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1. 1. American Sherlock

   Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI

   

   A vividly told biography of a turn-of-the-century self-taught sleuth who helped invent modern forensic science, tracing his rise from obscure beginnings to national fame as he applied ballistics, blood analysis, fingerprinting and other emerging techniques to solve baffling crimes; the book uses his life and high-profile investigations to explore how scientific methods reshaped American policing and courts, the clash between expertise and corruption, and the public’s growing fascination with detection and the limits and consequences of trusting seemingly objective evidence.

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