Identity
Murder, Fraud and the Making of a Garda Forensic Expert
$37.05
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
26 August 2025
Summary
‘A FASCINATING READ’ - DR MARIE CASSIDY
When a violent incident led young misfit Garda John Sweetman into the Garda Technical Bureau with incriminating evidence, he found his true calling.
He spent the next 25 years as a detective garda working on the frontline of crime scene investigations - as both a fingerprint expert and, in later years, a forensic handwriting and document expert. His tenacity and natural eye for detail led him to becoming involved in many…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399735896 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399735896 |
| Author: | John Sweetman |
| Publisher: | Hachette Books Ireland |
| Imprint: | Hachette Books Ireland |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 26 August 2025 |
| Weight: | 235g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 128mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
Unpretentious but consistently eye-opening book about … life as a garda forensic expert * Business Post *
Sweetman acknowledges the good and bad sides of law enforcement, in what is an insightful and not entirely complimentary glimpse inside our national police force * Irish Times *
John Sweetman
For over twenty-five years, John Sweetman worked as a Detective Garda attached to the Garda Technical Bureau in Garda Headquarters, Phoenix Park. He qualified as a Fingerprint Expert and later as a Security Document and Handwriting Expert and has spent the bulk of his career examining crime scenes and scenes of crime exhibits for the purposes of presenting expert identification testimony in Irish Courts.
As a dedicated member of the Technical Bureau, John was involved in numerous serious crime investigations over the years, up until his retirement from An Garda Siochana in 2023. A keen artist, with an excellent eye for detail, John put his talent to use in the meticulous and exacting field of forensic comparison and individualisation, using the skills he acquired during his service as a valued member of the Garda Technical Bureau.
John lives with his family in North County Dublin. Identity: Murder, Fraud and the Making of a Garda Forensic Expert is his first book.
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