There is always a criminal who believes he can get away with his crimes - the perfect poison that leaves no trace, the murdered body so easily disposed of - but the tiniest clue will be quite enough for the forensic expert.
Vital evidence can be deduced from a bloodstain or a fingerprint, DNA can be detected in the smallest scrap of clothing, and critical clues gleaned by electronic equipment, voice machines and lie detectors.
This is the compelling story of international criminal detection and the crime busting methods of the FBI, Scotland Yard and Interpol.
Criminal detection, DNA testing ... vital evidence
A must read. Many of our everyday decisions are (or should have been) based upon Parkinson's insights.
For example, he wrote "Work expands to fill the time allotted for it". If you schedule more time, you'll create more tasks to accomplish a particular goal.
The many corollaries derived from this law are significant.
"Junk expands to fill the space allotted for it". Regardless of how much storage space we create, we’ll accumulate junk that will exceed the allotted space. The more highways we build the more traffic jams we create.
He described how in many organizations people rise to the "level of their incompetence".
He noted the significance of an organization that has created excellent offices, beautiful grounds and buildings or excellent bureaucratic efficiency. Healthy growing organizations are always in chaos. The great Marble houses of banks and railroad terminals foretold the decline of those industries relative significance. When you’re busy growing and creating, you don’t have time or resources to devote to your own self admiration.
Ключови думи: English, Nonfiction, Crime, Detection, FBI, Interpol, DNA testing
