This title explains the ingenious ways in which detectives analyse crime scenes and deduce criminal identity using scientific methods and covers subjects such as ballistics, fingerprints, DNA, pathology, clues in nature, forgery and forensic psychology. Each chapter contains a case study of a real-life crime solved through forensic methods told in comic strip form as well as illustrations of crime scenes for readers to investigate for themselves. It contains a full glossary of technical terms and internet-links to encourage further learning.