Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case That Launched Forensic Science | Colin Beavan
A fascinating history of fingerprint identification takes readers to turn-of-the-century England, where Scotland Yard was struggling to adopt this new technology and the controversial 1905 murder case that ultimately led to its common use and discusses the role and technology of fingerprinting in modern-day forensics. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.