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The killer of little shepherds : a true crime story and the birth of forensic science / Douglas Starr.

Author: Starr, Douglas P.

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2010.

ISBN: 9780307266194
0307266192

Description: x, 300 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject: Vacher, Joseph, 1869-1898. Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder) France.
Serial murderers France Biography.
Serial murders France History 19th century.
Forensic sciences France History 19th century.

Contents: Beast -- Professor -- First kill -- Institute of Legal Medicine -- Vagabond -- Identity -- Oak woods -- Body speaks -- Crime in Benonces -- Never without a trace -- In plain sight -- Born criminal -- Lourdes -- Investigating magistrate -- Interview -- Professor Lacassagne -- "A crime without a motive?" -- Turning point -- Trial -- Judgment -- Question of sanity -- Mystery of a murderer's brain --- Postscript -- Epilogue: the violent brain.

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