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by Paddy Kane
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2013

Belmarsh Bang-Up Inside Britain's Most Secure Prison Who is Paddy Kane? At the age of 52 with a previously unblemished record Paddy Kane was sentenced to serve a sentence inside Belmarsh prison. From living a "normal" suburban life as a Husband, Father and Grandfather he went...
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Money Laundering Through Art

A Criminal Justice Perspective

by Fausto Martin De Sanctis
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013

​The art world has been discovered by criminals as an effective way for money laundering and other clandestine activities on an international level. Unfortunately, in most countries investigators, prosecutors, judges, and regulatory agencies are not equipped to accurately detect, investigate and...
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Accusation

Creating Criminals

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Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2016

The punitive effects of accusations that lead to criminalization have received considerable attention. Less well documented is the actual role, process, and meaning of accusation per se. This collection of essays sets out the terms of a new debate about a largely overlooked but foundational dimension...
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Benevolent Repression

Social Control and the American Reformatory-Prison Movement

by Alexander W. Pisciotta
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1994

The opening, in 1876, of the Elmira Reformatory marked the birth of the American adult reformatory movement and the introduction of a new approach to crime and the treatment of criminals. Hailed as a reform panacea and the humane solution to America's ongoing crisis of crime and social disorder, Elmira...
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Inside Their Minds

Australian criminals

by Rochelle Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011

He is 29 years old and commits his horrendous crime alone. He is an underachiever, unskilled, doesn't have a regular job and he is now a mass murderer. What made Martin Bryant go on a brutal killing spree at Port Arthur taking the lives of 35 people? Working with a leading Australian forensic...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017

The nexus between terrorism and organised crime consists of a strategic alliance between two non-state actors who are able to exploit illegal markets, threaten the security of individuals, and influence policy-making on a global level. Recent Europol reports have pointed towards the importance of...
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City of Suspects

Crime in Mexico City, 1900–1931

by Pablo Piccato
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2001

In City of Suspects Pablo Piccato explores the multiple dimensions of crime in early-twentieth-century Mexico City. Basing his research on previously untapped judicial sources, prisoners’ letters, criminological studies, quantitative data, newspapers, and political archives, Piccato examines the...
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by Brody Clayton
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018

Since the beginning of time we have seen instances when the sanctity of human life has been tarnished and blood has been spilt. The Biblical story of Cain and Abel is itself a testament to the fact that Mankind can be open to horrible acts of cruelty against each other and also against one’s own...
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by Elwyn Meyer
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015

The DEATH PENALTY DOES NOT FEATURE in this campaign at all. Highlights from the eBook: - The victim will receive monthly compensation for the duration of the perpetrators’ sentence. - If there are two perpetrators, the victim will receive additional compensation per month. - The Budget for...
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More Wordcrime

Solving Crime With Linguistics

by John Olsson
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2018

Murders, cover-ups, infidelities, financial and political skulduggery: Dr. John Olsson has seen it all in his decades as one of the world's top forensic linguists specialising in authorship. Working on cases that range from accusations of genocide to domestic disputes gone bad to allegations...
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Killers of the Flower Moon

The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

by David Grann
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   -  NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST  "Disturbing and riveting...It will sear your soul." —Dave Eggers, New York Times Book Review SHELF AWARENESS'S BEST BOOK OF 2017 Named a best book of the year by Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe,...
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Lady Killers

Deadly Women Throughout History

by Tori Telfer
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017

Inspired by author Tori Telfer's Jezebel column “Lady Killers,” this thrilling and entertaining compendium investigates female serial killers and their crimes through the ages. When you think of serial killers throughout history, the names that come to mind are ones like Jack the Ripper,...
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I'm Not Guilty

The Case of Ted Bundy

by Dr. Al Carlisle
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2014

TED BUNDY BRUTALLY MURDERED OVER 30 WOMEN From his arrest until his execution in 1989, Ted Bundy was interviewed extensively by psychologists, journalists, and law enforcement. He offered insight into the thoughts and methods of other serial killers. It wasn't until the last few days of his...
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Worth More Dead

And Other True Cases Vol. 10

by Ann Rule
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005

*Why would a man kill his lover's husband and then his wife, the woman who fought successfully to have him paroled from prison? Why would he risk arrest by kidnapping the child of another woman who adored him? Because they were...* Worth More Dead A cold case reopened -- and solved...
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