Publisher's Synopsis
The first recorded scientific examination of a corpse was carried out by a Roman doctor called Atistius on the murdered Julius Caesar, but it was not until the 19th century that the history of scientific crime detection really began. Colin Wilson charts the rise and development of forensic detection in fascinating, gruesome, and highly readable detail - including forensic toxiology (poisoning cases), ballistics, sexual criminology and the latest advances in forensic investigation techniques.
