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Irrefutable Evidence - A History of Forensic Science (Hardcover, New)
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Irrefutable Evidence - A History of Forensic Science (Hardcover, New)
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The rise of scientific thinking in finding, catching, and
convicting criminals and, just as important, freeing the innocent
has transformed society's assault on crime. Before scientific
detective work, early attempts to maintain public safety relied on
the severity of punishment rather than any probability of
apprehension. But with the rapid development of the sciences in the
nineteenth century, some techniques began to spill over into more
effective police work. Michael Kurland's engrossing history of
forensic science recounts this remarkable progress, which continues
to the present. He traces the history of the major techniques of
criminal detection and many of the minor ones. Here are Bertillon's
physical measurements used to recognize habitual criminals; the
study of fingerprints identifying criminals long after they have
left the scene of the crime; Gravelle's comparison microscope
comparing bullets to determine if they have been fired from the
same gun; the development of bloodstain identification and,
ultimately, the blood type involved. Mr. Kurland explains how once
accepted techniques have fallen by the wayside handwriting
analysis, for example and how methods such as lie detectors, voice
spectrum analysis, bite mark evidence, and other methods have
proven unworthy. Finally " Irrefutable Evidence " explores the rise
of modern DNA typing techniques, which have proven the innocence of
many persons convicted of major crimes and resulted in the
exoneration of more than two hundred on death row. With 12 black
and white illustrations.
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