-Manufactured-Terrorism/dp/1935439618
My copy of The Human Bone Manual is one of my most prized possessions - it's indispensable as a reference text for bioarchaeology (or anyone in a skeletal anatomy class :D). Here's a relevant sample.
http://www.amazon.com/Gunshot-Wounds-Ballistics-Techniques-Investigations/dp/0849381630/
The stuff you want is in Chapter 9. I couldn't find a copy online.
I messed up before on the percentage. It is 10-15% have internal ricochet.
Warning Graphic: book sample showing some comparison of gunshot head wounds
A .22 would be great if you are firing into a crowd of zombies with a silenced rifle from a rooftop, but the inconsistent level of damage (a one shot drop from a head hit would require luck or ricochet) and greater chance for dud ammo makes it a poor choice for a main weapon.
Nailed it
Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death
Browsed through this at a research library at my job many years ago. Many of the most disturbing imagery from books and movies was taken from actual forensic pathology case studies found in this book.
For example in the novel Hannibal [spoiler](/s "when a character cuts of his face with glass while high on PCP"); that is taken directly from this book.
Forensic Pathology is a med school track.
Death investigation is an odd assortment, and really depends on the jurisdiction.
Some I've worked with studied criminal justice, others were LEOs from the local department that got a crash course on the job, some ex-LEOs, ex-military,ex-PI's.
I'm a forensic anthropologist by trade, and there is a move within the forensic community to change the system towards a highly trained civilian cadre to work these jobs instead of sworn law enforcement officers who took a few weekend seminars.
That would certainly help cut down on the number of cases where I get called to check out some "human" bones only to find out it's another damn wild boar or deer.
If you're interested, this is the bible for this line of work. Everyone I've ever worked with has a copy. Mine looks like a porcupine with all the sticky notes I have poking out of it with random annotations. It's amusing because it can get rather esoteric and specific because the guy who wrote it worked in Florida for years. There's a huge section about cave scuba diving accidents, which for most people is completely irrelevant, but the rest is gold.
edit basically get a good relevant education to the field, and ask to intern with your local coroner/ME office. They like free grunt work because they are often under funded and over loaded. Practical experience is key.
I've been told reading this book is a must.
https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Factory-Inside-Manufactured-Terrorism/dp/1935439618
Wouldn't surprise me
You could try reading.
https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Factory-Inside-Manufactured-Terrorism/dp/1935439618
Why would we need to imagine it, when we have all of these sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/terrorist-plots-helped-along-by-the-fbi.html
https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Factory-Inside-Manufactured-Terrorism/dp/1935439618
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/08/family-man-accused-of-right-wing-bomb-plot-is-mentally-ill.html
https://www.gq.com/story/matthew-llaneza-alleged-terrorist-fbi-snare
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/12/newburgh-four-fbi-entrapment-terror
https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/07/21/us-terrorism-prosecutions-often-illusion
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/nov/16/fbi-entrapment-fake-terror-plots
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/21/government-agents-directly-involved-us-terror-plots-report
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/20/fbi-informant
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/fbi-terrorist-informants/
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-fbi-hatched-some-crazy-terror-plots-2013-3
https://www.salon.com/2017/03/30/tear-up-texas-how-the-fbi-played-a-central-role-in-the-first-isis-attack-on-u-s-soil_partner/
https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/what-did-fbi-really-know-terrorist-attack-garland-texas
http://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-is-manufacturing-terrorism-cases-2016-6
https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Factory-Inside-Manufactured-Terrorism/dp/1935439618
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/us/fbi-isis-terrorism-stings.html
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/27/details-on-fbi-sting-operations-since-2001-terror-attacks.html
http://www.fox9.com/news/investigators/86880652-story
Did you know that the FBI employs 15,000+ informants working on terrorism cases?
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/21/139836377/the-surge-in-fbi-informants
Did you know that the reward for an informant successfully recruiting someone to commit a terrorist act runs up to $100,000?
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/a-former-fbi-agent-talks-about-handling-informants/
Some relevant parts that scare me:
"agents have helped people suspected of being extremists acquire weapons, scope out bombing targets and find the best routes to Syria to join the Islamic State, records show." - from the NYTimes article.
Did any informants approach Omar while he was being investigated by the FBI? We know at least one did, according to the nytimes here: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/us/omar-mateen-fbi.html
If so, did they help him pick a target, and his wife is now being blamed for helping him scope out the club? Do you think there is an informant who would try to persuade someone to commit a terrorist act for up to $100,000 but then fuck it up and accidentally set off the loose cannon that was Omar and then never tell the FBI about it?
You just need to do your due diligence. A round travelling at rifle velocities will cause tissue damage in the temporary cavity where a handgun round will not.
https://www.amazon.com/Gunshot-Wounds-Ballistics-Techniques-Investigations/dp/0849381630
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=750&v=T6kUvi72s0Y
A lot of it, yes.
It's not much different than today. The same as the "terrorist" threat. Two good books on the subject are Satanic Purses and Ghost Plane: the CIA rendition program
Before 9/11 the Blind Sheik was operating throughout America, while his disciple Ali Mohamed was kicked out of Egypt, (Egypt warned the Americans) and he came to work for the FBI & the CIA.
You could ask John O'Neil about it but he died, after he was offered a job in the Twin Towers (subsequently dying on 9/11). He had tracked Bin Laden & Al Queda better than anyone, but was ordered off it by the CIA.
He then tracked USS Cole operatives back to Yemen, linking Mossad to people they didn't want to be linked to. Ambassador Bodine tried to repeatedly shut him down and there was a Mossad plot to kill him.
Forced out of the counter terror chief of NY for FBI, he left behind his 30 year career under pressures, lured out with the head of security position at the WTC building. And he died there. 2 weeks after taking up the position.
What has the "fight" on "terror" done for most everyone? They've done a great job manufacturing events. and the majority of actual events are not even Muslim extremists. So in the end, the gov gets total control over the people, strips rights, increases power and divides the populace.
If you read those books I mentioned, and look over John O'Neil's story, you'd realize security services have a bead on everyone. Hell, in a German mosque, the operatives realized they were spying on friendly country agents, because they were so full of spooks.
Not unlike the 'Cold War', where they had taps on every communist support group, but used the 'threat' as a means to subvert civil rights, follow around, tap the phones of MLK, attack & spy on citizens and use the story outwardly for worldwide support and chess plays.
It's a game, a big stage play that creates good guys and bad guys, but the winners stay the same and the losers are always those who don't wanna play, or haven't signed up to.
>Unsurprisingly, the study confirms the role of the military industrial complex in perpetuating the decades-long state of panic. The text shows how "the defense industrial complex, not the Soviet high command, played a key role in driving the quantitative arms buildup" and thereby "led U.S. analysts to … exaggerate the aggressive intentions of the Soviets."
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2009/09/mark-g-brennan/the-cold-war-was-a-fraud/
Let's see...you can start by reading the books on Handgun Wounding Factors and Effectiveness by Dr. Martin Fackler. You then read the FBI's Terminal Effects report published after the Miami shootout. There's this: http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/march-2012/focus-on-training
and this:
http://www.theppsc.org/Staff_Views/Aveni/OIS.pdf
and then this:
http://www.amazon.com/Gunshot-Wounds-Ballistics-Techniques-Investigations/dp/0849381630/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1408492966&sr=8-1&keywords=Gunshot+Wounds+Vincent+Di+Maio
And the monthly periodical releases to Police regarding Officer Involved Shootings and the effectiveness reports.
and this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tueller_Drill
and this
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/2006-pdfs/mar06leb.pdf
And so on and on and on.
I'll warn you, I did my time doing Combat shit, and then 8 years looking at bodies and wounds, talking to doctors, trauma surgeons, and ER nurses/doctors, Police, FBI, and so on on the topic, and have seen a lot of crap first hand.
All of the stuff you find in the reports above, I can pretty much confirm really is true. :)
I would recommend anyone wanting to read his new book to read the original one, written by the man who did all the investigations - retired NYPD cop Detective Kevin Gannon. It appears David Paulides has got his cases from this book -
http://www.amazon.com/Studies-Drowning-Forensics-Kevin-Gannon-ebook/dp/B00IPPMI5M/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=
Crime Scene to Court - Has a UK focus but delves into all fields in fair detail without overloading you, its a good reference manual.
Forensic Science - May be a bit of a hefty one but also covers everything.
Practical Skills in Forensic Science - Probably better for when actually studying but has a lot of the information for being a forensic scientist rather than just knowing forensic science.
I would say those three, as well as those that ayeroger has mentioned will be all you need for an overview of the subject, if you have any specialist fields in mind I have a wide selection of reading material.
Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death:
http://www.amazon.com/Spitz-Fishers-Medicolegal-Investigation-Death/dp/0398058180
This is a really good book for anyone who is curious about the potential downfall of relying on DNA evidence- the woman who wrote it is a highly respected criminal law professor who is currently working on reexamining how the US's Model Penal Code deals with sexual assault and related offenses.
Maybe this one? https://www.amazon.com/Studies-Drowning-Forensics-Kevin-Gannon/dp/1439876649
There are several journals available like The Journal of Forensic Sciences http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1556-4029, but there are also many open access ones like The Open Forensic Science Journal, Journal of Forensic Research, or The Canadian Society of Forensic Science. The ones that are free would be a good start, because books like Forensic Science: From the Crime Scene to the Crime Lab or Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques, Third Edition (Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific & Investigative Techniques) will cost you.
Interesting interview this morning on the CBC with the author of this book: The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism Looks like what we have here is a "text book" case of entrapment - the authorities apprehending a "crime" that wouldn't have taken place if they hadn't got involved and egged it along in the first place.
Book description:
A groundbreaking work of investigative journalism, The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism exposes how the FBI has, under the guise of engaging in counterterrorism since 9/11, built a network of more than 15,000 informants whose primary purpose is to infiltrate Muslim communities to create and facilitate phony terrorist plots so that the Bureau can then claim it is winning the war on terror.
An outgrowth of Trevor Aaronson's work as an investigative reporting fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, which culminated in an award-winning cover story in Mother Jones magazine, The Terror Factory reveals shocking information about the criminals, con men, and liars the FBI uses as paid informants--including the story of an accused murderer who has become one of the Bureau's most prolific terrorism snitches--as well as documenting the extreme methods the FBI uses to ensnare Muslims in terrorist plots, which are in reality conceived and financed by the FBI.
The book also offers unprecedented detail into how the FBI has transformed from a reactive law enforcement agency to a proactive counterterrorism organization that traps hapless individuals in manufactured terrorist plots in order to justify the $3 billion it spends every year fighting terrorism.
The Human Bone Manual is like a biblical source to me. Also, Stiff, by Mary Roach is some SERIOUSLY interesting stuff.
The Secrets of the FBI
> Based on what "dozens" of others who had contact with Foster after that meeting told the agents, "The put-down that she gave him in that big meeting just pushed him over the edge," Copeland says. "It was the final straw that broke the camel's back."
you should read "the terror factory" if you think this kind of thing doesn't actually happen.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1935439618/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
PDF book for those who don't want to buy a hard copy...
https://www.slideshare.net/TheOccultTruthDotCom/the-terror-factory-inside-the-fbis-manufactured-war-on-terrorism?qid=471af383-ed28-49da-98ff-8faeae9ce850&v=&b=&from_search=23
I don't know if you are in school or not but if you have access to an anatomy or biology lab that has real human bones you could use them as reference. You could look at the human bone manual https://www.amazon.com/Human-Bone-Manual-Tim-White/dp/0120884674/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467507833&sr=1-1&keywords=human+bone+manual You should also think about are the bones you are modeling male or female, Juvenal or adult because these will change the dimensions.
I don't quite know what forensic genetics is, but if you want to learn more about bones you should get The Human Bone Manual! I loved this book. It's what we used in my human osteology class. Of course it's much easier to learn when you have bones to look at - my professor was very good too, but there's also nice online stuff and books. What kind of job are you trying to get?
nah, they're using /r/islam for the watchlist. Check out The Terror Factory to see what this watchlist is for.
(Nonfiction) Irrefutable Evidence by Michael Kurland. This has a lot of crime stories, focussing on forensic science. I loved it and it got me started as a murderino.
https://www.amazon.com/Irrefutable-Evidence-Adventures-History-Forensic/dp/1566638038
https://www.amazon.com/Criminalistics-Introduction-Forensic-Science-12th/dp/0134477596
When I took osteology we used this book. It was hella helpful and I really liked it. https://www.amazon.com/Human-Bone-Manual-Tim-White/dp/0120884674
Your girlfriend and I are kindred spirits ❤️
I was watching something a while ago where Spitz and Fisher's Medicolegal Investigation of Death was mentioned, so immediately looked it up and drooled, but at $120-130, it's not happening any time soon (I'm also in an adjacent field, not forensics directly, it's just an interest, so I can't justify it). However, the recommended books from that one are pretty gnarly. I highly recommend giving it a look. There'll be a coffee table-type book among those, I'm sure.
http://www.amazon.com/Gunshot-Wounds-Ballistics-Techniques-Investigations/dp/0849381630/
from this book. If you get to a hospital with your heart still beating after getting shot you have a 95% survival rate. Obviously CNS/heart shots kill you quicker, but if your in a major city your most likely 10-15min out from a hospital and more than likely could get airlifted.
Getting shot is not an instant death like you see in the movies. There's a reason you hear about people getting shot 15 times and surviving or people taking a bulet to the head and only coming out with minor brain damage. U.S dl emergency rooms in big cities have gotten frighteningly good at dealing with gun shot wounds.
> I haven't seen any proof of the fabrication of attacks so I'd research judgement on that.
Really? It took literally 3 seconds to google.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/21/government-agents-directly-involved-us-terror-plots-report
https://theintercept.com/2015/02/26/fbi-manufacture-plots-terrorism-isis-grave-threats/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/08/us/fbi-isis-terrorism-stings.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-is-manufacturing-terrorism-cases-2016-6
http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/do-f-b-i-stings-help-the-fight-against-isis
And then this book too
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ATLNH78/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
>but there has definitely been a huge benefit to the American economy as well.
Do you not see how evil that sounds? No shit it's been beneficial, that was the point of them doing it. But for one, they got almost all of the benefit. And two, the benefit came from horrific crimes against humanity, so why is that relevant at all?
Read it again, slowly if you lack comprehension. This is the original study. This was never about military.
> Brent E. Turvey, a criminologist, wrote a 2017 book that dispels this notion. His research, and that of two co-authors, cited statistical studies and police crime reports. One academic study showed that as many as 40 percent of sexual assault charges are false. Mr. Turvey wrote that the FBI in the 1990s pegged the falsity rate at 8 percent for rape or attempted rape complaints.
Here's the author's book.
Then they found a military study that supports their claims but original study is not about the military.
> A recent study supports this assessment. The Pentagon issues an annual report on sexual assaults in the military. Nearly one-quarter of all cases last year were thrown out for lack of evidence, according to a report released in May.
data shows that over 80% of these "terrorist attacks" are manufactured by the US government by encouraging people who would never have done anything like this, to do so by fooling them into thinking the plan is fool proof. FBI is on record for scouting sites with the individual, encouraging the individuals very aggressively, all so the feds can prevent their own attacks, get media coverage for "stopping the big bad terrorists", and get more funding, keep the citizenry afraid and willing to give up more freedom for a false sense of security.
Edit: for those asking for evidence of my claim or data.
Mainstream news source 1
https://theintercept.com/2015/02/26/fbi-manufacture-plots-terrorism-isis-grave-threats/
Mainstream source 2
https://theintercept.com/2015/01/16/latest-fbi-boast-disrupting-terror-u-s-plot-deserves-scrutiny-skepticism/
Mainstream source 3
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/04/29/opinion/sunday/terrorist-plots-helped-along-by-the-fbi.html
Alternative news source
http://yournewswire.com/former-agent-claims-fbi-manufactures-nearly-all-terrorist-incidents/
Very compelling book with FBI data collected on manufactured terrorist attacks.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ATLNH78/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1