Blood on the Table : The Greatest Cases of New York Citys Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

English

ISBN: 0425219372

EAN: 9780425219379

Category: Medical / Forensic Medicine/Social Science / Criminology/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 02/04/2012

Age Range: 18-UP

Synopsis: For almost a century, New York Citys Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has presided over the dead. Over the years, the OCME has endured everything-political upheavals, ghastly murders, bloody gang wars, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and non-stop battles for power and influence-and remains the final authority in cases of sudden, unexplained, or violent death. Founded in 1918, the OCME has evolved over decades of technological triumphs and all-too human failure to its modern-day incarnation as the foremost forensics lab in the world, investigating an average caseload of over 15,000 suspicious deaths a year. This is the behind-the-scenes chronicle of public service and private vendettas, of blood in the streets and back-room bloodbaths, and of the criminal cases that made history and headlines.

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Blood on the Table : The Greatest Cases of New York Citys Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

Illustrated: Yes

Format: UK-B Format Paperback

Height: 0.88 inches

Width: 5.52 inches

Length: 8.16 inches

Weight: 10.9 oz

Pages: 352