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Drug Crime
Michael Benson
Hardcover (Chelsea House Publications, Nov. 1, 2008)'Drug Crime' looks at how drugs are produced, transported, and sold, and examines the many methods used by police around the world to combat the illegal drug trade.
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K-9 Police Units
Gail B. Stewart
Library Binding (Lucent Books, Oct. 26, 2009)Discusses the training of dogs and their partners for police work and describes their use on patrol, in sniffing out drugs and weapons, and in search and rescue and retrieval cases.
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White-Collar Crime
Michael Benson, John L French
(Chelsea House Publications, Sept. 1, 2008)The term 'white collar crime' refers to crimes committed by people in respectable social and professional positions, who commit a crime in the course of doing their job or by using the advantage of their position. This book explains the common types of crime committed.
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Lost and Found: Looking at Traces of Evidence
Leela Burnscott
Library Binding (Smart Apple Media, Aug. 1, 2009)Explains how forensic scientists use evidence left behind by criminals to solve crimes, discussing their use of such clues as hair, paint, and gunshot residue.
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The Oklahoma City Bombing
Richard Brownell
Library Binding (Lucent Books, April 27, 2007)The Crime Scene Investigations series strives to be both informative and realistic about how members of law enforcement-- criminal investigators, forensic scientists, and others--solve crimes, for it is essential that student researchers understand that crime solving is rarely quick or easy. Many factors--from a detective's dogged pursuit of one tenuous lead to a suspect's careless mistakes to sheer luck to complex calculations computed in the lab--are all part of crime solving today.
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Blackmail and Bribery
Bonnie Juettner
Hardcover (Lucent Books, Jan. 23, 2009)Examines the fascinating world of the criminal investigator and other professionals who are on the frontline of solving notorious crimes with the help of technological advances in the field.
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Solids: An Investigation
Chris Oxlade
Library Binding (Powerkids Pr, Jan. 30, 2008)Presents information about states of matter, discussing such topics as how heat and electricity get through materials, what happens when materials are heated or cooled, how materials change states, and chemical changes.
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Ships and Boats
Whitecap Books
Paperback (Whitecap Books Ltd., Jan. 1, 2010)This series encourages children to learn about the world around them through illustrated books, they can journey back to the time of dinosaurs or into the future with airplanes. Each book contains colorful stickers, and a collectable poster is available.
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Magnetism: An Investigation
John Stringer
Library Binding (PowerKids Press, Jan. 1, 2008)Presents information about magnetism, discussing such topics as what happens inside a magnet, how magnets are used, the connection between magnetism and electricity, and how electrical generators work.
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Terrorism
Ben Malisow, John L French
Library Binding (Chelsea House Publications, Aug. 1, 2008)Terrorism has been used as a tractic against governments and other entities of power throughout history. In this book, Malisow examines the history of such terrorist acts, and defines the different types of terrorism experienced throughout the world. Each chapter examines a particular branch of terrorism.
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Body Farms
Diane Yancey
Hardcover (Lucent, July 17, 2009)Describes how forensics helps solve old crimes and mysteries through the use of bones, human remains, dental records, DNA, and facial reconstruction.
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