Crimes Criminals category: 7162 books
by Richard Lighthouse
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
During the past week, I checked craigslist.com several times for used Apple Macbooks.On the morning of 2 October 2017:In the entire city of Houston, according to Craigslist, there are only 3 recent, used Apple Macbooks available for sale in the entire city. Does this seem likely? All 3 of the...
Hate Crime in America, 1968-2013
A Chronology of Offenses, Legislation and Related Events
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
Crimes motivated by prejudice date to the beginning of human history. Despite legislation addressing bias-driven offenses hate crimes continue to plague modern American society. Beginning with the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 six days...
by Matt DeLisi
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2005
Career Criminals in Society examines the small but dangerous group of repeat offenders who are most damaging to society. The book encourages readers to think critically about the causes of criminal behavior and the potential of the criminal justice system to reduce crime. Author Matt DeLisi draws...
by Chris Rush Burkey, Tusty ten Bensel, Jeffery T. Walker
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
The investigation of sex crimes is a specific function for many law enforcement agencies, requiring an understanding of how to investigate, process crime scenes, interact with victims and offenders, and prepare for court. Drawing on new methods of investigation and the effects of such crimes on victims,...
Tough on Hate?
The Cultural Politics of Hate Crimes
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2013
Why do we know every gory crime scene detail about such victims as Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. and yet almost nothing about the vast majority of other hate crime victims? Now that federal anti-hate-crimes laws have been passed, why has the number of these crimes not declined significantly?...
Profiling Violent Crimes
An Investigative Tool
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
"Excellent book, I have used this for my Criminal Behavior course for a number of years. Very authoritative."
—Harry Cramer,* Quincy University*
The Fourth Edition of this best-selling text provides students with the most up-to-date information on the increasingly popular field...
War Crimes Trials and Investigations
A Multi-Disciplinary Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
This book represents the first multi-disciplinary introduction to the study of war crimes trials and investigations. It introduces readers to the numerous disciplines engaged with this complex subject, including: Forensic Anthropology, Economics and Anthropometrics, Legal History, Violence Studies,...
The Criminals of Lima and Their Worlds
The Prison Experience, 1850–1935
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2005
The Criminals of Lima and Their Worlds is the first major historical study of the creation and development of the prison system in Peru. Carlos Aguirre examines the evolution of prisons for male criminals in Lima from the conception—in the early 1850s—of the initial plans to build penitentiaries...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Most people assume that criminal offenders have only been convicted of a single crime. However, in reality almost half of offenders stand to be sentenced for more than one crime. The high proportion of multiple crime offenders poses a number of practical and theoretical challenges for the criminal...
Romantic Outlaws, Beloved Prisons
The Unconscious Meanings of Crime and Punishment
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1996
An ex-convict struggles with his addictive yearning for prison. A law-abiding citizen broods over his pleasure in violent, illegal acts. A prison warden loses his job because he is so successful in rehabilitating criminals. These are but a few of the intriguing stories Martha Grace Duncan examines...
The Killer Book of Cold Cases
Incredible Stories, Facts, and Trivia from the Most Baffling True Crime Cases of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Shocking stories of the most infamous cold crimes!
The perfect gift for any true crime fan! Every criminal dreams of committing the perfect crime. A crime that is so well executed, with clues and evidence so scarce, that even the experts are left baffled. The Killer Book of Cold Cases takes...
Chaos
Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2019
A journalist's twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to shocking new revelations about the FBI's involvement in this riveting reassessment of an infamous case in American history.
Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people,...
The Serial Killer Whisperer
How One Man's Tragedy Helped Unlock the Deadliest Secrets of the World's Most Terrifying Killers
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
From New York Times bestselling author Pete Earley—the strange but true story of how a young man’s devastating brain injury gave him the unique ability to connect with the world’s most terrifying criminals.
Fifteen-year-old Tony Ciaglia had everything a teenager could want until he suffered...
Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder
And Other True Cases
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2007
Includes Ann Rule's insider commentary on the Mary Winkler murder case
REAL-LIFE MURDER. REAL-LIFE MYSTERY.
In some murder cases, the truth behind the most tragic of crimes crystallizes with relative ease. Not so with these fascinating accounts drawn from the personal files of Ann Rule,...