Chinese Whispers

Acknowledgments

As always, I would like to offer my grateful thanks to those who have given so generously of their time and expertise during my researches for Chinese Whispers. In particular, I’d like to express my gratitude to polygraph expert John J. Palmatier Ph.D; Lawrence A. Farwell, Ph.D, Director and Chief Scientist, Brain Wave Science Human Brain Research Laboratory Inc. (inventor of MERMER); Steven C. Campman, M.D., Medical Examiner, San Diego, California; Dr. Richard H. Ward, Professor of Criminology and Dean of the College of Criminal Justice, Sam Houston State University, Texas; Professor Dai Yisheng, former Director of the Fourth Chinese Institute for the Formulation of Police Policy, Beijing; Professor Yu Hongsheng, General Secretary of the Commission of Legality Literature, Beijing; Professor Yijun Pi, Vice-Director of the Institute of Legal Sociology and Juvenile Delinquency, China University of Political Science and Law; William S. Laidlaw, Consul, American Citizen Services, U.S. Embassy, Beijing; Guo Zheng, Division Chief of Beijing Public Security Bureau, Western Division; Wang Hua Lu, Police Chief, Yuetan Police Station, Beijing; and Professor Chen Jianhua, Police Commissioner, Beijing Forensic Science Research Centre, Pau Jü Hutong. Extracts from Dr. Thomas Bond’s autopsy notes on Mary Jane Kelly are reproduced by permission of the Metropolitan Police Authority.