The first detective : the life and revolutionary times of Vidocq, criminal, spy and private eye / James Morton.
2011
HV7911.V47 M67 2011 (Mapit)
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The first detective : the life and revolutionary times of Vidocq, criminal, spy and private eye / James Morton.
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ISBN
9781590206386
159020638X
159020638X
Publication Details
New York : Overlook Press, 2011, c2004.
Language
English
Description
xi, 266 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HV7911.V47 M67 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
363.25092 a B
Summary
Traces the detective and forensic scientist's criminal origins and transition into police work, his wartime contributions, and his role in such developments as criminal indexing, fingerprinting, and private detective work.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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