The mother of modern criminology was a retired socialite. Frances Glessner Lee's interest in crime investigation techniques led to the creation of the Department of Forensic Medicine at Harvard in the 1930s and the gradual replacement of archaic coroners by professional forensic scientists throughout the country. Lee also created an amazing series of murder dioramas that served as training aids for police officers. In this book, Bruce Goldfarb tells the amazing story of Frances Glessner Lee, weaving it into the history of forensics.