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The author of The Human Predator presents an authoritative history of the evolution of forensic science and criminal investigation, tracing the development of such useful tools as fingerprinting, DNA, and ballistics from thirteenth-century Chinese studies of human decomposition rates to the recent technological advancements of today. 25,000 first printing.
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About the Author
Dr. Katherine Ramsland's multiple degrees include a master's in forensic psychology. She is the author of more than two dozen books, and currently teaches forensic psychology as an assistant professor at DeSales University in Pennsylvania.
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Noted forensic expert Ramsland (The Forensic Science of C.S.I.) disappoints with this plodding history of the evolution of forensic investigation. Tracing the earliest roots of what has become an invaluable component of criminal investigations and legal proceedings, Ramsland begins in ancient Greece, with Heraclitus' and Paramenides' philosophies of change and permanence as the governing forces of the world. Moving her way through the Industrial Revolution and Charles Dickens's apparent coining of the word detective, Ramsland laboriously documents case after case as investigators refine methods of fingerprinting, poison detection, ballistics and identification of potential repeat offenders. Ramsland concludes with a brief exploration of the future of forensic investigation, from sophisticated DNA analysis to the global role of forensics in the age of terrorism. Too little time is spent on some of history's most notorious cases (such as Lizzie Borden and Leopold and Loeb), with Ramsland instead offering numerous accounts of husbands poisoning their rich wives. Despite a subject so ripe for historical and sociological examination, Ramsland waters down her topic until the cases run together. Without any variation in her chronological narration, Ramsland will lose even the most dedicated of readers and C.S.I. fans. (Sept. 4)
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