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    Written in Blood: A History of Forensic Detection
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    Written in Blood: A History of Forensic Detection

    By Colin Wilson and Damon Wilson

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    "Colin Wilson has made himself the Philosopher-King of forensic speculation, the Diderot of the path labs." —Times Literary Supplement

    "Will enthrall connoisseurs of violent crime." —Glasgow Herald

    This massive and compelling account of forensic crime detection recounts the sometimes unbelievable details of extraordinary cases through history, from poisoners in ancient Rome to modern day serial murders.

    In 44 B.C., a Roman doctor named Antistius performed the first autopsy recorded in history—on the corpse of murder victim Julius Caesar. However, not until the nineteenth century did the systematic application of scientific knowledge to crime detection seriously begin, so that the tiniest scrap of evidence might yield astonishing results—like the single horsehair that betrayed the murderer in New York's 1936 puzzling and sensational Nancy Titterton case.

    Many such dramatic tales appear in this updated edition of the most gripping catalog of crimes by acclaimed criminologist Colin Wilson. The book follows the progress of forensic science from the first cases of suspected arsenic poisoning right up to investigations, using an impressive armory of high-tech methods: ballistic analysis, blood typing, voice printing, textile analysis, psychological profiling and genetic fingerprinting.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDiversion Books
    Release dateMay 19, 2015
    ISBN9781626818682
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    • 3/5
      Nice overlook at how clues are used in both historical and modern detecting. Out of date for truly modern stuff, but still useful from a historical perspective.
    • 1/5
      I had to add a new category to this - recycle. It does not really seem right to bring it to the charity shop..mostly, because it is very outdated (I seem to have an older edition than the ones pictured on Goodreads..)it' s actually subtitled ' a history of forensic detection, so not quite the book pictured.

      At first it seemed like the book was a good review of old cases, and interesting ones that took place overseas, and how they were resolved. But the more the author lets his opinion intrude, the more the book loses, and more unpalatable I found the whole thing. I kind of felt dirty after reading it. I realise the subject matter does not lend itself to hearts and flowers, but there is a certain bullishness about the author that is unappealing, referencing his own texts, seeing things in black and white. What I thought was most unsettling is his assertion that sex crimes are somehow a modern phenomena, basically because people today have more leisure time (?!). Also, that somehow only modern humans are capable of applying logic to problem solving.