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Starr, Douglas P.
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Vacher, Joseph, 1869-1898.
Trials (Murder) -- France.
Serial murderers -- France.
Serial murders -- France -- History -- 19th century.
Forensic sciences -- France -- History -- 19th century.
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Starr, Douglas P.
Vacher, Joseph, 1869-1898.
Trials (Murder) -- France.
Serial murderers -- France.
Serial murders -- France -- History -- 19th century.
Forensic sciences -- France -- History -- 19th century.
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The killer of little shepherds : a true crime story and the birth of forensic science / Douglas Starr.
by
Starr, Douglas P.
A.A. Knopf, c2010.
Call #:
364.15232 S796k
Subjects
Vacher, Joseph, 1869-1898.
Trials (Murder)
--
France
.
Serial
murderers
--
France
.
Serial
murders
--
France
--
History
--
19th
century
.
Forensic sciences
--
France
--
History
--
19th
century
.
ISBN:
9780307279088 (pbk.)
9780307266194
0307266192
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
x, 300 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-288) and index.
Contents:
pt. 1: Crime. The beast
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The professor
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First kill
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The Institute of Legal Medicine
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The vagabond
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Identity
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The oak woods
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The body speaks
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The crime in Bénonces
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Never without a trace
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In plain sight
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Born criminal
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Lourdes
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pt. 2: Punishment. The investigating magistrate
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The interview
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Professor Lacassagne
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"A crime without a motive?"
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Turning point
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The trial
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Judgment
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A question of sanity
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pt. 3: Aftermath. The mystery of a murderer's brain
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Postscript
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Epilogue : the violent brain.
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