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001 ocn854610796
003 OCoLC
005 20201112021340.0
008 130726s2014 nyu b 001 0 eng d
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100 1 $aRamsland, Katherine M.,$d1953-$eauthor.
245 10 $aBeating the devil's game :$ba history of forensic science and criminal investigation /$cKatherine Ramsland, Ph. D.
250 $aBerkley premium edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bBerkley Books,$c2014.
300 $axx, 412 pages ;$c19 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 386-392) and index.
520 $aAn authoritative history of the evolution of forensic science and criminal investigation traces the development of such tools as fingerprinting, DNA, and ballistics from thirteenth-century Chinese studies of human decomposition to the technological advancements of today.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Forensic firsts -- Changing shifts: from spies to investigators -- Order of the courts: judges and juries -- Outer man, inner man -- Anatomies of motive -- Voices of anthority -- Sherlock's labs -- Standard procedure -- Murder and media -- Integrated investigating -- Practical science -- Shake-up in Ident -- The future.
650 0 $aForensic sciences$xHistory.
650 0 $aCriminal investigation$xHistory.
650 7 $aCriminal investigation.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00883201
650 7 $aForensic sciences.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00932011
655 0 $aHistory.
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$nBK0013658973
994 $aZ0$bP4A
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