When the dogs don't bark : a forensic scientist's search for the truth / Professor Angela Gallop.

  • Gallop, Angela
Date:
2019
  • Books

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Description

'The dead keep many secrets. Sometimes they are the only witness to a crime. But ask the right questions, and they will eventually reveal everything.' Never before has criminal justice rested so heavily on scientific evidence. With ever more sophisticated and powerful techniques at their disposal, forensic scientists have the ability to make or break a case. Angela Gallop has been a forensic scientist for over 40 years. After a brief spell studying sea slugs on the Isle of Wight, she joined the Forensic Science Service. Her first case was the Yorkshire Ripper. She is now the most sought after forensic scientist in the UK and has been involved in numerous high profile cases, including the Cardiff Three, the coastal path murders and the trail of Stephen Lawrence.

Publication/Creation

London : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., 2019.

Physical description

viii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents

Prologue -- The wrong sort of job for a woman -- The Yorkshire Ripper -- Some peculiar behaviour -- Specialisms -- Blood: grouping, identification and patterns -- DNA profiling -- A new type of forensic service -- 'This is my life' -- The case against Massimo Carlotto -- Fibres and hairs -- Roles and reconstructions -- Murder or suicide? -- Interpreting the evidence -- Who's telling the truth -- Great expectations -- Errors of judgement -- Stephen Lawrence -- Checking the prosecution's evidence -- Redressing the balance -- Lynette White -- 'Tell me how you're going to solve it' -- The next phase -- Fact or cover-up? -- Rachel Nickell -- The heart of the matter -- A force to be reckoned with -- Damilola Taylor -- New challenges -- Looking ahead -- The Pembrokeshire Coastal Path murders -- On reflection.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    JIB.41
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 1473678854
  • 9781473678859
  • 9781473678835
  • 1473678838
  • 9781473678842 (pbk)
  • 1473678846 (pbk)