Cops, Crooks, And Criminologists An International Biographical Dictionary Of Law Enforcement

Covers the most exciting details from the lives & careers of the world's most famous & infamous lawbreakers & law enforcers. It features more than 600 of the most colorful criminals & crime-stoppers from around the world. Figures have been selected for inclusion in this book based on their contributions, salutary or adverse, to the development of the practices, principles, & philosophy of law enforcement. Also covers individuals from many professions who influenced police work & criminology. Numerous entries cover the development of specific crime-fighting techniques -- from 19th-century anthropometric identification to the advent of finger printing & DNA testing -- & the cases for which they were implemented. B&W illustrations.Phillips, Charles is the author of 'Cops, Crooks, And Criminologists An International Biographical Dictionary Of Law Enforcement', published 1996 under ISBN 9780756775568 and ISBN 0756775566.