Crimes Criminals category: 7162 books

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Crimes of Mobility

Criminal Law and the Regulation of Immigration

by Ana Aliverti
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013

Winner of the 2014 British Society of Criminology Book Prize This book examines the role of criminal law in the enforcement of immigration controls over the last two decades in Britain. The criminalization of immigration status has historically served functions of exclusion and control against...
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The Will To Kill

Making Sense of Senseless Murder

by James Alan Fox, Dr. Jack Levin, Kenna Quinet
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018

Now with SAGE Publishing, The Will to Kill: Making Sense of Senseless Murder explores extraordinary and seemingly inexplicable cases of homicide—not to sensationalize them—but to educate you about these crimes. Authored by renowned experts, the Fifth Edition places recent crimes in context by...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013

This book brings together chapters by academics, researchers and practitioners to analyse how crimes such as sex work, domestic violence and rape and sexual assault have risen up the Government agenda in recent years. For example, the 'Paying the Price' consultation exercise on sex work in 2004, and...
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DNA and Property Crime Scene Investigation

Forensic Evidence and Law Enforcement

by David A. Makin
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...
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by Ralph Henham
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...
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Child Soldiers as Agents of War and Peace

A Restorative Transitional Justice Approach to Accountability for Crimes Under International Law

by Leonie Steinl
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...
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Uncovering the Crimes of Urbanisation

Researching Corruption, Violence and Urban Conflict

by Kristian Lasslett
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

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...
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by Erich Goode
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...
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Sex, Lies, and Handwriting

A Top Expert Reveals the Secrets Hidden in Your Handwriting

by Michelle Dresbold
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2007

A handwriting expert reveals the secrets hidden in your penmanship—now featuring a new afterword analyzing the handwriting of President Donald Trump. Handwriting expert Michelle Dresbold—the only civilian to be invited to the United States Secret Service's Advanced Document Examination...
Cover of Serial Killers True Crime: Chilling True Crime Cases Of The Worlds Most Twisted Serial Killers And Criminals
by Layla Hawkes
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018

A lot of people have hobbies - most of the time, that hobby is directed by their penchant for a certain thing; sometimes travel and exploration, sometimes food, and in other cases, crafts. However, there are people whose hobbies consist of sinister things: some of them desire to kill women,...
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by H. B. Irving
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016

This classic study profiles serial killers, gentleman murderers, and every stripe of madman in between Benjamin Pitezel should never have trusted H. H. Holmes. In 1894, the two men conspired to fake Pitezel’s death for the sake of a $10,000 insurance settlement. But Holmes decided murder...
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by RJ Parker
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013

At any given time in the United States alone, there are thirty to fifty unidentified active serial killers at work constantly changing their targets and methods; however, some authorities think that number is even much higher. "Unsolved Serial Killings by RJ Parker is a fascinating glimpse...
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A Dark and Bloody Ground

A True Story of Lust, Greed, and Murder in the Bluegrass State

by Darcy O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014

An Edgar Award–winning author’s true crime account of a grisly string of killings in Kentucky—and the shocking spectacle of greed that followed. Kentucky never deserved its Indian appellation “A Dark and Bloody Ground” more than when a small-town physician, seventy-seven-year-old...
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