Forensic science has provided the key to some of this century's most complex and intriguing cases. Where traditional methods of detection have failed, time and time again, scientific routes of investigation and analysis have led to the conviction of many dangerous criminals.The Mammoth Book of Murder and Science examines the landmark cases and shows how forensic science has developed over the last 150 years, including: Dr Sam Sheppard (USA, 1954) - the case that inspired The Fugitive TV series; Stratton Brothers (UK, 1905), a landmark case in criminal history, a pair of petty London villains being the first suspects convicted of murder by fingerprint evidence; Alice Crimmins (USA, 1965) - glamorous New York housewife accused of killing her daughter - the case turned on estimated time of death, fixed by examining the victim's stomach contents; Alger Hiss (USA, 1952) - judicial history was made in 1893 when a jury was allowed to consider expert claims that a typewriter, too, made fingerprints.

Mammoth Book of Murder and Science : Cases Cracked by Forensic Science

Politics & Social Sciences

Roger Wilkes

Social Sciences

Robinson Publishing

Mammoth Book of Unsolved Crimes

Constable & Robinson Ltd.

<p>Newspaper and magazine gossip is a potent and sulphurous brew - much derided and much devoured - that long ago became part of the daily diet of millions. The raw ingredients are scandal, rumour, glamour and scurrility, and the best is shot through with (preferably illicit) sex, disclosure and danger. How and why has this happened, and where will this obsession lead us? "Scandal!" takes us from Regency London, where muck-raking scandal sheets were hawked in the streets, to the modern free-for-all where tabloid and internet gossip rule. From the madness of King George to the madness of Bill Clinton's affair with Monica, this book goes behind the scenes to look at the mechanisms that disseminate gossip and the power and influence that it continues to exert.</p>

Scandal!: A Scurrilous History of Gossip, 1700-2000

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