Murder Squad

by Tim Tate (Author), RAY WYRE (Author)

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  1992

  $3.25

  A companion to Thames TV's series showing how murder is detected today. Since the motives for murder are many and varied - from domestic to serial sex killings - the technique of finding the killer and proving the case must be equally flexible. This book explores how murder is detected, examining police techniques and the increasingly technical facilities (such as DNA fingerprinting) available to them. Detailed reconstructions of cases include interviews with the police, forensic and technical support staff, probation officers, psychologists, relatives and the murderers themselves.

• Used

  Paperback
  1992

  $3.25

  Every year more than 550 people are unlawfully killed in England and Wales. Who are these people, and how and why did they die? Since the motives for murder are many and varied - from domestic to serial sex killing - the techniques of tracking the killer and proving the case must be equally flexible. Working closely with one of London's murder squads, the authors investigate the business of murder, examining police techniques and increasingly sophisticated scientific processes, such as DNA analysis and psychological profiling. Taped interviews with murderers give added insights. Tate has researched, produced and directed documentaries for The Cook Report and is the author of Children for the Devil: Ritual Abuse and Satanic Crime and Child Pornography: An Investigation . Ron Wyre is the director of a clinic for sex offenders, and wrote Women, Men and Rape .