The killer of little shepherds : a true crime story and the birth of forensic science / Douglas Starr.
- Starr, Douglas P.
- Date:
- 2010
- Books
About this work
Description
With high drama and stunning detail, relates the infamous crime and punishment of French serial killer Joseph Vacher, interweaving the story of how Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne, Emile Fourquet and colleagues developed forensic science as we know it.--Book jacket.
Publication/Creation
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Physical description
x, 300 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Contributors
Notes
"A Borzoi book ..." -- t.p. verso.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-288) and index.
Contents
The beast -- The professor -- First kill -- The Institute of Legal Medicine -- The vagabond -- Identity -- The Oak Woods -- The body speaks -- The crime in Bénonces -- Never without a trace -- In plain sight -- Born criminal -- Lourdes -- The investigating magistrate -- The interview -- Professor Lacassagne -- "A crime without motive?" -- Turning point -- The trial -- Judgment -- A question of sanity -- The mystery of a murderer's brain -- Postscript -- Epilogue : The violent brain.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineKH.36.AA8Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780307266194
- 0307266192