Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2024-04-16
Books mentioned on The Dubious Science of Arson Investigation
Arson investigation has changed a lot over the years. There is actual science available now, but the word still hasn't totally gotten out.
Josh Clark discussed Fire Investigations. Also mentioned: Fire investigation by Paul Leland Kirk.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Fire investigation
Discussed“So that book was sort of the standard until 1969, about 25 years later or so, when Paul Kirk, a biochemist and forensic scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, published a different book called 'Fire Investigation.'”
Where to get it
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Fire Investigations
Discussed“the first book about fire investigation was called fire investigations very appropriate uh no colon it was published in 1945 by Harry uh ret of the fire Underwriters investigation Bureau of Canada and it was very much written for an audience of law enforcement to be like all right here's your handbook uh if you want to prove arson right”
Where to get it
