The Killer of Little Shepherds

The Case of the French Ripper and the Birth of Forensic Science

Douglas Starr (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2011
Simon & Schuster Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-85720-167-6 (ISBN)

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With high drama and stunning detail, Douglas Starr recounts the infamous crime and punishment of Vacher, interweaving the story of how Lacassagne and his colleagues developed forensics as we know it. We see one of the earliest uses of criminal profiling, as Fourquet painstakingly collects eyewitness accounts, leading to Vacher's arrest. And we see the twists and turns of the celebrated trial: to disprove Vacher's defense by reason of insanity, Fourquet recruits Lacassagne, who had revolutionized criminal science: refining the use of blood spatter evidence, systematizing the autopsy and doing ground-breaking research in psychology. Lacassagne's forensic investigation ranks among the greatest of all time, and its denouement is gripping. An important contribution to the history of medicine and criminal justice, impressively researched and thrillingly told. Douglas Starr is a professor of journalism and co-director of the Science & Medical Journalism Program at Boston University.

Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Recht / Sonstiges
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
Schlagworte	Gerichtsmedizin • Mörder
ISBN-10	0-85720-167-0 / 0857201670
ISBN-13	978-0-85720-167-6 / 9780857201676
Zustand	Neuware