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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.
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Starr, Douglas P.
A.A. Knopf, c2010.
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.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 -- The professor -- First kill -- The Institute of Legal Medicine -- The vagabond -- Identity -- The oak woods -- The body speaks -- The crime in Bénonces -- Never without a trace -- In plain sight -- Born criminal -- Lourdes -- pt. 2: Punishment. The investigating magistrate -- The interview -- Professor Lacassagne -- "A crime without a motive?" -- Turning point -- The trial -- Judgment -- A question of sanity -- pt. 3: Aftermath. The mystery of a murderer's brain -- Postscript -- Epilogue : the violent brain.
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