A Life of Crime: My Career in Forensic Science

ISBN-13: 9781138604469 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 329 str.

Douglas Lucas

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A Life of Crime: My Career in Forensic Science chronicles the career of world-renowned forensic science, Dr. Douglas Lucas. It is the culmination of his decades-worth of work in the field, developing innovative techniques that have revolutionized several aspects of forensic science.

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Prologue: Flight 621

1. The Early Years

2. The Fledgling Forensic Scientist

3. "Point Zero Eight": Forensic Science Influences the Law

4. The Courtroom: "What on Earth Am I Doing Here?"

5. Broadening Horizons: There Is More to This Than Just Alcohol!

6. Screech and Seal Flipper Pie: Fire and Politics in Newfoundland

7. Carbon Monoxide: "Death and the Dark-Haired Maiden"

8. Nitroglycerine and Explosions: Some Things Can’t Be Learned in the Laboratory

9. An Explosion in A Dynamite Plant: "Holy Shit—This Stuff Is Dangerous"

10. Dealing With IEDs: "There Has To Be A Better Way"

11. Canada’s Guy Fawkes

12. Mr. Miscellaneous: "Can You Do Something With This?"

13. Missing Person or Homicide? – Regina v. Arthur Kendall

14. How to Get a New Lab? – Regina v. Wayne Ford

15. The Attorney General’s Lab Gets a New Name, and a New Director

16. "Get Involved" They Told Me, So I Did: Professional Associations

17. Last Word Society Stories, #1 (1979): "Was Tom Thomson Murdered?" or "Whose Bones Are Buried Under That Spruce Tree?"

18. Last Word Society Stories # 2 (1983): The Assassination of Thomas D’Arcy McGee, "Look for the Tailor with the Red Whiskers."

19. Last Word Society Stories # 3 (1988): Arsenic and Old Ice, The Death of Charles Francis Hall

20. Miracle in Mississauga: "Let’s Get the Hell Out of Here"

21. The Baby Deaths at Sick Kids Hospital: "George the Moose Was Still Standing"

22. Introduction of DNA Profiling: "If You Are Going to Do It, Do It Right!"

23. The Guy Paul Morin Case: "A Tragedy of Errors"

24. The Steven Truscott Case: Wrongful Conviction or Factual Innocence?

25. Retirement, Part 1: "So, What Do I Do Now?"

26. Retirement, Part 2: My Final Presentation

Appendix A. Curriculum Vitae