Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case That Launched Forensic Science

by Colin Beavan

Paper Book, 2001

Status

Available

Call number

363.258

Publication

Hyperion (2001), Edition: First, Hardcover, 256 pages

Description

This is a fascinating story of a scientific breakthrough that solved one of the most brutal murders in England's history and forever changed the criminal justice system. "Fingerprints" traces fingerprinting to its present-day applications and illustrates why the unique tracks we leave with our fingers continue to be one of the most important means of identifying criminals.

Language

Physical description

256 p.; 8.57 inches

ISBN

0786866071 / 9780786866076
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