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Title:
The killer of little shepherds : a true crime story and the birth of forensic science / Douglas Starr.
ISBN:
9780307266194
Personal Author:
Starr, Douglas P.
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : A.A. Knopf, 2010.
Physical Description:
x, 300 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
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.
Personal Subject:
Vacher, Joseph, 1869-1898-Trials, litigation, etc.

Lacassagne, A. (Alexandre), 1843-1924.

Fourquet, Emile.
Subject Term:
Trials (Murder)--France.

Serial murderers--France -- Biography.

Serial murders--France -- History 19th century.

Forensic sciences--France -- History 19th century.
OCLC Number:
ocn500797269
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