Crimes Criminals category: 7162 books
The Hot House
Life Inside Leavenworth Prison
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
A stunning account of life behind bars at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas, where the nation’s hardest criminals do hard time.
“A page-turner, as compelling and evocative as the finest novel. The best book on prison I’ve ever read.”—Jonathan Kellerman
The most...
The Death of Punishment
Searching for Justice among the Worst of the Worst
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
For twelve years Robert Blecker, a criminal law professor, wandered freely inside Lorton Central Prison, armed only with cigarettes and a tape recorder. The Death of Punishment tests legal philosophy against the reality and wisdom of street criminals and their guards. Some killers' poignant circumstances...
Inventing the Criminal
A History of German Criminology, 1880-1945
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2003
Recent years have witnessed a resurgence of biological research into the causes of crime, but the origins of this kind of research date back to the late nineteenth century. Here, Richard Wetzell presents the first history of German criminology from Imperial Germany through the Weimar Republic to the...
by Terry Daniels
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013
"Qué es esto? Qué es esto? Es cocaína!"
I couldn't speak a word of Spanish but I understood the word 'cocaína' and knew that I was in a lot of trouble. I should have been paralysed with fear but it didn't seem real. I was only twenty-three.'
In 1997, English holidaymaker...
Young Blood
The Inside Story of How Street Gangs Hijacked Britain's Biggest Drugs Cartel
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
'The young bloods did not care whether they killed criminals or civilians . . .’
The Cartel is Britain’s biggest drugs gang, a global corporation employing thousands of criminals and flooding Britain with cocaine and heroin. Yet the established order is under threat: street gangs are overwhelming...
by W H Davenport
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2011
This short piece is a look inside working and some of the inmates of the Work-House on Blackwell's Island in New York City during the Mid 19th century. The work-house was filled with the poor and the petty criminals. The Penitentiary was filled with the big time criminals.
Long Way Home
A Young Man Lost in the System and the Two Women Who Found Him
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2010
Nineteen-year-old Jovan Mosley, a good kid from one of Chicago’s very bad neighborhoods, was coerced into confessing to a crime he didn’t commit. Charged with murder, he spent five years and eight months in a prison for violent criminals. Without a trial.
Jovan grew up on the rough streets...
by Richard Lighthouse
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2017
Rev 1D - The Titanic CIA ship is sinking. If you have worked with one of the government intelligence agencies, then you know it. The CIA trail of murder and lies. You know about the Rockefellers and Rothschilds. You know about the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). You know about Mossad. Think of...
The Last Gang in Town
The Epic Story of the Vancouver Police vs. the Clark Park Gang
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016
The story of a year-long confrontation in 1972 between the Vancouver police and the Clark Park gang, a band of unruly characters who ruled the city’s east side. Corrupt cops, hapless criminals, and murder figure in this story that questions which gang was tougher: the petty criminals, or the police themselves.
Cold Blooded Murders
The Trials of Sunny Ang / Pulau Senang
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009
The Trial of Sunny Ang (1973): Bankrupt and desperately needing money, this is the true story of how a brilliant Singaporean psychopath tried to commit the perfect crime.This landmark trial was the first of its kind in Singapore—without a body, the prosecution had no medical evidence nor witnesses...
Criminal Identities and Consumer Culture
Crime, Exclusion and the New Culture of Narcissm
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This book offers the first in-depth investigation into the relationship between today's criminal identities and consumer culture. Using unique data taken from criminals locked in areas of permanent recession, the book aims to uncover feelings and attitudes towards a variety of criminal activities,...
Underworld
The definitive history of Britain’s organised crime
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2019
Live on the wrong side of the law with Britain’s gangsters, godfathers, robbers, informers, kingpins, vice lords and career criminals
***The Sunday Times Bestseller ***
With stories of murder, theft, fraud and treachery, T**he Underworld is a deep-dive into the history of professional...
by Andrew Symeou
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
2003 The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) is introduced under the Extradition Act. A mechanism intended to facilitate the speed and ease with which criminals are brought to justice, it prevents British courts from considering any evidence before extraditing a person wanted by the authorities of another...
by John Summit
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
In his 6th book in the True Crime Series, John Summit thoroughly examines the origins of DNA and how advancements in DNA analysis around the world have propelled law enforcement and crime scene investigation into a new era.DNA evidence, a mere 30 years following its initial and hesitant acceptance,...