Lucy Doncaster Knihy

Kniha pro ty, kterým nestačí zkratkovitost běžných true crime titulů Publikace obsahuje popis více než stovky skutečných zločinů z celého světa, včetně slavných případů O. J. Simpsona, Teda Bundyho, Johna Wayna Gacyho, „vrahů z močálu“ Myry Hindleyové a Iana Bradyho, Josepha Jamese DeAngela („Golden State Killer“, muž, jenž byl vystopován pomocí DNA v roce 2017), atentátu na let Lockerbie, „Unabombera“ Theodora Kaczynského, otravy novičokem v Salisbury, identifikace obětí z požáru Grenfell Tower v Londýně a mnoha dalších. Chronologicky popisuje a hodnotí roli těch, kteří významně přispěli k rozvoji forenzních metod v nejrůznějších oblastech, jako jsou toxikologie, sérologie, otisky prstů, rekonstrukce obličeje, balistika, psychologický profil pachatelů nebo třeba DNA profilování. Obsahuje na 200 fotografií, z nichž mnohé nabízejí vzácný a současně fascinující pohled do policejních spisů a moderních forenzních technik.

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