1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910967360403321

Autore

Houck Max M

Titolo

Fundamentals of forensic science / / Max Houck, Jay Siegel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2006

ISBN

9786612540110

9781282540118

1282540114

9780080507088

0080507085

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (689 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SiegelJay A

Disciplina

363.25

Soggetti

Forensic sciences

Criminal investigation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Crime scene investigation -- The nature of evidence -- Microscopy -- Spectroscopic techniques -- Separation methods in forensic science -- Pathology -- Anthropology and odontology -- Entomology -- Serology and bloodstain pattern analysis -- DNA analysis -- Forensic hair examinations -- Illicit drugs -- Forensic toxicology -- Textile fibers -- Paint analysis -- Soil and glass -- Fires and explosions -- Friction ridge examination -- Questioned documents -- Firearms and tool marks -- Impression evidence -- Legal aspects of forensic science.

Sommario/riassunto

Unlike other introductory textbooks on the topic,  Fundamentals of Forensic Science  presents a complete look at the forensic sciences, emphasizing the biology, chemistry, and physical sciences that underpin forensic science. By covering the principles that are central to forensic science, and by discussing topics that are typically excluded from generalized discussions of "criminalistics,? this book provides a depth and breadth of information that no other textbook contains. Written by two of the leading experts in forensic science today,  Fundamentals of Forensic Science  appro



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970160403321

Autore

Verhoeven Deb

Titolo

Jane Campion / / Deb Verhoeven

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-134-50404-7

1-281-90119-9

9786611901196

0-203-88596-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 p.)

Collana

Routledge film guidebooks

Disciplina

791.4302/33092

791.430233092

Soggetti

Motion picture producers and directors - New Zealand

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-263) and index.

Includes filmography: p. [220]-239.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION Being Jane Campion in a Post-Campion World?; 1 BECOMING JANE CAMPION Modes of auteurism and the media; 2 REALIZING JANE CAMPION The industry, politics and economics of contemporary auteurism; 3 DISCIPLINING JANE CAMPION Auteurism and the knowing audience; 4 JANE CAMPION ON JANE CAMPION One more interview; CHRONOLOGY; FILMOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESOURCES; GLOSSARY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Jane Campion is one of the most celebrated auteurs of modern cinema and was the first female director to be awarded the prestigious Palme d'Or. Throughout her relatively short career, Campion has received extraordinary attention from the media and scholars alike and has provoked fierce debates on issues such as feminism, colonialism, and nationalism. In this detailed account of Jane Campion's career as a filmmaker, Deb Verhoeven examines specifically how contemporary film directors 'fashion' themselves as auteurs - through their personal interactions with the media, in their choice o