Cracking crime : Jim Donovan - forensic detective

This work explores the groundbreaking work of Dr Jim Donovan and his forensics team.

A relatively new and intriguing science, Donovan outlines the history of the development of various aspects of forensics and the sciences involved, from the study of dust to criminal profiling.Since its introduction in Ireland, forensics has solved hundreds of true-life crimes, with often the tiniest of clues leading to convictions.

Some of the more notable cases of true life crimes solved by the use of forensics include: the Gardai killings in Roscommon, the shooting of Garda Reynolds by Noel and Marie Murray, bombing of British Ambassador Christopher Ewart Biggs and Lord Mountbatten by the IRA and the abduction and murder of Mary Duffy - where teeth indentation on a wad of toilet roll helped identify the body.