Crimes category: 7162 books
The World’s Most Mysterious Unsolved Crimes!
True Crime Series, #3
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
Join us in a look at the world’s most notorious unsolved crimes!
Crime has always been of interest to people and when it is unable to be solved, it becomes even more interesting. This book will take a look at some of the more famous crimes that have been committed in recent memory and 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 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,...
Crimes of Dissent
Civil Disobedience, Criminal Justice, and the Politics of Conscience
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
From animal rights to anti-abortion, from tax resistance to anti-poverty, activists from across the political spectrum often deliberately break the law to further their causes. While not behaviors common to hardened or self-seeking criminals, the staging of civil disobedience, non-violent resistance,...
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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...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
This textbook focuses on the criminality and victimization of the elderly population. It provides a global perspective on the extent of the elderly crime and victimization, with international comparisons for addressing the problem. It explores the extent and types of crimes committed by the elderly,...
The Crimes and trials of OJ SIMPSON
True Crime
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
He had it all, Fame, Celebrity and money. OJ Simpson was a household name around the world. Professional football player, football broadcaster turned actor, Simpson had the world at his feet but it all went wrong in 1995 when Simson was arrested and charged with the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson...
Mass Killers
Compelled to Destroy
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
Mass Killers investigates those addicted to death. Many killers have become dangerously hooked on the thrill of the kill, driving them to commit even more extreme acts of violence in pursuit of their drug of choice - the suffering of others. This fascinating book is not for the faint hearted. It contains...
Most Famous Hollywood Murder Crimes
True Crime Series, #9
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
Hollywood; playground of the rich and famous, and home to many of the movie industry’s biggest stars. However, beneath the glitz and glamour there exists a murky undercurrent of murder and deception.
Over the years, Hollywood residents have been witness to a number of unexplained and premature...
Murders that Made Headlines
Crimes of Indiana
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
This fascinating chronicle of murder in the Hoosier State paints a chilling portrait of the American Midwest from mid-19th century to the Jazz Age.
In Murders that Made Headlines, Jane Simon Ammeson uncovers a grizzly history of crime in Indiana, offering a stark contrast to the nostalgic...
Crimes of Passion
An Unblinking Look at Murderous Love
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Thirty real-life accounts of passion gone lethally wrong
Celebrated mystery writer Howard Engel traces the history of the crime of passion through France, England, Canada, and the United States in his first nonfiction book. The story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in England, is explored...