Title:
Chemistry and crime : from sherlock Holmes to today's courtroom
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : American Chemical Society, 1983.
ISBN:
9780841207844
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Summary
Summary
An illuminating view of forensic science in fact and fiction. Underlines the relationship between detective fiction and the development of modern forensics. Begins with examples of chemistry at work in the novels of crime fiction writers such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Dorothy L. Sayers. Recounts how the sleuthing techniques in detective fiction laid the foundation for the sophisticated analytical methods of modern forensic science. Relates case histories in which modern forensics played a keynote role.
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| From Sherlock Holmes... |
| 1 Medical School Influences on the Fiction of Arthur Conan DoyleEly Liebow |
| 2 Strong Poison: Chemistry in the Works of Dorothy L. SayersNatalie Foster |
| 3 A Study in Scarlet: Blood Identification in 1875...to Today's CourtroomSamuel M. Gerber |
| 4 Forensic Science: Winds of ChangeRichard Saferstein: |
| 5 Chemistry andthe Challenge of CrimePeter R. De Forest and Nicholas Petraco, and Lawrence Kobilinsky |
| 6 The Elemental Comparison of Bullet-Lead Evidence SpecimensVincent P. Guinn |
| 7 Bloodstain Analysis: Case HistoriesFrances M. Gdowski |
| 8 Bloodstain Analysis: Serological and Electrophoretic TechniquesLawrence Kobilinsky |
| 9 Does the Crime Laboratory Have the Answers? Four Cities ComparedJoseph L. Peterson: |
| Index |
