Libro The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science De Douglas Starr

portada The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Vintage

Autor

Douglas Starr

Año

2011

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

300

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN13

9780307279088

Categorías

Proceso penal

The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science

Douglas Starr (Autor) · Vintage · Tapa Blanda

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Winner of the Gold Dagger AwardA fascinating true crime story that details the rise of modern forensics and the development of modern criminal investigation. At the end of the nineteenth century, serial murderer Joseph Vacher terrorized the French countryside, eluding authorities for years, and murdering twice as many victims as Jack The Ripper. Here, Douglas Starr revisits Vacher's infamous crime wave, interweaving the story of the two men who eventually stopped him—prosecutor Emile Fourquet and Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne, the era's most renowned criminologist. In dramatic detail, Starr shows how Lacassagne and his colleagues were developing forensic science as we know it. Building to a gripping courtroom denouement, The Killer of Little Shepherds is a riveting contribution to the history of criminal justice.