Fictional Death and Scientific Truth: The Truth-Value of Science in Contemporary Forensic Crime Fiction.

In this article, the author explores the relationship between science and truth in forensic crime fiction by analysis of narrative and media-specific constituents of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000-) and Patricia Cornwell's The Scarpetta Factor (2009). Despite the different media, both are foun...

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Publicado en:Clues: A Journal of Detection (McFarland & Company) Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 88 - 99
Autor principal: Bergman, Kerstin
Formato: Literary Criticism
Publicado: McFarland & Company, Inc. Spring2012
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