Criminology category: 4273 books

On June 24, 1973, a fire in a New Orleans gay bar killed 32 people. This still stands as the deadliest fire in the city’s history. Though arson was suspected, and though the police identified a likely culprit, no arrest was ever made. Additionally, government and religious leaders who normally would...

According to Forbes magazine,* marijuana is “Canada’s most valuable agricultural product — bigger than wheat, cattle or timber.” Bud Inc. gives us an inside look at this thriving homegrown industry. Although the cultivation and selling of marijuana remains illegal in Canada, it is already...

From digital fingerprinting to iris and retina recognition, biometric identification systems are a multibillion dollar industry and an integral part of post-9/11 national security strategy. Yet these technologies often fail to work. The scientific literature on their accuracy and reliability documents...

With Thailand preparing for the ASEAN Summit of 2015, the welfare of visitors to the so-called Land of Smiles has become a major issue. Every day tourists are bashed, robbed, drugged and murdered; many of these incidents going unreported in the press. European, Australian, American and Chinese governments...

As a young man in Glasgow's underworld, Ian 'Blink' MacDonald fought, robbed and slashed his way to the top, developing a taste for the high life along the way. His notoriety earned him an offer of work from Scotland's most feared gangster, Arthur Thompson, but MacDonald had other plans: to finance...

◆2016年安東尼獎（Anthony Award）最佳非小說得獎作 ◆2016年愛倫坡獎（Edgar Award）最佳犯罪實錄入圍作 ◆泛科學網站2017年9月選書 英國犯罪小說天后薇兒．麥克德米親炙法醫與鑑識科學最前線 從調查者、被害者與加害者的多重角度，窺見犯罪偵查堂奧！ 「這些科學家所分享的故事，從犯罪現場到法庭的曲折旅程，將是你聽過最引人入勝的故事之一。同時提醒我們：事實往往比小說更驚異。」 一直以來，英國犯罪小說天后薇兒．麥克德米都在小說中解決複雜的刑事案件，面對人性難以想像的邪惡。這一次，她把目光轉移至現實世界，研究關於鑑識科學的一切！ 歷史上第一個被解剖的對象是誰？發生在什麼時候？ 如何從屍體上採集的蛆判斷死亡時間？ 怎麼運用相當於一撮鹽的百萬分之一的DNA痕跡，將殺人犯定罪？ 由美國考古學家帶領的阿根廷科學家團隊，如何揭開種族屠殺受害者的祕密？ 本書各章節分別切入當今法醫與鑑識科學的各種主要技巧，從火災現場取證、血跡、DNA分析、臉部重建、人體解剖學、法醫人類學及昆蟲學的應用，到最新的電子鑑識技術等。麥克德米在各項技術發展中都觸及一個主題：「鑑識是一門在科學與人性中間遊走的學問。」在安全、控制度高的實驗室中發展出來的技術與知識，如何理解、回應被害人家屬的需求與心情；如何推測、設想加害者的動機與方法；如何在法庭交鋒中，贏得陪審團的理解與共識（但並不是百分之百保證成功）。如同科學方法是一門持續演進的知識，法醫與鑑識科學中永遠會有某些主觀成分，可能左右詮釋走向——例如，專家對於指紋是否相同一事確實可能有不同詮釋，因而導致庭審結果迥異。 麥克德米運用她一貫的明快書寫風格，融合記者多線採訪及資料並陳的銳利思考，佐以犯罪小說家述說故事的功力，切入圍繞著犯罪鑑識這門學科的種種提問與迷思、進展與挫敗。從犯罪現場如何採證、被害者遺體如何鑑別、一路到如何進入犯罪者的內心，透過剖繪人格、行為與動機以取得破案先機。在這趟奇特旅程中，我們將走過戰地、火場、停屍間，觸及超凡的勇氣與邪惡。 【各方推薦讚揚】 杜鵑窩人（推理評論人） 洪宏嘉（台灣推理作家協會理事長） 孫家棟（台大法醫所教授） 陳浩基（推理作家） 黑米（電視劇《鑑識英雄》編劇） ——盛讚推薦（按姓氏筆畫排列） 中央警察大學鑑識科學學系副教授...

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犯罪是天生邪惡還是後天塑造？ 在心靈被黑暗覆蓋之前，他曾是我們之中的一份子…… 《控制》知名導演 大衛．芬奇執導，影后莎莉．賽隆監製 Netflix改編影集10/13上線！ 「我不知道她會是誰， 但我已準備好要殺人。...

The crime-infested intersection of West Fayette and Monroe Streets is well-known--and cautiously avoided--by most of Baltimore. But this notorious corner's 24-hour open-air drug market provides the economic fuel for a dying neighborhood. David Simon, an award-winning author and crime reporter, and...

From the cucking-stool to whipping posts, an exhaustive catalog of the implements and methods used to torment prisoners in the Middle Ages. Dive into the macabre history of England and Old Europe in this treasure chest of historical sentences. In the pages of Medieval Punishments are abuses...

First, She Seduced Them. . . Sheila LaBarre liked to troll the personal ads and homeless shelters, looking for men whom society had rejected for one reason or another--men she could easily dominate both verbally and sexually. One by one, she invited them to her remote New Hampshire farmhouse,...

He Used A Hand Saw. . . On Valentine's Day 2007, in a suburb of Detroit, stay-at-home dad Stephen Grant filed a missing person's report with the local sheriff. Grant's wife Tara had disappeared five days earlier. He'd been searching for her ever since--or so he claimed. He Started With...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Fatal Vision comes a shocking true account of murder, family secrets, and final justice now available for the first time as an e-book... One hot summer night in 1988, Bonnie Von Stein's second husband was murdered in their bed, Bonnie herself stabbed,...