Forty Years of Murder

Keith Simpson

ISBN 10: 0586050388 / ISBN 13: 9780586050385

Published by Academy Chicago Pub, 1981

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0586050388I5N00

Synopsis:

Christie, Hanratty, The Krays … murderers haunt the mind. We read about them in the press with horrified curiosity and, if we’re lucky, this is as close as we get. But Home Office Pathologise Keith Simpson spent forty years in the very midst of murder. This is his autobiography.

The late Professor Keith Simpson became the first Professor of Forensic Medicine at London University and lectured on the subject to other doctors, lawyers, police officers and magistrates at home and all over the world. He pioneered forensic dentistry, and for the first time identified a suspected murderer by teeth marks left on the victim’s body. He was responsible for the first successful ‘battered baby’ prosecution in England, and perhaps one of his greatest contributions has been to save the lives of countless babies by disseminating information on the syndrome and getting it recognized and controlled.

This is the bestselling autobiography of the man who was always at the scene of the crime. In describing his celebrated investigations he spares his readers none of the chilling details: the whip-marks, the maggots, the skeletal remains, which proved the innocence of so many men and women…and sent so many more to the gallows.

About the Author:

Professor Keith Simpson, now deceased, entered Guy’s Hospital as a student and stayed as a teacher for the whole of his professional life. He reached the summit of his profession, pioneering forensic medicine. He is the author of the standard textbook on the subject and edited the profession’s ‘bible’ Taylor’s Medical Jurisprudence.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Forty Years of Murder
Publisher: Academy Chicago Pub
Publication Date: 1981
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket