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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction; 1. The Origins of Crime Scene Investigation ; 2. Crime Scenes before CSI ; 3. Murder at "the Crumbles" ; 4. Celebrity Pathology and the Spectacle of Murder Investigation ; 5. CSI in English Translation ; 6. Forensic Pathology in the Landscape of CSI ; 7. Interrogating "the House of Murder" ; Epilogue: Revisiting Rillington Place ; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; A; B; C ; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M ; N; P; R; S; T; V; W. |
| Summary |
Crime scene investigation-or CSI-has captured the modern imagination. On television screens and in newspapers, we follow the exploits of forensic officers wearing protective suits and working behind police tape to identify and secure physical evidence for laboratory analysis. But where did this ensemble of investigative specialists and scientific techniques come from? In Murder and the Making of English CSI, Ian Burney and Neil Pemberton tell the engrossing history of how, in the first half of the twentieth century, novel routines, regulations, and techniques-from chain-of-custody procedures. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Forensic sciences -- Great Britain -- History.
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Forensic sciences. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Crime scene searches -- Great Britain -- History.
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Crime scene searches. |
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Murder -- Investigation -- Great Britain.
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Murder -- Investigation. |
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England. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Pemberton, Neil, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Burney, Ian. Murder and the Making of English CSI. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2016 9781421420400 |
| ISBN |
9781421420417 (electronic book) |
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1421420414 (electronic book) |
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9781421420400 |
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1421420406 |
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