Cracking Cases: The Science of Solving Crimes [VINTAGE 2003] [SIGNED]
Language: English
Published by Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York, 2003
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Fine unread condition black boards with gold spine lettering contained in a very good condition color photographic dust jacket. Includes Acknowledgments; Foreword by Judge Charles D. Gill; Prologue; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with a section of color photographic plates plus additional black-and-white photographs interspersed throughout the volume. Signed and inscribed by the co-author, Dr. Henry C. Lee, with black pen on the blank first free front endpaper; this page also contains a "Compliments of Doak Dermatologics" sticker affixed to the page. A 3/4 inch repaired closed tear at upper jacket spine; the jacket is otherwise in fine condition (see photographs). "Do police officers make craftier killers? Can police officers thoroughly investigate a fellow member of their force? Can a suspect be found guilty of murder without authorities ever finding a body? And what happens in a case when police detectives miss crucial evidence? Cracking Cases takes the reader through the entire investigative process of fine murder cases, with the world-renowned forensic expert Dr. Henry C. Lee as your guide. Dr. Lee is considered by many to be the greatest criminologist in the world. He gained widespread public recognition through his testimony in the televised O.J. Simpson trial and has dedicated his life to establishing the truth at crime scenes no matter where the trail of evidence leads him and no matter which side these scientific findings eventually assist. These engaging cases include the infamous O.J. Simpson case, in which Dr. Lee's analysis of the blood evidence at the crime scene revealed that the Los Angeles Police Department had missed several blood drops on Nicolle Simpson's back, a footprint belonging to a second possible assailant, and the physical improbability of Simpson's climbing a fence to return to his home. Also included are the "Woodchipper murder," in which an airline pilot killed his wife and then ground up her body to dispose of the remains; the Mathison murder, in which a veteran Hawaiian police sergeant claimed he accidentally ran over his wife after she fled the family van during a dispute; the Ed Sherman murder, in which a college English professor tried to disguise the time of his wife's death by turning up the air-conditioning unit in their house and then claiming that he was away from the home sailing on the day the crime allegedly took place; and police sergeant McArthur, who shot and killed his wife, but then tried to make it appear that she had accidentally killed herself. In each case, Dr. Lee presents an easily understood, detailed scientific explanation of how he investigated the murders, analyzed the evidence, and used forensic techniques that played a critical role in finally bringing the criminals to justice. The reader is treated to an absorbing discussion of how forensic experts examine blood-spatter evidence and use blood identification, DNA analysis, and other scientific technologies developed in the world's best laboratories. Cracking Cases is a fascinating insider's look by an international authority into the pursuit of justice in some of the most grisly criminal cases of recent times. Anyone who enjoys reading true crime and detective stories will surely find this book captivating." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Cracking Cases: The Science of Solving Crimes [VINTAGE 2003] [SIGNED]
- Author
- Lee, Dr. Henry C.; O'Neil, Thomas W.
- Publisher
- Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Gura, Mickey (author photograph); Conti-Zilsberger, Grace M. (jacket design)
- Printing
- 4th Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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