This book is full of intriguing things:
– LOUD, UNSOLVED CASES THAT BECAME THE BASIS FOR FILM PLOTS.
– SERIAL KILLERS.
– SEXUAL MANIACS.
– VICTIMS OF SICK LOVE.
– MURDERERS AND CON ARTISTS.
How many more crimes would have been solved if DNA research, fingerprinting, and entomology had been developed in past centuries? The famous Jack the Ripper, never caught by Scotland Yard agents, would surely have been caught. Thanks to technological advances, today it’s possible to track the movements of any person. Every phone call you make can be checked. Every trip. And every purchase. But this mountain of personal data means nothing if there are no experts who can analyze it, select what matters, and put everything together to find what’s needed.
To understand how forensic science evolved, you need to look at the past, present, and future of this most imprecise of all sciences—and meet the people who had a major impact on the world of forensic expertise.
– Where and how were the first autopsies conducted?
– When was the very first forensic laboratory opened?
– Where did the earliest version of a lie detector appear?
– What revolution in crime solvability did DNA analysis make?
– Why is a body farm needed?