Technology and Law Enforcement: From Gumshoe to Gamma Rays

by Robert L. Snow

Book Overview

Although for much of the mid-20th century police departments across the U.S. had been reluctant to embrace new technology, depending instead on traditional police techniques, detectives in Los Angeles finally departed from this practice when they found themselves stymied in their attempts to solve the infamous Night Stalker serial murder case. This murderer and rapist had gone on a deadly rampage during the spring and summer of 1985, and though...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275993345
• ISBN13: 9780275993344
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"