Author: Leonard Reginald GribblePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Great Manhunters of the Yard
Author: Leonard Reginald GribblePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Great Manhunters of the Yard
Author: Leonard Reginald GribblePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Great manhunters of the Yard; foreword by ex-Detective Chief Superintendent John Capstick
Author: Leonard Reginald GribblePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Ascent of the Detective
Author: Haia Shpayer-MakovPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191620300
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The figure of the detective has long excited the imagination of the wider public, and the English police detective has been a special focus of attention in both print and visual media. Yet, while much has been written in the last three decades about the history of uniformed policemen in England, no similar work has focused on police detectives. The Ascent of the Detective redresses this by exploring the diverse and often arcane world of English police detectives during the formative period of their profession, from 1842 until the First World War, with special emphasis on the famed detective branch established at Scotland Yard. The book starts by illuminating the detectives' socioeconomic background, how and why they became detectives, their working conditions, the differences between them and uniformed policemen, and their relations with the wider community. It then goes on to trace the factors that shaped their changing public image, from the embodiment of 'un-English' values to plebeian knights in armour, investigating the complex and symbiotic exchange between detectives and journalists, and analysing their image as it unfolded in the press, in literature, and in their own memoirs.
The Science of Sherlock Holmes
Author: E.J. WagnerPublisher: Turner Publishing Company
ISBN: 1118040120
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Praise for The Science of Sherlock Holmes "Holmes is, first, a great detective, but he has also proven to be a great scientist, whether dabbling with poisons, tobacco ash, or tire marks. Wagner explores this fascinating aspect of his career by showing how his investigations were grounded in the cutting-edge science of his day, especially the emerging field of forensics.... Utterly compelling." —Otto Penzler, member of the Baker Street Irregulars and proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop "E. J. Wagner demonstrates that without the work of Sherlock Holmes and his contemporaries, the CSI teams would be twiddling their collective thumbs. Her accounts of Victorian crimes make Watson's tales pale! Highly recommended for students of the Master Detective." —Leslie S. Klinger, Editor, The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes "In this thrilling book, E. J. Wagner has combined her considerable strengths in three disciplines to produce a work as compelling and blood-curdling as the best commercial fiction. This is CSI in foggy old London Town. Chilling, grim fun." —John Westermann, author of Exit Wounds and Sweet Deal "I am recommending this delightful work to all of my fellow forensic scientists.... Bravo, Ms. Wagner!" —John Houde, author of Crime Lab: A Guide for Nonscientists "A fabulously interesting read. The book traces the birth of the forensic sciences to the ingenuity of Sherlock Holmes. A wonderful blend of history, mystery, and whodunit." —Andre Moenssens, Douglas Stripp Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Missouri at Kansas City, and coauthor of Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases
Man Hunters of Scotland Yard
Author: Arthur Fowler NeilPublisher:
ISBN: 9781258889197
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1938 edition.
Murderers' Row
Author: Robin OdellPublisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752471287
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
Criminoloogist Robin Odell has compiled this gruesome gallery of cases from all over the world, revealing the growth in serial slayings, contract killings and middle-class murders and investigating what motivates people to commit the ultimate crime. As well as gangsters and ordinary felons, the book includes doctors, millionaries, housewives, children, lawyers, accountants, officers and gentlemen who have succumbed to the killing instinct. Behind the sensational names concocted by the tabloid press - 'Boston Strangler', 'Dracula Killer', 'Night Stalker', 'Granny Killer' - lurk real murderers committing acts of violence in circumstances often more bizarre than fiction. Arranged in an easy-to-use A-Z format, the book contains over 500 cases from serial killers such as Dennis Nilsen and Ted Bundy, to those such as Jeremy Bamber and Steven Benson who dispatched their parents for money; from murderous New Zealand teenagers whose story made a successful film, to the many doctors and nurses who took life instead of saving it; from unsolved murders such as the murder of Little Gregory in France to the paid assignments of John Waynes Hearn, a Vietnam veteran who killed to order. The result is a classic of true crime, a definitive work on murder as a worldwide phenomenon.
Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers
Author: NA NAPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349813664
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 1585
Book Description
Master Man Hunters
Author: Joseph GollombPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Man Hunters
Author: Melville Davisson PostPublisher: New York : J.H. Sears
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description