Criminology category: 4273 books
by Gordon Bowers
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
On 8 December 2014, the body of bankrupt property tycoon Scot Young was found impaled on the railings below his ?3-million penthouse apartment. The police felt his death was not suspicious, but a Russian radio station asked: 'Did he jump or was he pushed?' Soon everyone was wondering.For six years,...
by Damien Echols
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2012
The New York Times bestselling memoir by Damien Echols of the West Memphis Three, who was falsely convicted of three murders and spent nearly eighteen years on Death Row.
In 1993, teenagers Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley, Jr.—who have come to be known as the West Memphis...
Life Sentence
Stories from Four Decades of Court Reporting -- or, How I Fell Out of Love with the Canadian Justice System (Especially Judges)
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
A beloved crime reporter revisits some of her biggest assignments and passes judgement on our judicial system—and especially its judges—in this national bestseller.
When Christie Blatchford wandered into a Toronto courtroom in 1978 for the start of the first criminal trial she would cover...
A Little Piece of Light
A Memoir of Hope, Prison, and a Life Unbound
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Random Family meets Orange Is the New Black in A Little Piece of Light, a memoir of survival, redemption, hope, and sisterhood from a bold new voice on the front lines of the criminal justice reform movement.
Like so many women before her and so many women yet to come, Donna Hylton's early...
McKinley, Murder and the Pan-American Exposition
A History of the Presidential Assassination, September 6, 1901
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley held a public reception at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. In the receiving line, holding a gun concealed by a handkerchief, was Leon Czolgosz, a young man with anarchist leanings. When he reached McKinley, Czolgosz fired two shots,...
by Laura Bates
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
"Shakespeare Saved My Life touches on the search for meaning in life, the struggles that complicate the path to triumph and the salvation that can be found in literature's great works ... An inspiring account.**"—**Shelf Awareness
A female professor, a super maximum security prisoner,...
Dead Men Do Tell Tales
The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
From a skeleton, a skull, a mere fragment of burnt thighbone, prominent forensic anthropologist Dr. William Maples can deduce the age, gender, and ethnicity of a murder victim, the manner in which the person was dispatched, and, ultimately, the identity of the killer. In Dead Men Do Tell Tales, Dr....
Teasing Secrets from the Dead
My Investigations at America's Most Infamous Crime Scenes
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2004
Teasing Secrets from the Dead is a front-lines story of crime scene investigation at some of the most infamous sites in recent history.
In this absorbing, surprising, and undeniably compelling book, forensics expert Emily Craig tells her own story of a life spent teasing secrets from the dead.
Emily...
Clarence Darrow
Attorney for the Damned
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Drawing on untapped archives and full of fresh revelations, here is the definitive biography of America’s legendary defense attorney and progressive hero.
Clarence Darrow is the lawyer every law school student dreams of being: on the side of right, loved by many women, played by Spencer Tracy...
Dead Man Walking
An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2011
In 1982, Sister Helen Prejean became the spiritual advisor to Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers who was sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana’s Angola State Prison. In the months before Sonnier’s death, the Roman Catholic nun came to know a man who was as terrified...
by John McCoist
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
A delve into the world of cults, Deadly cults. This book lifts the lid off the worlds dealiest cults. How the leaders hold power over their followers and lead them into a sinister world which more often that not leads to death and murder. The Rev Jim Jones, Heavens Gate, The manson Family and many many more.
Industry of Anonymity
Inside the Business of Cybercrime
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Jonathan Lusthaus lifts the veil on cybercriminals in the most extensive account yet of the lives they lead and the vast international industry they have created. Having traveled to hotspots around the world to meet with hundreds of law enforcement agents, security gurus, hackers, and criminals, he charts how this industry based on anonymity works.
The Professional Protection Officer
Practical Security Strategies and Emerging Trends
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
The Professional Protection Officer: Security Strategies, Tactics and Trends (8th Edition) is the definitive reference and instructional text for career oriented security officers in both the private and public sectors. The first edition originated with the birth of the International Foundation...
Zap Tales: True Stories from Behind Bars
The Fourth Side, #0.5
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
After going to prison, Zap Tales was left with one thing to truly call his own: his words.
He started posting his musing and stories to the Zap Tales website, and later went on to publish his book, The Fourth Side. Now he brings his collection of short stories to ebook form for easier reading.
Sometimes...