Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes

bDiscover the extraordinary role of plants in modern forensics, from their use as evidence in the trials...
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Author: David J. Gibson
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Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes by Gibson, David J.

Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes

€50,13

Planting Clues: How Plants Solve Crimes

€50,13
Author: David J. Gibson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
bDiscover the extraordinary role of plants in modern forensics, from their use as evidence in the trials of high profile murderers such as Ted Bundy to high value botanical trafficking and poaching. /b

We are all familliar with the role of blood spatters or fingerprints in solving crimes, from stories in the media of DNA testing or other biological evidence being used as the clinching evidence to incriminate a killer. This book lifts the lid on the equally important evidence from plants at a crime scene, from the incriminating presence of freshwater plants in the lungs of a drowning victim, to rare botanical poisons in the evening gin and tonic, to exotic trafficked flowers and drugs.

In Planting Clues, David Gibson explores how plants can help to solve crimes, as well as how plant crimes are themselves solved. He discusses the botanical evidence that proved important in bringing a number of high-profile murderers such as Ian Huntley (the 2002 Shoham Murders), and Bruno Hauptman (the 1932 Baby Lindbergh kidnapping) to trial, from leaf fragments and wood anatomy to pollen and spores. Throughout he traces the evolution of forensic botany, and shares the fascinating stories that advanced its progress.

Author: David J. Gibson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 10/25/2022
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.63h x 5.64w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780198868606


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/12/2022
Booklist 10/21/2022
Choice 04/01/2023

About the Author
David J. Gibson, Distinguished Professor of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

David J. Gibson is Professor of Plant Biology and University Distinguished Scholar at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is Senior Editor of the Journal of Ecology, and author of a number of books, including Grasslands and Climate Change (2019, with J. A. Newman), Methods in Comparative Plant Population Ecology, 2nd edition (2015) and Grasses and Grassland Ecology (2009).

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