The killer of little shepherds : a true crime story and the birth of forensic science
(2010)
By:
Starr, Douglas P
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
364.1523/STARR,D
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : A.A. Knopf, 2010
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
x, 300 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780307266194, 0307266192, 0307266192 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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