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The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and Birth of Forensic Science
Douglas Starr
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Paperback, 300 pages; 2011 (2010)
$16.00
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Toward the end of the nineteenth century, a sadistic serial killer ravaged the French countryside, eluding authorities for years as he amassed a body count twice as high as Jack the Ripper's. In a narrative that reads like a suspenseful detective novel, Douglas Starr interweaves a well-researched portrait of Joseph Vacher and his gruesome crime spree with the equally riveting story of the developing field of forensic science--personified in famous criminologist Dr. Alexandre Lacassagne, whose pioneering work helped lead to Vacher's eventual capture and conviction. The Killer of Little Shepherds is a gripping thriller that sheds fascinating light onto the history and philosophy of criminal investigation and justice.
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