Crime
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House of Evil: The Indiana Torture Slaying (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
by John Dean  Publisher Comments In the heart of Indianapolis in the mid 1960's, through a twist of fate and fortune, a pretty young girl came to live with a thirty-seven-year-old mother and her seven children. What began as a temporary childcare arrangement between Sylvia Likens's...
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Gaspipe: Confessions of a Mafia Boss
by Philip Carlo Publisher Comments Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso is currently serving thirteen consecutive life sentences plus 455 years at a federal prison in Colorado. Now, for the first time, the head of a mob family has granted complete and total access to a journalist. Casso has given New...
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Poisoned Love: The True Story of ER Nurse Chaz Higgs, His Ambitious Wife, and a Shocking Murder
by Carlton Smith Publisher Comments A MEDICAL MYSTERY. Kathy Augustine was a controversial two-term Nevada State Controller. In 2003, her husband Chuck died of an apparent stroke. Only a month later, she married Chaz Higgs, an ER nurse who, it was later revealed, had...
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Satan's Circus: Murder, Vice, Police Corruption, and New York's Trial of the Century
by Mike Dash Publisher Comments They called it Satan’s Circus—a square mile of Midtown Manhattan where vice ruled, sin flourished, and depravity danced in every doorway. At the turn of the twentieth century, it was a place where everyone from the chorus girls to the beat...
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Crime and Criminology
by Sue Titus Reid Publisher Comments With its unique blend of social science and legal research, the twelfth edition of Crime and Criminology offers students a broad context in which to study this dynamic subject, from its history and theories to its ongoing debates and discussions. In...
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The Terminal Spy: A True Story of Espionage, Betrayal and Murder
by Alan S Cowell Publisher Comments In a page-turning narrative that reads like a thriller, an award-winning journalist exposes the troubling truth behind the world’s first act of nuclear terrorism. On November 1, 2006, Alexander Litvinenko sipped tea in London’s Millennium...
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No Speed Limit: The Highs and Lows of Meth
by Frank Owen Publisher Comments Hell’s Angels and fallen televangelists. Cross-country truckers and suburban mothers. Trailer parks, urban clubs, college campuses, and military battle?elds. Methamphetamine is the stimulant wiring every corner of American culture. Like...
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Dangerous Strangers: Minority Newcomers and Criminal Violence in the Urban West, 1850-2000
by Kevin J Mullen Publisher Comments Have newcomers to American cities been responsible for a disproportionate amount of violent crime? "Dangerous Strangers" takes up this question by examining the incidence of criminal violence among several waves of immigrant/ethnic groups in San...
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A Descent Into Hell: The True Story of an Altar Boy, a Cheerleader, and a Twisted Texas Murder
by Kathryn Casey Publisher Comments Bright, attractive, and both from good families, University of Texas college student Colton Pitonyak and vibrant redhead Jennifer Cave had the world at their beckoning. Cave, an ex-cheerleader, had just landed an exciting new job, while a big-money...
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The FBI: A History
by Rhodri Jeffreys-jones Publisher Comments This fast-paced history of the FBI presents the first balanced and complete portrait of the vast, powerful, and sometimes bitterly criticized American institution. Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones, a well-known expert on U.S. intelligence agencies, tells the bureau&...
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The Human Factor: Inside the CIA's Dysfunctional Intelligence Culture
by Ishmael Jones Synopsis After spending decades as an agent to the CIA, Jones unravels the blunders and grave mistakes the U.S. has made over the years and makes the case for much-needed intelligence reform....
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You Be the Judge: 20 True Crimes and Cases to Solve
by Norbert Ehrenfreund Publisher Comments This lively, original book is likely to be a milestone in America's ongoing fascination with the drama of trials and justice. - Fred Graham, former chief anchor Court TV Have you ever had the chance to decide the fate of another person? What would you do?...
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Prisoners' Dilemma: Political Economy and Punishment in Contemporary Democracies (Hamlyn Lectures)
by Nicola Lacey Publisher Comments Over the last two decades, and in the wake of increases in recorded crime and other social changes, British criminal justice policy has become increasingly politicised as an index of governments' competence. New and worrying developments, such as the...
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No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row
by Susan Kuklin Publisher Comments No Choirboy takes readers inside America’s prisons, and allows inmates sentenced to death as teenagers to speak for themselves. In their own voices—raw and uncensored—they talk about their lives in prison, and share their thoughts and...
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Pandemic Influenza: Emergency Planning and Community Preparedness
by Jeffrey R. (edt) Ryan Publisher Comments ,,. an amazing resource ... Dr. Ryan has assembled some of the best experts in the field to guide you in understanding the threat of pandemic influenza and how it can affect you and the people you are responsible for. ... From the foreword by Lynn A...
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Bad Seeds in the Big Apple: Bandits, Killers, and Chaos in New York City, 1920-1940
by Patrick Downey Synopsis 'Bad Seeds in the Big Apple' is the first book to profile New York City's notorious bandits, gunmen, and desperados of the Prohibition and Depression eras. While numerous books have been written on the city's organized-crime scene, this book completes...
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The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld
by Herbert Asbury Publisher Comments The Gangs of New York has long been hand-passed among its cult readership. It is a tour through a now unrecognizable city of abysmal poverty and habitual violence cobbled, as Luc Sante has written, from legend, memory, police records, the self...
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Biometrics for Dummies (For Dummies)
by Peter Gregory Publisher Comments What is biometrics? Whether you're just curious about how biometrics can benefit society or you need to learn how to integrate biometrics with an existing security system in your organization, Biometrics For Dummies can help. Here's a friendly...
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Understanding Forensic Digital Imaging
by Herbert Blitzer Publisher Comments Understanding Forensic Digital Imaging offers the principles of forensic digital imaging and photography in a manner that is straightforward and easy to digest for the professional and student. It provides information on how to photograph any setting...
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Crime Prevention: Principles, Perspectives and Practices
by Adam Sutton Publisher Comments Crime Prevention: Principles, Perspectives and Practices provides a comprehensive, example-based overview of prevention theory and practice. Unlike other books, it argues that contemporary governments can and should embrace crime prevention as a policy...
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