Beating the devil's game
Subtitle: a history of forensic science and criminal investigation
By: Katherine Ramsland, Ph. D.
Edition: Berkley premium edition.
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780425271452
Subjects: Forensic sciences; History; Criminal investigation
Description: An authoritative history of the evolution of forensic science and criminal investigation traces the development of such tools as fingerprinting, DNA, and ballistics from thirteenth-century Chinese studies of human decomposition to the technological advancements of today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-392) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Forensic firsts; title: Changing shifts: from spies to investigators; title: Order of the courts: judges and juries; title: Outer man, inner man; title: Anatomies of motive; title: Voices of anthority; title: Sherlock's labs; title: Standard procedure; title: Murder and media; title: Integrated investigating; title: Practical science; title: Shake-up in Ident; title: The future.