Mark Hofmann had been working as a document dealer for years, selling rare documents to the Mormon Church. In 1985, some people began to doubt the authenticity of the documents. Further inspection by forensic experts proved that Hofmann had been artificially aging the documents with a chemical solution. Hofmann s illegal business was over, and he was sent to prison for his crimes, which even included murder! The real-life crime stories in this book are followed by science experiments and project ideas that highlight the forensic technique used to solve the crime. How can you identify false documents? Do inks, paper, and computer printers help identify forged documents? Can you do a handwriting analysis to find out if a signature is real? Take careful notes in your case notebook, your observations could crack the case!

Forgery: Crime-Solving Science Experiments (Forensic Science Projects)

Children's Books

Kenneth G. Rainis

Education & Reference

Enslow Publishers, Inc.

The police are investigating the 1983 murder of Charlotte Stewart. A blood-soaked cloth is found, but they have no leads and no suspects. Soon the case turns colds. Ten years later, DNA evidence links Richard Jackson to the crime; he is arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. The real-life crime stories in this book are followed by science experiments and project ideas that highlight the forensic technique used to solve the crime. How do you know if a stain is really blood? How can the shape of a blood splatter tell an investigator what happened during the crime? How does DNA evidence rule out suspects? Take careful notes in your case notebook; your observations could crack the case!

Blood and DNA Evidence: Crime-Solving Science Experiments

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

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