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Poison, detection and the Victorian imagination
Av Ian Burney
Häftad, 2012
394 kr
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This fascinating book looks at the phenomenon of murder and poisoning in the nineteenth century. Focusing on the case of William Palmer, a medical doctor who in 1856 was convicted of murder by poisoning, it examines how his case baffled toxicologists, doctors, detectives and judges. The …
Murder and the Making of English CSI
Inbunden, 2016
351 kr
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Crime scene investigation-or CSI-has captured the modern imagination. On television screens and in newspapers, we follow the exploits of forensic officers wearing protective suits and working behind police tape to identify and secure physical evidence for laboratory analysis. But where did this …
Global Forensic Cultures
Making Fact and Justice in the Modern Era
Av Ian Burney, Christopher Hamlin
Inbunden, 2019
715 kr
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Essays explore forensic science in global and historical context, opening a critical window onto contemporary debates about the universal validity of present-day genomic forensic practices.Contemporary forensic science has achieved unprecedented visibility as a compelling example of applied …
Bodies of Evidence
Medicine and the Politics of the English Inquest, 1830-1926
Av Ian Burney
Inbunden, 2000
537 kr
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In Bodies of Evidence, Ian Burney offers an important reinterpretation of the role of the scientific expert in the modern democratic state. At the core of this study lies the coroner's inquest-the ancient tribunal in English law held to account for cases of unexplained death. During the nineteenth …
