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    Forensics: Cool Women Who Investigate
    Forensics: Cool Women Who Investigate
    Forensics: Cool Women Who Investigate
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    Forensics: Cool Women Who Investigate

    By Anita Yasuda and Allison Bruce

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    How do scientists solve mysteries? With forensics! Every crime scene contains forensic evidence that helps investigators discover exactly what happened. Forensics is the science of gathering and examining information about a past event, usually to solve a crime or legal problem.

    In Forensics: Cool Women Who Investigate, children ages 9 through 12 learn about this fascinating field and meet three women who are succeeding in their chosen profession of forensics. Christine Gabig-Prebyl is a forensic scientist with Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Krishna Patel is a Forensic Supervisor with the Torrance Police Department, and Jessica Frances Lam is a researcher at England's University of Leicester INTREPID Forensics Programme. Forensics combines high-interest content with links to online primary sources and essential questions that further expand kids' knowledge and understanding of a topic made popular by TV shows, movies, and books. Compelling stories of real-life forensic scientists provide role models that readers can look toward for examples of success. Nomad Press books in the Girls in Science series supply a bridge between girls' interests and their potential futures by investigating science careers and introducing women who have succeeded in science.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNomad Press
    Release dateMar 21, 2016
    ISBN9781619303485
    Forensics: Cool Women Who Investigate
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    Anita Yasuda

    Anita Yasuda is the author of more than one hundred books for children. She lives with her family and her dog in Huntington Beach, California.

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      Book preview

      Forensics - Anita Yasuda

      Nomad Press

      A division of Nomad Communications

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      Copyright © 2016 by Nomad Press. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review or for limited educational use.

      The trademark Nomad Press and the Nomad Press logo are trademarks of Nomad Communications, Inc.

      ISBN Softcover: 978-1-61930-350-8

      ISBN Hardcover: 978-1-61930-346-1

      Illustrations by Allison Bruce

      Educational Consultant, Marla Conn

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      How to Use This Book

      In this book you’ll find a few different ways to further explore the topic of women in forensics.

      The essential questions in each Ask & Answer box encourage you to think further. You probably won’t find the answers to these questions in the text, and sometimes there are no right or wrong answers! Instead, these questions are here to help you think more deeply about what you’re reading and how the material connects to your own life.

      There’s a lot of new vocabulary in this book! Can you figure out a word’s meaning from the paragraph? Look in the glossary in the back of the book to find the definitions of words you don’t know.

      Are you interested in what women have to say about forensics? You’ll find quotes from women who are professionals in the forensics field. You can learn a lot by listening to people who have worked hard to succeed!

      Primary sources come from people who were eyewitnesses to events. They might write about the event, take pictures, or record the event for radio or video. Why are primary sources important?

      Use a QR code reader app on your tablet or other device to find online primary sources. You can find a list of URLs on the Resources page. If the QR code doesn’t work, try searching the Internet with the Keyword Prompts to find other helpful sources.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      What Is Forensics?

      CHAPTER 1

      Fingerprints and the Future

      CHAPTER 2

      Christine Gabig-Prebyl

      CHAPTER 3

      Jessica Frances Lam

      CHAPTER 4

      Stephanie Kristen Callian

      Timeline • Essential Questions • Glossary • Resources • Index

      INTRODUCTION

      What Is Forensics?

      Under the sheets, with your light’s battery running low, you can’t stop yourself from turning to the next page. You’re eager to solve this crime. The book clutched between your hands has everything that makes a great story. It has elements of suspense, multiple suspects, a sprinkling of clues, a red herring, and a great detective. Before the mystery is solved, there will be twists and turns. Then it will be brought to a satisfying conclusion with the criminal revealed.

      In real life, solving crimes is much more challenging. It takes longer than the average novel or 52-minute television drama. The scene of the crime has to be secured, witnesses interviewed, and evidence collected—from carpet fibers to blood and hair.

      Sometimes, the trail goes cold. The investigation might stall for months or years until new evidence is revealed. A hunch is not enough. That’s why the people investigating crimes turn to forensic science.

      Cool Careers: Forensic Botanist

      Forensic botanists use their training in plant sciences to connect plant materials, pollen, microorganisms, and other evidence from crime scenes to suspects. British forensic botanist Patricia Wiltshire specializes in pollen and spores. She has been brought in to work on investigations with every police force in England, Wales, and Ireland and with four in Scotland. An ecologist has to know a bit about everything, she says. It’s no good knowing just about plants, you’ve got to know about the soil they grow in. If you go to a crime scene, you’ve got to know what the creepy-crawlies mean. What are they feeding on, why are they there?

      Ask & Answer

      What is forensics? Why should forensics be used to determine a person’s guilt or innocence?

      Forensics is when science is used to study and explain crimes in laboratories and in courtrooms. Forensics uses different branches of science, including biology, chemistry, medicine, and toxicology. In books or on TV, one person often appears to have training in all these areas. But this is not the case in real life.

      Each area of forensic science requires specific study. A forensic botanist, for example, trains in biology, botany, or both! Some jobs are only available for police officers.

      The American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) represents the wide variety of professions. The AAFS is the largest forensic organization in the world, with about 7,000 members. In 1948, the organization formed to promote forensic science education and improve the science.

      An AAFS member might be a criminalist who analyzes data to understand why criminals commit crimes, or she might be an odontologist who examines the dental evidence.

      In this book, the term forensic science describes the work of all these professionals. You’ll learn about the history of forensics, including the tools and techniques used to identify suspects and solve crimes or other mysteries. You will read about different kinds of forensic investigators and learn about some detectives and scientists from the past and present. Plus, you will meet three women working in forensics today, and find out what inspired them to pursue their careers.

      Christine Gabig-Prebyl is a forensic scientist with Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Nebraska and an instructor at Nebraska Wesleyan University. Jessica

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