Events
August 14
“The RIGHT STUFF”
in the Right Place -
Grant Park!
8:00pm (rain or shine)
Grant Park, Butler Field
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CSI: Chicago Style – Forensic Science by the Experts
Chicago Cultural Center, Garland Room
Randolph & Michigan Aves., Chicago, 1st Fl. Garland Room
Janet Girten, Deputy Laboratory Director of the Forensic Science Center at Chicago, will present the real facts about forensics evidence versus how Hollywood portrays it. She will explain how forensics experts do their work and give examples from real crime scenes.
Ken Alder, PhD, Director of the Science in Human Culture Program at Northwestern University, will discuss his recent book “The Lie Detectors: The History of an American Obsession.” The book uses the history of the American polygraph to examine the relationship between science and justice in the twentieth century. It follows the careers and misadventures of the various creators of the lie detector.
Linda Klepinger, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, will explain how forensic anthropologists extract information from skeletons for medical, legal and mass disaster investigations. She will discuss how experts can shed light on a person’s age, gender, and even the cause of death from only skeletal remains.
Other speakers may be added. Please check back for updates.
Presented by the Illinois Science Council.
