Silent Witnesses: The Often Gruesome but Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science
by Nigel McCrery
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Crime novelist and former police officer Nigel McCrery provides an account of all the major areas of forensic science from around the world over the past two centuries. The book weaves dramatic narrative and scientific principles together in a way that allows readers to figure out crimes along with the experts. Readers are introduced to such fascinating figures as Dr. Edmond Locard, the "French Sherlock Holmes"; Edward Heinrich, "Wizard of Berkeley," who is credited with having solved more than 2,000 crimes; and Alphonse Bertillon, the French scientist whose guiding principle, "no two individuals share the same characteristics," became the core of criminal identification. Landmark crime investigations examined in depth include a notorious murder involving blood evidence and defended by F. Lee Bailey, the seminal 1936 murder that demonstrated the usefulness of the microscope in examining trace evidence, the 1849 murder of a wealthy Boston businessman that demonstrated how difficult it is to successfully dispose of a corpse, and many others.
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NIGEL McCRERY was a police officer with a particular interest in forensic science before he joined the BBC in 1990. After working on a number of BBC documentaries, including All The King's Men , he joined the BBC drama department, becoming the researcher on the award-winning Our Friends in the North . He then went on to create various series, including Silent Witness (1995), Born and Bred (2002) and New Tricks (2005). He has also written several crime novels, as well as books on the SAS and a history of the Victoria Cross.
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- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
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- 580
- Title
- Silent Witnesses: The Often Gruesome but Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science
- Author
- Nigel McCrery
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 2
- ISBN 10
- 1613730020
- ISBN 13
- 9781613730027
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 2014
- Keywords
- Forensics, Crime lab, crime investigations,
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