Criminology of homicidal poisoning : offenders, victims and detection /

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Author / Creator:Farrell, Michael, 1948- author.
Imprint:Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12455432
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ISBN:9783319591179
3319591177
3319591169
9783319591162
9783319591162
3319591169
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 28, 2017)
Summary:This book provides an overview of historical and contemporary cases of homicidal poisoning. While homicidal poisoning is sometimes thought of as a thing of the past, it continues to be a contemporary problem, and in fact the unknown offender rate for poisoning cases is 20-30 times that of other homicide types in contemporary research, and many poisoners commit serial homicides while going undetected. The author of this important and timely work explores the theoretical bases for understanding homicidal poisoning, the nature of poisons used in homicidal cases, the characteristics of poisoners and their victims, and techniques for detection and prevention. This unique book will be of particular interest to: students of criminology (classes dealing with criminal psychology, and murder investigation); students of the history of crime; criminal justice professionals: attorneys, homicide detectives, forensic pathologists, forensic and clinical toxicologists, and other forensic investigators; and all interested in poisons, poisoners and the detection of poisoning. It has relevance to criminology, law and policing, toxicology and forensic science, the history of crime and detection, and criminal psychology.
Other form:Print version: Farrell, Michael. Criminology of homicidal poisoning. Cham : Springer, 2017 9783319591162 3319591169
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-319-59117-9
9783319591162