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.