Crimes category: 7162 books
Blood On The Table
The Greatest Cases of New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
For almost a century, New York City's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has presided over the dead. Over the years, the OCME has endured everything-political upheavals, ghastly murders, bloody gang wars, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and non-stop battles for power and influence-and remains the final...
Anatomy of Injustice
A Murder Case Gone Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
The book that helped free an innocent man who had spent twenty-seven years on death row.
In January 1982, an elderly white widow was found brutally murdered in the small town of Greenwood, South Carolina. Police immediately arrested Edward Lee Elmore, a semiliterate, mentally retarded black man...
The Killer of Little Shepherds
A True Crime Story and the Birth of Forensic Science
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Winner of the Gold Dagger Award
A fascinating true crime story that details the rise of modern forensics and the development of modern criminal investigation.
At the end of the nineteenth century, serial murderer Joseph Vacher terrorized the French countryside, eluding authorities for...
by Sandra Hempel
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
An infamous murder investigation that changed forever the way poisoners were brought to justice.
In the first half of the nineteenth century, an epidemic swept Europe: arsenic poisoning. Available at any corner shop for a few pence, arsenic was so frequently used by potential beneficiaries...
Character and Cops
Ethics in Policing
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
Since the first edition was published in 1989, Character and Cops has been considered the bible of police ethics training. The book is a comprehensive guide to the ethical challenges faced daily by police officers, especially in times of heightened security. The updated sixth edition features a new...
The Island of Lost Maps
A True Story of Cartographic Crime
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2010
The Island of Lost Maps tells the story of a curious crime spree: the theft of scores of valuable centuries-old maps from some of the most prominent research libraries in the United States and Canada. The perpetrator was Gilbert Joseph Bland, Jr., an enigmatic antiques dealer from South Florida, whose...
Bringing Adam Home
The Abduction That Changed America
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
“Les Standiford’s account of the decades-long attempt to solve the murder of Adam Walsh is chilling, heartbreaking, hopeful, and as relentlessly suspenseful as anything I’ve ever read. A triumph in every way.”
—Dennis Lehane, author of Mystic River
“The most significant missing...
Post-Mortem
Justice at Last for Yvette Budram
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
A jogger running in a field near the perimeter of the African Lion Safari theme park in southern Ontario stumbles across a near-mummified skeleton. The remains are studied at a hospital morgue by a forensic pathologist, a forensic anthropologist and a forensic entomologist (known as "the bug lady")....
La tropa (Premio de periodismo Javier Valdez Cárdenas 2018)
Por qué mata un soldado
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 26, 2019
Desde que el Ejército asumió el papel de la policía, una persona muere cada día a manos de militares en México. ¿Qué hay detrás de esas muertes?
En estas páginas se encuentran respuestas que revelan un rostro terrible, fracturado, sangriento y al mismo tiempo conmovedor.
Un...
by John Brassard Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
The infamous criminal history of Iowa’s oldest county takes center stage in this true crime account of murder, robbery, and mayhem.
Scott County, Iowa has a rich and venerable history. It is where the Blackhawk Treaty was signed. It’s where the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi...
Women, Gender, and Crime
Core Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2018
Women, Gender, and Crime: Core Concepts provides you with a complete and concise view into the intersection of gender and the criminal justice system. Author Stacy L. Mallicoat explores core topics on women as victims, offenders, and criminal justice professionals as they interact with various areas...
The Bundy Murders: A Comprehensive History
A Comprehensive History
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2009
Theodore Bundy was one of the more infamous, and flamboyant, American serial killers on record, and his story is a complex mix of psychopathology, criminal investigation, and the U.S. legal system. This in-depth examination of Bundy's life and his killing spree that totaled dozens of victims is drawn...
Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling
Lessons from the Inside
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2008
Drug Smugglers on Drug Smuggling features interviews with 34 convicted drug smugglers -- most of them once major operators -- detailing exactly how drugs are smuggled into the U.S. from Latin America. These sources provide tangible evidence of the risks, rewards, and organization of international...
by Carl Cattermole
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2019
The cult guide to UK prisons by Carl Cattermole – now fully updated and featuring contributions from female and LGBTQI prisoners, as well as from family on the outside.
Contains:
Blood – but not as much as you might imagine
Sweat – and the prisons no longer provide soap
Tears – because...