Dr. Katherine Ramsland has done journalistic searches for the limit-experience inside the vampire and BDSM subculture. The bestselling author of forty-two nonfiction books, two novels, and over one thousand articles, she teaches psychology at DeSales University in Pennsylvania and writes a blog, Shadow Boxing, for Psychology Today.
Description
This is one essay from the anthology Investigating CSI
This selection of smart, accessible essays covers CSI’s cutting-edge science, intriguing mysteries and engaging personal dynamics. Essays from experts in the field illuminate such processes as DNA testing, ballistics, crime-scene photography and autopsy procedure. With pieces that focus on the leads’ varying appeals, the history of forensics on television, the show’s treatment of alternate sexualities, and whether the incredible attention to detail actually gives criminals an advantage, this anthology provides an in-depth investigation that enriches the viewing experience.
Contributors Include:
- Bruce Bethke
- Gary Currie
- Doranna Durgin
- Steven Egger
- Elizabeth Engstrom
- Janine Hiddlestone
- Det. Christine Kruse-Feldstein
- Nick Mamatas
- Timothy Palmbach
- Dr. Katherine Ramsland
- Adam Roberts
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Molly Snodgrass
- Matthew Woodring Stover
- Rick Workman
About the Author
Don DeBrandt has been accused of authoring The Quicksilver Screen, Steeldriver, Timberjak, V.I. and the “Angel” novel Shakedown, as well as writing two books under the pseudonym Donn Cortez: The Closer, a thriller, and The Man Burns Tonight, a mystery set at Burning Man (to be published in August 2005). He does not deny these charges. His two current novels are CSI: Miami—Cult Following and CSI: Miami—Riptide.