Fingerprints: Fifty Years Of Scientific Crime Detection
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First Ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
In the annals of criminal justice, few forensic breakthroughs have proven as decisive and transformative as the science of fingerprint identification — and Fingerprints: Fifty Years of Scientific Crime Detection stands as the definitive chronicle of its remarkable evolution. Douglas G. Browne and Alan Brock present a meticulously researched account of how this groundbreaking discipline emerged from the pioneering work of Sir Edward Henry and others to become an indispensable cornerstone of modern law enforcement, tracing its development across five decades of landmark cases, institutional battles, and scientific refinement. The work carries the authoritative foreword of Frederick R. Cherrill, M.B.E., the former Ex-Chief Superintendent once in charge of the Fingerprint Bureau at New Scotland Yard, lending an unimpeachable authenticity to its pages. Browne and Brock write with the precision of forensic scientists and the narrative flair of seasoned crime writers, illuminating the human dramas — both criminal and official — that shaped the science. Illustrated with eleven half-tone plates, the book is as visually compelling as it is intellectually rigorous, leaving the reader to ponder just how many criminals have been undone by the silent testimony of a single touch.
Author: Douglas G. Browne And Alan Brock
Format: Hardback
Published: 1953, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd
Genre: True crime
Edition: First Ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
In the annals of criminal justice, few forensic breakthroughs have proven as decisive and transformative as the science of fingerprint identification — and Fingerprints: Fifty Years of Scientific Crime Detection stands as the definitive chronicle of its remarkable evolution. Douglas G. Browne and Alan Brock present a meticulously researched account of how this groundbreaking discipline emerged from the pioneering work of Sir Edward Henry and others to become an indispensable cornerstone of modern law enforcement, tracing its development across five decades of landmark cases, institutional battles, and scientific refinement. The work carries the authoritative foreword of Frederick R. Cherrill, M.B.E., the former Ex-Chief Superintendent once in charge of the Fingerprint Bureau at New Scotland Yard, lending an unimpeachable authenticity to its pages. Browne and Brock write with the precision of forensic scientists and the narrative flair of seasoned crime writers, illuminating the human dramas — both criminal and official — that shaped the science. Illustrated with eleven half-tone plates, the book is as visually compelling as it is intellectually rigorous, leaving the reader to ponder just how many criminals have been undone by the silent testimony of a single touch.