Forensic Investigation Curriculum (pdf) - Darien Public Schools

CAREER AWARENESS
Forensic anthropologist
Forensic dentist
CORE TEXT FOR STUDENTS
Forensic Science: Fundamentals & Investigations, 1 st ed., Anthony J. Bertino, South-
Western Cengage Learning, Mason OH 2008
ADDITIONAL TEXTS/ RESOURCES FOR USE BY STUDENTS
Forensic Science: An Introduction, Richard Saferstein, Forensic Science: the Basics,
Jay A. Siegel, Forensic Science for High School, Deslich & Funkhouser, Forensic
Science Today, Dr. Henry Lee, George Taft & Kimberley Taylor
Books
Bass, W. Human Osteology, A Laboratory and Field Manual. Columbia, Missouri
Archeological Society, 1996.
Bass, Bill and Jon Jefferson. Death‟s Acre: Inside the Legendary „Body Farm.‟ New
York, NY: Penguin Group, Inc. (USA), 2003.
Evans, C. A Question of Evidence. New York: Wiley, 2002.
Ferllini, Roxana. Silent Witness – How Forensic Anthropology is Used to Solve the
World‟s Toughest Crimes. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books (U.S.) Inc., 2002.
Jackson, D. The Bone Detectives. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1996.
Maples, W. and M. Browning. Dead Men Do Tell Tales. Main Street Books, 1995.
Massie, R. Romanovs. New York: Ballantine Books, 1996.
Osterburg, J. Criminal Investigation: A Method for Reconstructing the Past. Cincinnati:
Anderson Publishing Co., 1992.
Snyder Sachs, J. Corpse: Nature, Forensics, and the Struggle to Pinpoint Time of
Death. New York: Perseus Books Group, 2002.
Thomas, Peggy. Forensic Anthropology – the Growing Science of Talking Bones. New
York, NY: Facts on File, Inc., 2003.
Saladin, K. Anatomy and Physiology, the Unity of Form and Function. Boston,
McGraw-Hill, 2001.
Taylor, Karen T. Forensic Art and Illustration. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2000.
Ubelaker, D. Human Skeletal Remains, Excavation, Analysis and Interpretation, 2 nd ed.,
Washington, D.C., Taraxacum, 1989.
Ubelaker, D. and H. Scammell. Bones: A Forensic Detective‟s Casebook. New York:
Edward Burlingame Books, 1992.
Journals
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