Module SOC3143 for 2022/3
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
SOC3143: Forensic Cultures
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
Adam, A., 2015. A history of forensic science: British beginnings in the twentieth century. Routledge.
Bechky, B.A., 2021. Blood, Powder, and Residue: How Crime Labs Translate Evidence Into Proof. Princeton University Press.
Burney, I. and Pemberton, N., 2016. Murder and the Making of English CSI. JHU Press.
Cole, S.A., 2009. Suspect identities: A history of fingerprinting and criminal identification. Harvard University Press.
Kruse, C., 2015. The social life of forensic evidence. University of California Press.
Machado, H. and Prainsack, B., 2016. Tracing technologies: Prisoners' views in the era of CSI. Routledge.
Newburn, T., Williamson, T. and Wright, A. eds., 2012. Handbook of criminal investigation. Routledge.
Lawless, C., 2016. Forensic Science: A sociological introduction. Routledge.
Lynch, M., Cole, S.A., McNally, R. and Jordan, K., 2010. Truth machine. University of Chicago Press.
Williams, R. and Johnson, P., 2013. Genetic policing: The uses of DNA in police investigations. Willan.
