A Clear Cut Case of Murder – Or is it? Fiction and Forensics

Categories: Crime | Forensics | Research | True Crime | Writing

Leslie Budewitz and her panel of authors draw from their experiences of working in forensics and writing to talk about crime fiction. How do we make our writing accurate to science, and what are their implications?

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