Forensic science is a tool for truth, but it’s not a cure for the human condition; the very tools meant to ensure justice can be used to undermine it when handled without regulation or rigor.
Lessons from the book: Crime and Science Jürgen Thorwald (author)





![Crime and science : the new frontier in criminology. [Stunde der Detektive] [At the limits of detectability: forensic serology. The death of Lucie Berlin. The identification of blood; Karl Landsteiner. Agglutination & blood groups. The Lattes test; The murder of Helmuth Daube. Advances in serology; Holzer & other scientists. The Mair case. The discovery of new blood groups; The case of Pa mela Coventry. Scientific criminology in England; The murder of Walter Dinivan. Blood groups in saliva; The case of Alice Persico. Serology in New York. Alexander S. Wiener; The D�sseldorf murders. Misleading bloodstains; The Sheppard case . Samuel R. Gerber & Paul L. Kirk. The discovery of blood factors.; The Jaccoud case. Swiss forensic medicine.]](https://d1y2du6z1jfm9e.cloudfront.net/assets/podcast/green.png)
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