- Author: Scott Christianson
- Date: 09 Nov 2006
- Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD
- Language: English
- Book Format: Hardback::192 pages
- ISBN10: 1592285805
- ISBN13: 9781592285808
- Publication City/Country: Guilford, United States
- Imprint: The Lyons Press
- File size: 41 Mb
- Dimension: 178x 230x 19.05mm::725.75g
- Download: Bodies of Evidence : Forensic Science and Crime
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