{"product_id":"the-basics-of-investigating-forensic-science-a-laboratory-manual-paperback","title":"The Basics of Investigating Forensic Science: A Laboratory Manual - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathy Mirakovits\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGina Londino-Smolar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Basics of Investigating Forensic Science: A Laboratory Manual, Second Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e presents foundational concepts in forensic science through hands-on laboratory techniques and engaging exercises. The text offers numerous lab projects on a range of subjects including fingerprinting, shoeprint analysis, firearms, pathology, anthropology, forensic biology and DNA, drugs, trace evidence analysis, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Second Edition is fully updated to include extensive full-color photos and diagrams to reflect current best-practices focussing on laboratory procedure, techniques, and interpretation of results. Each laboratory illustrates processes and concepts, and how the equipment should be set up for a given exercise. Many of the exercises can be done with minimal laboratory equipment and material while certain exercises also have additional options and advanced lab exercises--for those education institutions with access to more specialized or advance laboratory equipment. While the sequencing of laboratory exercises in the book is designed to follow \u003cb\u003eThe Basics\u003c\/b\u003e textbook, the lab exercises are intentionally modular can be performed in any sequence desired by an instructor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Basics of Investigating Forensic Science, Second Edition is an excellent resource for introduction to forensic sciences courses, including the companion textbook it was designed to accompany, \u003cb\u003eForensic Science: The Basics, Fourth Edition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e(ISBN: 9780367251499). The book can be used alongside any textbook, and even serve as a stand-alone text for two- and four-year college programs, as well as course at the high school level. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathy Mirakovits is a retired high school teacher of forensic science and physics. She currently teaches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eforensic science and physics at Kalamazoo Valley Community College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Kathy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eholds an MS in science education from Western Michigan University, a bachelor's degree in science education\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom Miami University, and has completed over 15 graduate hours in forensic science. She has taught\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egeneral science, physical science, chemistry, biology, earth science, and physics at the high school and twoyear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecollege level for a total of 30 years. Additionally, Kathy conducts workshops across the United States\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor teachers who wish to learn the application of forensic science in a school curriculum. Information on\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethose workshops can be found at her website: www .forensicscience -ed .com. She has developed numerous\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eforensic science educational products for a national science supplier and has led workshops at the National\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScience Teachers Association (NSTA) in forensic science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathy has served as president of the Michigan Chapter of the American Association of Physics Teachers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(AAPT) and as a curriculum writer for the Michigan Department of Education. Kathy has served as the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehigh school director and the membership director for the Michigan Science Teachers Association. She has\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereceived the RadioShack Science Teaching Award and has been a two-time state finalist for the Presidential\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching (PAEMST).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGina Londino-Smolar \u003c\/strong\u003eearned her bachelor's degree in chemistry from Ball State University in Muncie, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndiana. She then attended graduate school at Purdue University, Indianapolis, where she earned a master's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edegree in chemistry. While in graduate school, her main focus was in forensic analysis of pigmented ink\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eusing pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Gina is currently a senior lecturer in the Department\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Chemistry and Chemical Biology teaching in the Forensic and Investigative Sciences program at Indiana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUniversity-Purdue University, Indianapolis, where she has been teaching introductory courses in forensic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escience, forensic chemistry, and forensic microscopy since 2006. She has designed multiple courses in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eforensic science, including a variety of beginner-to-advanced laboratory exercises. Gina also serves as a faculty\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efellow with Teaching and Learning Technologies at Indiana University and has been directly involved\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein designing online content for both credit and non-credit courses. Gina has created multiple online courses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein forensic science, both lecture and laboratory, in order to reach out to other student populations and uses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe universal design for learning. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand a member and 2021-2023 president of the Council of Forensic Science Educators (COFSE).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 218\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 11 x 8.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53857544012051,"sku":"9780367251529","price":90.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/6300\/3667\/files\/Y0VYRXByQ0YzQS8rbU55NjZzSklPZz09.webp?v=1771923309","url":"https:\/\/finduslaw.com\/products\/the-basics-of-investigating-forensic-science-a-laboratory-manual-paperback","provider":"FindUSlaw Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}