William Roughead
William Roughead (1870 – 1952) var en skotsk advokat, amatörkriminolog, redaktör och essäskrivare. Han var en viktig tidig true crime-författare.[1]
| William Roughead | |
| Född | Februari 1870 Edinburgh, Skottland |
|---|---|
| Död | Maj 1952 |
| Yrke | kriminolog |
Enligt Joyce Carol Oates var Rougheads inflytande "enormt". Hans berättelser om mordfall och rättegångar var kortfattade och har jämförts med folksagor på grund av dess moraliserande.[2] Rougheads kanske största prestation var hans analys av Oscar Slaters rättegång för mordet på Marion Gilchrist 1908. Roughead hjälpte Arthur Conan Doyle, Craigie Aitchison och William Park i nästan 20 år och avslöjade svagheter i kronans fall och, citerades även som vittne i överklagandet av domen från 1928.[1]
Som Luc Sante beskrev i introduktionen till Classic Crimes (2000), en samling av Rougheads essäer, skilde sig Roughhead från en stor mängd samtida brottsförfattare:[3]
| ” | Roughead is not especially interested in clever paradoxes and neat resolutions; in fact he is not nearly as fascinated by the clue-hunting and deductive cogitation aspects of his cases as he is by their elaboration in the courtroom. A murder for him is of interest chiefly insofar as it provides the premise for a rich, complex trial at which personalities can clash, unfold, reveal their wrinkles. | „ |
Böcker redigera
- Rhyme without Reason (1901)
- Trial of Dr. Pritchard (1906)
- Trial of Captain Porteous (1909)
- Bibliography of the Porteous Mob (1909)
- Trial of Oscar Slater (1910 & 2nd ed. rev. 1925)
- Trial of Mrs. M'Lachlan (1911)
- Twelve Scots Trials (1913)
- Trial of Deacon Brodie (1914)
- Trial of Mary Blandy (1914)
- Burke and Hare (1921)
- Glengarry's Way and Other Studies (1922)
- The Fatal Countess and Other Studies (1924)
- A Rich Man and Other Stories (1925)
- Trial of Jessie M'Lachlan (2d ed. rev. 1925 & 3d ed. 1950)
- The Rebel Earl and Other Studies (1926)
- The Trial of Katharine Nairn (1926)
- Malice Domestic (1928)
- The Evil that Men Do (1929)
- Trial of John Donald Merrett (1929)
- Bad Companions (1930)
- What Is Your Verdict? (1931)
- In Queer Street (1932)
- The Trial of John Watson Laurie (the Arran Murder) (1932)
- Rogues Walk Here (1934)
- Famous Crimes (1935)
- Knave's Looking Glass (1935)
- The Riddle of the Ruthvens and Other Studies (1936)
- Mainly Murder (1937)
- The Enjoyment of Murder (1938)
- The Seamy Side (1938)
- Murder and More Murder (1939)
- Neck or Nothing (1939)
- The Murderer's Companion (1941)
- Reprobates Revisited (1941)
- The Art of Murder (1943)
- Nothing But Murder (1946)
- Classic Crimes: A Selection from the Works of William Roughead (1951)
- Tales of the Criminous: A Selection from the Works of William Roughead (1956)
Referenser redigera
- ^ [a b] ”Arthur Conan Doyle, True Detective”. The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. https://newrepublic.com/article/149080/arthur-conan-doyle-true-detective. Läst 7 april 2024.
- ^ Oates, Joyce Carol (24 juni 1999). ”The Mystery of JonBenét Ramsey” (på engelska). The New York Review of Books "46" (11). ISSN 0028-7504. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1999/06/24/the-mystery-of-jonbenet-ramsey/. Läst 7 april 2024.
- ^ Roughead, William (2000). Classic crimes. New York Review of Books. ISBN 978-0-940322-46-2. Läst 5 april 2024
- Whittington-Egan, Richard, red (1991). William Roughead's Chronicles of Murder. Moffat, Scotland: Lochar Publishing. ISBN 978-0948403552