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A Life of Crime : My Career in Forensic Science / by Lucas, Douglas

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Scentwork for horses / by Draaisma, Rachaël

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Nightmare alley film noir and the American dream / by Osteen, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: film noir and the American dream -- "Someone else's nightmare": exploring noir dreamscapes -- Missing persons: self-erasure and reinvention -- Vet noir: masculinity, memory and trauma -- Framed: forging noir identities -- Noir's cars: automobility and amoral space -- Nocturnes in black and blue: memory, morality and jazz melody -- Femmes vital: film noir and women's work -- Left-handed endeavor: crime, capitalism, and the Hollywood left -- Conclusion: American nightmares.…”
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Advanced topics in forensic DNA typing methodology / by Butler, John M. (John Marshall), 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Sample collection, storage, and characterization -- DNA extraction methods -- DNA quantitation -- PCR amplification: capabilities and cautions -- Short tandem repeat (STR) loci and kits -- Capillary electrophoresis: principles and instrumentation -- Quality assurance and validation -- DNA databases: uses and issues -- Missing persons and disaster victim identification efforts -- Degraded DNA -- Low-level DNA testing: issues, concerns, and solutions -- Single nucleotide polymorphisms and applications -- Y-chromosome DNA testing -- Mitochondrial DNA analysis -- X-chromosome analysis -- Non-human DNA -- New technologies and automation -- Legal aspects of DNA testing and the scientific expert in court.…”
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You're Dead—So What? : Media, Police, and the Invisibility of Black Women as Victims of Homicide / by Neely, Cheryl L.

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You're Dead—So What? : Media, Police, and the Invisibility of Black Women as Victims of Homicide / by Neely, Cheryl L.

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Divided Cyprus modernity, history, and an island in conflict /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Modernity, history, and conflict in divided Cyprus : an overview / Yiannis Papadakis, Nicos Peristianis, and Gisela Welz -- Transforming lives : process and person in Cypriot modernity / Michael Herzfeld -- On the condition of postcoloniality in Cyprus / Rebecca Bryant -- Disclosure and censorship in divided Cyprus : toward an anthropology of ethnic autism / Yiannis Papadakis -- De-ethnicizing the ethnography of Cyprus : political and social conflict between Turkish Cypriots and settlers from Turkey / Yael Navaro-Yashin -- Cypriot nationalism, dual identity, and politics / Nicos Peristianis -- Children constructing ethnic identities in Cyprus / Spyros Spyrou -- "Contested natures" : an environmental conflict in Cyprus / Gisela Welz -- Gardens and the nature of rootedness in Cyprus / Anne Jepson -- Researching society and culture in Cyprus : displacements, hybridities, and dialogical frameworks / Floya Anthias -- Recognition and emotion : exhumations of missing persons in Cyprus / Paul Sant Cassia -- Postscript: Reflections on an anthropology of Cyprus / Vassos Argyrou.…”
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International perspectives on social work and political conflict

Table of Contents: “…Social work and the Cyprus problem: The challenges of reconciliation in de facto divided and crisis-ridden societiesIntroduction; Cyprus; Social work, colonialism and conflict in Cyprus: a paradoxical relationship; The historical evolution of social work in Cyprus; Committee on Missing Persons (CMP): the hidden force of social work beneath the success?…”
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