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Douglas Starr

Co-director of Science Journalism Program Co-director, Center for Science & Medical Journalism Professor of Journalism at Boston University

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Douglas Starr is a veteran science, environment and medical writer. His most recent book, The Killer of Little Shepherds: A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science (Knopf, 2010), tells the story of the 19th century pioneers of forensic science and the notorious serial killer they caught and convicted with their new scientific techniques. Winner of the Gold Dagger award in the U.K. and a finalist for the Edgar Allen Poe award in the U.S., the book was named to the “Editor’s Choice” list the New York Times Book Review and the True Crime bestseller lists of the Wall Street Journal and Library Journal. Starr’s previous book, BLOOD: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce (Knopf, 1998), tells the four-century saga of how human blood became a commodity. The book was published in seven languages, won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (science and technology category) and was named to the “Best Books of the Year” lists of Publishers Weekly, Booklist and Library Journal. A PBS series based on the book, Red Gold, aired on more than 300 PBS stations in the U.S. and internationally. Prof. Starr’s writings about science, medicine, public health and the environment have appeared in a many venues, including The New Republic, Discover, Science, Smithsonian, Public Television, National Public Radio, The Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Sunday Globe Magazine.

 

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Human nature, observed

February 1, 2018

Science Douglas Starr In 1987, Avshalom Caspi and Terrie Moffitt, two postdocs in psychology, had adjacent displays at the poster session of a conference in St. Louis, Missouri… Expert quote: “It’s been a personal and scientific love affair ever since. For nearly 30 years, Moffitt and Caspi have been collaborating on one of the more […]

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This brilliant plan could stop drone terrorism. Too bad it’s illegial

March 1, 2017

Wired By Douglas Starr, School of Communication Imagine you’re part of a great swelling crowd, one of 60,000 people who fill up the cauldron of noise and chaos that is a sold-out football stadium… View full article

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Boston’s last brush with capital punishment

April 23, 2015

The New Yorker By Douglas Starr, College of Communication Last Monday, a few days after Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was convicted of helping his late brother, Tamerlan, plant and set off two bombs at the 2013 Boston Marathon, a local cable station invited a man named Bob Curley on air to discuss whether Tsarnaev should be put […]

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The Reid Technique and False Confessions

December 12, 2013

WNYC “The Leonard Lapate Show” Douglas Starr, College of Communication New Yorker contributor Douglas Starr examines the Reid Technique of interrogation and whether it can prompt innocent people to confess to crimes they didn’t commit… Listen to audio

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The Strategy Behind A Police Interrogation

December 10, 2013

WBUR “Radio Boston” Douglas Starr, College of Communication The police interrogation is a familiar event on popular crime shows like “Law & Order” and “CSI.” … Listen to audio

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Beyond Good Cop/Bad Cop: A Look At Real-Life Interrogations

December 5, 2013

NPR “Fresh Air” Douglas Starr, College of Communication We see a lot of police interrogation on TV, but how closely do those high-adrenaline scenes resemble the real thing?… View full article and listen to audio

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The Interview: Do police interrogation techniques produce false confessions?

December 3, 2013

The New Yorker (subscription required) By Douglas Starr, College of Communication On December 14, 1955, Darrel Parker came home for lunch from his job as a forester in Lincoln, Nebraska… View full article

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Dracula and the origins of evil

October 31, 2012

The Record By Douglas Starr, College of Communication Vampire movies and TV shows are the rage nowadays — perhaps because their heroes are attractive, tormented and misunderstood, which is how many young viewers see themselves… View article

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Can You Fake Mental Illness?

August 8, 2012

Slate.com By Douglas Starr, College of Communication When someone commits a horrific, inexplicable crime, we naturally wonder whether he’s mentally ill:… View article

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