CRIME, CROOKS, & COPS

New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. August Vollmer has a reputation gained as chief of police of Los Angeles and as professor of police administration at the University of California, which makes his contribution to the science of crime detection well worth while. It is of special interest to the medical profession because doctors frequently are concerned with examinations of the blood and hair, finger printing, personal identification and other aspects of this subject. The book here reviewed is based on actual cases, including among other items the use of the lie detector in several investigations (truncated) and a consideration of its standing in court. The concluding chapters are concerned with the qualifications for police officers, which again are questions that might intimately concern members of the medical profession" (Journal of the American Medical Association). Octavo: [viii], 260 pp. Original gray cloth binding, with black- and red-stamped titles. Some sparse pencil marginalia. The dust jacket is a touch toned along the spine, with some minor edgewear; otherwise very good. (Inventory #: 78505)