Crimes category: 7162 books
DNA and Property Crime Scene Investigation
Forensic Evidence and Law Enforcement
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2015
Traditionally, forensic investigation has not been fully utilized in the investigation of property crime. This ground-breaking book examines the experiences of patrol officers, command staff, detectives, and chiefs as they navigate the expectations of forensic evidence in criminal cases, specifically...
by Ralph Henham
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
International sentencing has become significant given the numerous events on the world stage which have focused attention on the justifications and adequacy of punishment for heinous crimes such as genocide and crimes against humanity. In addition to providing a detailed evaluation of the philosophical...
Sexual Deviance and Society
A sociological examination
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016
In a society where sexualized media has become background noise, we are frequently discouraged from frank and open discussions about sex and offered few tools for understanding sexual behaviors and sexualities that are perceived as being out of the norm. This book encourages readers to establish...
Child Soldiers as Agents of War and Peace
A Restorative Transitional Justice Approach to Accountability for Crimes Under International Law
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2017
This book deals with child soldiers’ involvement in crimes under international law. Child soldiers are often victims of grave human rights abuses, and yet, in some cases, they also participate actively in inflicting violence upon others. Nonetheless, the international discourse on child soldiers...
Uncovering the Crimes of Urbanisation
Researching Corruption, Violence and Urban Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2017
From the social cleansing of cities through to indigenous land struggles at the frontline of extraction megaprojects, planetary urbanisation is a contested process that is radically shaping social life and the sustainability of human civilisation. In this pioneering intervention, it is maintained...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, ethnic cleansing are terms which in recent years have entered common usage. The worst cases of these crimes seen in the Yugoslav secession conflict and the Rwandan slaughter resulted in attempts by the international legal community to initiate an international...
The Taming of New York's Washington Square
A Wild Civility
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
The surprising and unofficial system of social control and regulation that keeps crime rates low in New York City’s Washington Square Park
Located in New York City’s Greenwich Village, Washington Square Park is a 9.75-acre public park that is perhaps best known for its historic Washington...
by Ted Botha
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2012
In The Girl with the Crooked Nose, Ted Botha tells the absorbing story of Frank Bender, a gifted, self-taught artist who can bring back the dead and the vanished through a unique, macabre sculpting talent. Bender has been the key to solving at least nine murders and tracking down numerous criminals....
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST
"Disturbing and riveting...It will sear your soul." —Dave Eggers, New York Times Book Review
SHELF AWARENESS'S BEST BOOK OF 2017
Named a best book of the year by Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe,...
Lady Killers
Deadly Women Throughout History
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column “Lady Killers,” this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages.
When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper,...
I'm Not Guilty
The Case of Ted Bundy
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2014
TED BUNDY BRUTALLY MURDERED OVER 30 WOMEN
From his arrest until his execution in 1989, Ted Bundy was interviewed extensively by psychologists, journalists, and law enforcement. He offered insight into the thoughts and methods of other serial killers. It wasn't until the last few days of his...
Worth More Dead
And Other True Cases Vol. 10
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
*Why would a man kill his lover's husband and then his wife, the woman who fought successfully to have him paroled from prison? Why would he risk arrest by kidnapping the child of another woman who adored him?
Because they were...*
Worth More Dead
A cold case reopened -- and solved...
Profiled
The Zodiac Examined
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
The Search Continues....
Following up on the meticulously-detailed research of HUNTED: The Zodiac Murders (Book 1), PROFILED: The Zodiac Examined (Book 2) goes beyond the case files to develop a comprehensive criminal profile that examines the personality, psychology, physical...
Bloody Valentine
Scotland's Crimes of Passion
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2004
Love is the strongest emotion. It can bring people together but it can also drive them apart. For love can become twisted and evil. And, if obsession, jealousy and suspicion take hold, all other feelings can be prevented and sometimes lead to murder. In this disturbing catalogue of bloody valentines,...