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1 online resource (352 pages) |
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PIONEERING RESEARCH IN FORENSIC SCIENCE: Readings from the Primary Source Literature; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Endnote; I -- Scientific Methodologies Applied to Crime Detection; Introduction to Part I; A. The Rise of Forensic Science; 1. The History and Development of Forensic Medicine; 2. Coroners' Inquests in 13th-Century China; 3. Orfila: Pioneer Toxicologist; B. Forensic Microscopy; 4. Murder and the Microscope; 5. Aids of Science in the Detection of Crime; 6. Science and Crime; 7. Forensic Microscopy; 8. Detecting Human Blood |
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9. The Medical Detective and His Work: Criminals Convicted by the Microscope10. New Scientific Method 'Fingerprints' Bullets and Firearms; C. Forensic Chemistry; 11. The Scientific Detection of Crime; 12. Can Chemical Analysis Convict Poisoners?; D. Questioned Document Analysis; 13. The Microscope in Writing; 14. The Microscope and the Camera in the Detection of Forgery; 15. Writing Ink and its Identification -- On Written Documents; 16. Forgery by Erasure; 17. The Detection of Forgery; 18. Handwriting and Forgery; 19. Detecting Forgeries on Paper; E. Forensic Photography |
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20. History of Photography in Law Enforcement21. The Detection of Crime by Photography; 22. Photography and Criminal Inquiries; II. Personal Identification and Description; Introduction Part II; A. The Morgue; 23. The Morgue; B. Bertillonage (or ""Police Anthropometry""); 24. The Bertillon System of Identification; 25. How the French Police Identify Criminals; 26. Notes on M. Bertillon's Discourse on the Anthropometric Measurement of Criminals; 27. Identification of Criminals: The Scientific Method in Use in France; 28. The Passing of the Bertillon System of Identification; C. Dactyloscopy |
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29. The Role of Identification in Law Enforcement: An Historical Adventure30. ""La Preuve Judiciare par les Emprientes Digitales"" (Fingerprints as Judicial Evidence); 31. The Dectection of Fingerprints on Documents; Epilogue |
| Summary |
This work is the first forensic science anthology to consolidate landmark primary source documents into one volume |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Forensic sciences -- Research -- History -- Sources
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LAW -- Forensic Science.
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Social Welfare & Social Work.
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Social Sciences.
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Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency.
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History
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Sources
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Richter, Michelle Y
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Horton, David M
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| ISBN |
9780773444591 |
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0773444599 |
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