The beginnings of American forensic medicine and criminalistics in the journalistic interpretation of Bruce Goldfarb - review of the book „18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics”
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RIS BIB ENDNOTEThe beginnings of American forensic medicine and criminalistics in the journalistic interpretation of Bruce Goldfarb - review of the book „18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics” = Początki amerykańskiej medycyny sądowej i kryminalistyki w interpretacji dziennikarskiej Bruce,a Goldfarba – recenzja książki „18 zbrodni w miniaturze. Nieznana historia Frances Glessner Lee i początków współczesnej kryminalistyki”
Publication date: 27.03.2024
Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology, 2023, Vol. 73 (4), pp. 356-360
https://doi.org/10.4467/16891716AMSIK.23.029.19501Authors
The beginnings of American forensic medicine and criminalistics in the journalistic interpretation of Bruce Goldfarb - review of the book „18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics”
American forensic medicine is about 100 years younger than the European one. It was in Europe that at the beginning of the 20th century, American doctors were trained and gradually expanded the field of science and expertise in forensic medicine and criminalistics. This area, for several centuries under the English law, which was in force there, had been successively „mummified” by coroners who worked for years to earn their bad reputation. The outstanding American journalist Bruce Goldfarb writes about the emergence of forensic medicine and criminalistics in the reality of the United States of America and the pioneering role of the „forensic architect” Frances Glessner Lee in his book entitled „18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics”. This is an extremely interesting book worth recommending to anyone interested in expanding their knowledge in this area of science.
Information: Archives of Forensic Medicine and Criminology, 2023, Vol. 73 (4), pp. 356-360
Article type: Scientific review
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The beginnings of American forensic medicine and criminalistics in the journalistic interpretation of Bruce Goldfarb - review of the book „18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics”
The beginnings of American forensic medicine and criminalistics in the journalistic interpretation of Bruce Goldfarb - review of the book „18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of Frances Glessner Lee and the Invention of Modern Forensics” = Początki amerykańskiej medycyny sądowej i kryminalistyki w interpretacji dziennikarskiej Bruce,a Goldfarba – recenzja książki „18 zbrodni w miniaturze. Nieznana historia Frances Glessner Lee i początków współczesnej kryminalistyki”
Chair and Department of Forensic Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
Published at: 27.03.2024
Received at: 11.01.2024
Accepted at: 03.02.2024
Article status: Open
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English, PolishSuggested citations: Nature