The killer of little shepherds
Subtitle: a true crime story and the birth of forensic science
By: Douglas Starr
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780307266194
Copyright date: 2010
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one : Crime.; title: The beast; title: The professor; title: First kill; title: The Institute of Legal Medicine; title: The vagabond; title: Identity; title: The Oak Woods; title: The body speaks; title: The crime in Bénonces; title: Never without a trace; title: In plain sight; title: Born criminal; title: Lourdes; title: Part two : Punishment.; title: The investigating magistrate; title: The interview; title: Professor Lacassagne; title: "A crime without motive?"; title: Turning point; title: The trial; title: Judgment; title: A question of sanity; title: Part three : Aftermath.; title: The mystery of a murderer's brain; title: Postscript; title: Epilogue : The violent brain