Gothic Forensics

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: The Forensic Gothic

   • Michael Arntfield

   Pages 1-12

3. The House of the Seven Gables: Wrongful Convictions and Secondary Deviation

   • Michael Arntfield

   Pages 13-32

4. Bleak House: Authorship Attribution and Suspectology

   • Michael Arntfield

   Pages 33-54

5. “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”: Forensic Interviewing and Crime Scene Continuity

   • Michael Arntfield

   Pages 55-78

6. “The Mystery of Marie Rogêt”: Holdback Evidence and the Copycat Effect

   • Michael Arntfield

   Pages 79-103

7. Dracula: Criminal Paraphilia and Expert Witnesses

   • Michael Arntfield

   Pages 105-134

8. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Criminal Responsibility and Psychogeography

   • Michael Arntfield

   Pages 135-160

9. The Picture of Dorian Gray: The Psychopathy Checklist and the Dark Triad

   • Michael Arntfield

   Pages 161-184

10. The House by the Churchyard: Forensic Anthropology and Investigative Countermeasures

    • Michael Arntfield

    Pages 185-204

11. Trilby: Forensic Victimology and the Svengali Defense

    • Michael Arntfield

    Pages 205-221

12. Conclusion: Toward a Literary Criminology

    • Michael Arntfield

    Pages 223-226

13. Back Matter

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Michael Arntfield interrogates the legacy of Victorian-era crime fiction and Gothic horror on investigative forensic methods used by police today.

• Forensics
• Gothic Horror
• Detective fiction
• Criminal profiling
• Semiotics
• Literary criminology

“Gothic Forensics is part of a series aiming to give semiotic readings of popular culture in clear language for lay readers. In this book, Arntfield demonstrates that transatlantic nineteenth-century texts express central ideas of modern criminology.” (Studies in English Literature 1500-1900, Vol. 57 (4), 2017)

• Western University, London, Canada

  Michael Arntfield

 Michael Arntfield is Associate Professor in the Department of English & Writing Studies at Western University, Canada. He is also a fellow with the University of Toronto’s Centre for Research in Forensic Semiotics, an academic and investigative advisor with the American Investigative Society of Cold Cases, and a previous Fulbright Chair at Vanderbilt University, USA. Formerly serving as a police officer and detective for over fifteen years, he now specializes in literary criminology and the criminal humanities. For more information, visit www.michaelarntfield.com.  

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