title: Forensic Science for Writers
author:  Phill Jones 
description: If you've been getting your forensic details from television, try this instead! It's packed with an amazing amount of detail, and helps the reader sort out not only what can be done, but exactly who does it.I found myself exclaiming, "I didn't know THAT!" Now I do!<br /> Moira Allen, author of <i>Starting Your Career as a Freelance Writer</i>. <br /><br />I am a Police Officer and have found this course interesting, factual, and very informative. <br /> A student who took the course that <i>Forensic Science for Writers</i> is based upon.
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  [Begin Reading](part0003.html#Chapter2)
  
  
  [Table of Contents](part0033.html)
  
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  # [Author’s Note](part0033.html)
  
  Over the years I’ve met quite a few teenagers who participate in what is
  called “Forensics.” It’s basically a cross between speech and debate. Students
  take published short stories a