Bibliograph

Blood, sweat and fear, the story of Inspector Vance, Vancouver's first forensic investigator, by Eve Lazarus

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Blood, sweat and fear, the story of Inspector Vance, Vancouver's first forensic investigator, by Eve Lazarus

Language

eng

Form of composition

other

Main title

Blood, sweat and fear

Oclc number

1107678432

Responsibility statement

by Eve Lazarus

Sub title

the story of Inspector Vance, Vancouver's first forensic investigator

Summary

Heralded internationally as "Canada's Sherlock Holmes," John F.C.B. Vance (1884-1964) was Vancouver's, and British Columbia's, first forensic investigator. During his forty-two-year career Vance helped police detectives determine murder from suicide as well as solve hit-and-runs, safe-crackings, and some of the most sensational murder cases of the twentieth century. As the City Analyst, first for Vancouver (beginning in 1907) and then for the Province and later the Dominion, Vance was constantly called upon to use his skills in serology, toxicology, firearms, arson, trace evidence, document analysis, and autopsy to solve crime. His skills and analytic abilities were so effective that in 1934 there were seven attempts on his life, and for a time, he and his family were under constant police guard from criminals afraid to go up against him in court. Vance was on the forefront of forensics, often inventing his own equipment when none was available. 2017

Target audience

specialized

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