RT Book
T1 18 tiny deaths: the untold story of Frances Glessner Lee and the invention of modern forensics
A1 Goldfarb, Bruce
A2 Melinek, Judy
LA English
PP Naperville, Illinois
PB Sourcebooks
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1670379051
AB "Frances Glessner Lee, born a socialite to a wealthy and influential Chicago family in the 1870s, was never meant to have a career, let alone one steeped in death and depravity. Yet she developed a fascination with the investigation of violent crimes and made it her life's work. Best known for creating the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, a series of dioramas that appear charming-until you notice the macabre little details: an overturned chair, a blood-spattered comforter. And then, of course, there are the bodies-splayed out on the floor, draped over chairs-clothed in garments that Lee lovingly knit with sewing pins. Lee developed a system that used the Nutshells dioramas to train law enforcement officers to investigate violent crimes, and her methods are still used today. 18 Tiny Deaths is the story of a woman who overcame the limitations and expectations imposed by her social status and pushed forward an entirely new branch of science that we still use today"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HV8073
SN 978-1-4926-8047-5
K1 Lee, Frances Glessner : 1878-1962
K1 Harvard Medical School
K1 Forensic scientists : United States : Biography
K1 Forensic sciences : United States : History : 20th century
K1 Crime scenes : United States : History : 20th century
K1 Criminal Investigation : United States : History : 20th century
K1 Forensik
K1 Erfinderin
K1 Usa