Crimes Criminals category: 7162 books
by R. Barri Flowers
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2011
Mass Murder in the Sky: The Bombing of Flight 629 is a 7,063 word historical true crime story about mass killer, Jack Gilbert Graham.It tells the shocking story of hatred, revenge, mass murder, terrorism, and a bizarre dynamite bomb Christmas gift that brought a plane down in the Colorado sky...
Lies Told Under Oath
The Puzzling Story of the Pfanschmidt Murders and of the Surviving Son—Victim or Villain?
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
In 1912, a prosperous Illinois farm familyCharles; his wife, Mathilda; their fifteen-year-old daughter, Blanche; and boarding schoolteacher Emma Kaempenwere brutally murdered, the crime concealed by arson, and the familys surviving son, handsome Ray Pfanschmidt, arrested. He was convicted by the press...
Fire Lover
A True Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
**The hunt forthe most prolific American arsonist of the twentieth century—in this Edgar Award–winning true crime story that’s “stranger than fiction” (The New York Times).
From Joseph Wambaugh, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of such classics as The Onion Field and The...
A Day in Prison
An Insider's Guide to Life Behind Bars
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
A rare glimpse at twenty-four hours in the life of an inmate—from doing laundry in “the hole” to surviving a fight—by an ex-con and professional prison coach.
No one is prepared for the reality of incarceration. In this fascinating and utterly candid guide, prison coach John “Doc”...
by Alejandra Ibarra
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 21, 2019
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 21, 2019
El Chapo Guzmán: el juicio del siglo es un valioso documento periodístico que señala aspectos vitales para comprender la violencia, impunidad y corrupción de nuestros políticos, así como el turbulento y manipulador ejercicio de la justicia norteamericana.
Alejandra Ibarra Chaoul fue de...
The Clot Thickens
Things Mom Never Told You About Street Animals
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
(NOTE: This book contains adult language as well as police situations which would be rated PG-13, at least.)
Welcome to the world of urban police legend and lore. Homicidal Humor offers a glimpse of life through the eyes of a homicide detective, whose ability to see the funnier side of tragedy...
Los demonios del Edén
El poder que protege a la pornografía infantil
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 15, 2015
En 2005 Lydia Cacho cimbró a la opinión pública con la aparición de Los demonios del Edén, una detallada investigación sobre la red de corrupción que protegía el abuso sexual de menores en Cancún por parte de famosos empresarios y funcionarios públicos.
Los demonios del Edén cumple...
Dreamland
The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Winner of the NBCC Award for General Nonfiction
Named on Amazon's Best Books of the Year 2015--Michael Botticelli, U.S. Drug Czar (Politico) Favorite Book of the Year--Angus Deaton, Nobel Prize Economics (Bloomberg/WSJ) Best Books of 2015--Matt Bevin, Governor of Kentucky (WSJ) Books of the...
Foundations of Crime Analysis
Data, Analyses, and Mapping
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2018
In recent years, the fields of crime analysis and environmental criminology have grown in prominence for their advancements made in understanding crime. This book offers a theoretical and methodological introduction to crime analysis, covering the main techniques used in the analysis of crime and...
Closing Time
The True Story of the "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" Murder
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
The real story behind the murder of a Manhattan schoolteacher that became a symbol of the dangers of casual sex: “A first-rate achievement” (Truman Capote).
In 1973, Roseann Quinn, an Irish-Catholic teacher at a school for deaf children, was killed in New York City after bringing a man...
No More Tomorrows
The Compelling True Story of an Innocent Woman Sentenced to Twenty Years in a Hellhole Bali Prison
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
It was meant to be a two-week holiday to celebrate her sister's birthday, but for Schapelle Corby it ended up a waking nightmare. Arrested at Denpasar airport after marijuana was found in her luggage, she became the victim of every traveller's darkest fear. Over four kilograms of drugs had been planted...
by Ann Rule
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2008
In this unputdownable true crime collection from New York Times bestselling author Ann Rule, discover fascinating cases of the spouse, lover, family member, or helpful stranger whose lethally violent nature, though masterfully disguised, can and will kill.
The author of The Stranger Beside...
First Available Cell
Desegregation of the Texas Prison System
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Decades after the U.S. Supreme Court and certain governmental actions struck down racial segregation in the larger society, American prison administrators still boldly adhered to discriminatory practices. Not until 1975 did legislation prohibit racial segregation and discrimination in Texas prisons....
Say Nothing
A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Winner of the Orwell Prize
"A masterful history of the Troubles. . . Extraordinary. . .As in the most ingenious crime stories, Keefe unveils a revelation — lying, so to speak, in plain sight."—Maureen Corrigan, NPR
From award-winning New...