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Dashing through the snowbirds / by Andrews, Donna,author.(CARDINAL)344601;
"Dashing Through the Snowbirds is the next merry installment of Donna Andrews's New York Times bestselling Meg Langslow mystery series. Christmas in Caerphilly is wonderful! Unless you're a Canadian whose inconsiderate boss is forcing you to spend the holiday there, far from family and friends, with only a slim chance of a white Christmas. Meg already has her hands full, trying to make the season festive for the dozen programmers who are staying with her and Michael while working on a rush project with her brother's software company. At least it's an interesting project, since the Canadian company is doing forensic genealogy and DNA analysis. When the inconsiderate boss is found murdered, there are too many suspects. Even before their Christmas in exile, his own employees had plenty of motives, and the growing number of people suing the company for faulty DNA analysis and invasion of their genetic privacy include at least one notorious murderer. Can Meg crack the case in time to keep the Yuletide bright?"--
Subjects: Novels.; Langslow, Meg (Fictitious character); Computer programmers; Murder; Forensice genetics;
Available copies: 57 / Total copies: 58
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Long time gone [large print] / by Donlea, Charlie,author.(CARDINAL)354098;
"On the first day of an elite two-year fellowship under the renowned Chief Medical Officer Dr. Livia Cutty, Sloan Hastings receives a research assignment in the emerging field of forensic genealogy. It's the exciting, rapidly evolving science behind the recent breaks in high-profile cold cases from the Golden State Killer to the Cameron Young murder, and Sloan enthusiastically begins her research by submitting her own DNA to an online genealogy site. Her goal is to better understand the treasure trove of genetic information contained on ancestry websites, but the results she receives are shocking. Raised by loving, supportive parents, Sloan has always known she was adopted. But her DNA profile suggests her true identity is that of Charlotte Margolis, aka "Baby Charlotte," who captured the nation's attention when she and her affluent parents mysteriously vanished in July 1995. Despite a large-scale investigation and months of broad media coverage, there were never any suspects in the family's disappearance and the case has been cold for decades. Racing to stay ahead of the media and true crime junkies ravenous to know what really happened to Baby Charlotte, Sloan's search for answers leads her to Cedar Creek, Nevada, a small town north of Lake Tahoe. There, the Margolis family's power and influence permeate every corner of the county, and while Sloan's birth relatives are initially welcoming, they're also mysterious and tight-lipped. Not everyone seems happy about Sloan's return, or the questions she's asking."--
Subjects: Large print books.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Secrecy; Genealogy; Forensic genetics; Missing persons; Medicine; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Family secrets; Secrecy.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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DNA fingerprinting : the ultimate identity / by Fridell, Ron.(CARDINAL)652450;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-108) and index.Discusses the discovery of DNA fingerprinting, the processes involved, its initial use, and its past and present role in forensic identification, conservation biology, and human genetics.
Subjects: DNA fingerprinting; Forensic sciences;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 10
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A passion for ignorance : what we choose not to know and why / by Salecl, Renata,1962-author.(CARDINAL)836513;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-187) and index."Drawing on philosophy, social and psychoanalytic theory, popular culture, and her own experience, Salecl explores how the passion for ignorance plays out in many different aspects of life today, from love, illness, trauma, and the fear of failure to genetics, forensic science, big data, and the Incel movement-and she concludes that ignorance is a complex phenomenon that can, on occasion, benefit individuals and society as a whole"--
Subjects: Ignorance (Theory of knowledge);
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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DNA up close / by Shea, John M.(CARDINAL)397472;
Introduces DNA, describing the history of its discovery, how it is coded, and how it genetically determines all physical features of every living creature on the planet.1010L
Subjects: DNA;
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Crime and circumstance : investigating the history of forensic science / by Bell, Suzanne.(CARDINAL)672535;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-240) and index.Sexy science? -- The scene of the catastrophe -- Uniquely human -- Settlements and civilization; : justice and death -- The emerging rules of the game -- Science and biology : alchemy and chemistry -- One element's story -- A visit from God -- Death investigation and forensic toxicology -- Forensic chemistry : the color of evidence -- The eye of the beholder -- Gunpowder and Dupont : dyes and polymers -- Microscopy and trace evidence -- Patterns I : firearms and tool marks -- Patterns II : measuring and mis-measuring man -- Blood : forensic biology arrives -- DNA : the genetic in genetic markers -- Admissibility and the trilogy -- Profession and personalities -- Professional immaturity -- Let us return to the scene of the crime.
Subjects: Forensic sciences; Criminal investigation;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Raiders, rulers, and traders [sound recording] : the horse and the rise of empires / by Chaffetz, David,author.(CARDINAL)506250; Boehmer, Paul,narrator.(CARDINAL)825216;
Read by Paul Boehmer.No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. Domesticating the horse allowed early humans to settle the vast Eurasian steppe. Later, their horses enabled new forms of warfare, encouraged long-distance trade routes, and ended up acquiring deep cultural and religious significance. Drawing on recent research in fields including genetics and forensic archeology, David Chaffetz tells the story of how the horse made rulers, raiders, and traders interchangeable, providing a novel explanation for the turbulent history of the Silk Road, which might be better called the Horse Road.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; World history.; Horses; Human-animal relationships.; Animals and civilization.; Civilization, Ancient.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The foundlings / by Goodwin, Nathan Dylan,Author(DLC)n 2005087992;
"Forensic genealogist, Morton Farrier, agrees to take on a case to identify the biological mother of three foundlings, abandoned in shop doorways as new-born babies in the 1970s. He has just one thing with which to begin his investigation: the three women's DNA, one of whom is his half-aunt. With just six days of research time available to him, his investigation uncovers some shocking revelations and troubling links to his own grandfather; and Morton finds that, for the first time in his career, he is advising his clients not to read his concluding report"--Amazon.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Fiction.; Forensic fiction.; Detective fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Genealogists; Genealogy; Foundlings; Genetic genealogy; Foundlings; Genealogists; Genealogy; Genetic genealogy;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The sacred bones : a novel / by Byrnes, Michael(Michael J.)(CARDINAL)480418;
When an ancient burial ossuary is stolen from beneath Jerusalem's Temple Mount and delivered to the Vatican, forensic scientist Charlotte Hennesey is hired to conduct highly sensitive genetic tests on the two-thousand-year-old bones.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Jesus Christ; Forensic scientists; DNA;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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Genetic justice : DNA data banks, criminal investigations, and civil liberties / by Krimsky, Sheldon.(CARDINAL)524733; Romero, Anthony D.(CARDINAL)553133; Simoncelli, Tania.(CARDINAL)500500;
Includes bibliographical references (page 393) and index.Introduction -- Forensic DNA analysis -- The network of U.S. DNA data banks -- Community DNA dragnets -- Familial DNA searches -- Forensic DNA phenotyping -- Surreptitious biological sampling -- Exonerations : when the DNA doesn't match -- The illusory appeal of a universal DNA data bank -- The UK : paving the way in forensic DNA -- Japan's forensic DNA data bank : a call for reform -- Australia : a quest for uniformity in DNA data banking -- Germany : from eugenics to forensics -- Italy : a data bank in search of a law -- Privacy and genetic surveillance -- Racial disparities in DNA data banking -- Fallibility in DNA identification -- The efficacy of DNA data banks : a case of diminishing returns -- Toward a vision of justice : principles for responsible uses of DNA in law enforcement -- Appendix : A comparison of DNA databases in six nations.Explores how different countries balance the use of DNA databanks in criminal justice with the rights of their citizens, including arguments about the dangers of collecting DNA from arrested individuals and the myth behind DNA profiling.
Subjects: Criminal investigation; DNA data banks; Evidence, Criminal;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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