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kbarenthaler's review against another edition
2.0
The lectures focus more on giving you the background of each case than actually going through the forensic sciences behind the case. Still interesting, just not what I expected from the title.
duchessofreadin's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely LOVED this! I was hooked from the start, and could not put it down. There were so many different cases and theories presented, as well as the updates from the cases. Some of the cases are a bit hard on the stomach, so don't read or listen to this book while eating if you get queasy easily, but overall it was fabulous.
Highly recommended to anyone that enjoys true crime!
Highly recommended to anyone that enjoys true crime!
johnbreeden's review against another edition
3.0
This is an okay series of lectures if you are interested in a broad look at specific cases that utilize varying forensic techniques. The lecturer presents cases that are generally historic representatives of use of forensics, but that tips over into criminology and the psychological. This is not a detailed or exclusively science-based look at forensics. This is definitely a focus on history. There are good elements, but if you're seeking a focus on the science of forensic discovery, there are other avenues to look at first. After those, these lectures could add a bit of context outside of the scientific and into the social elements.
kungelbach's review against another edition
5.0
I found the lecturer to be very good and I quite enjoyed her voice. The subject matter was fascinating and I had a hard time spacing out my listening to the lectures. She seems to know her subject matter well. I might listen to this one again.
blue_bell2001's review against another edition
dark
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Not quite what I expected, but the lecturer held my interest the entire time.
turddlett's review against another edition
dark
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
4.25
More of a history of crime solving. It had less emphasis on forensic analysis. It felt like only a few minutes of each lecture discussed forensic technology. Still interesting and entertaining.
rosemaryandrue's review against another edition
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informative
medium-paced
4.0
Professor Elizabeth A Murray discusses various techniques and issues in forensic science through the medium of cases throughout history.
This was an engaging series of lectures about the history of forensic science. The series consists of twenty-five lectures, over the course of which Murray covers famous cases like Jack the Ripper and the Black Dahlia, as well as topics like false confessions and wrongful convictions, hoaxes and frauds, and the forensics of genocide, to name a few. Murray has an engaging manner and delivers the lectures in a straightforward and easily digested way.
However, listeners expecting to hear more details on the 'science' of forensic science will come away disappointed.
This was an engaging series of lectures about the history of forensic science. The series consists of twenty-five lectures, over the course of which Murray covers famous cases like Jack the Ripper and the Black Dahlia, as well as topics like false confessions and wrongful convictions, hoaxes and frauds, and the forensics of genocide, to name a few. Murray has an engaging manner and delivers the lectures in a straightforward and easily digested way.
However, listeners expecting to hear more details on the 'science' of forensic science will come away disappointed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Genocide
rlse's review against another edition
4.0
This was great. It was not about details of forensic science per se, but rather associated stories connected to, revealed by, or even generating forensic science.