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How to catch a killer : hunting and capturing the world's most notorious serial killers / Katherine Ramsland, PhD.

Summary:

"No two stories about the capture of a serial killer are the same. Sometimes, the killers make crucial mistakes; other times, investigators get lucky. And the process of profiling, hunting, and apprehending these predators has changed radically over time, particularly in the field of criminal forensics, which has exploded in the last ten to 15 years. Laser ablation, video spectral analysis, cyber-sleuthing, and even DNA-based genetic genealogy are now crucial tools in solving murders, including the recent capture of the so-called Golden State Killer. This book in the new Profiles in Crime series tells the history of forensics through the "capture stories" of some of the most notorious serial killers, going back almost a century."--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781454939375
  • ISBN: 1454939370
  • Physical Description: xii, 299 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Sterling, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-295) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Forensic innovation -- Police procedure -- Mistakes and miscalculations -- Witness reports -- Self-surrender.
Subject: True crime.
Serial murderers > Case studies.
Forensic sciences.
Serial murder investigation > Case studies.
Genre: Case studies.
True crime stories.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Bethlehem Main Library 364.152 (Text) 33062009651754 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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