Forensic Science category: 441 books
Jack the Ripper's Secret Confession
The Hidden Testimony of Britain's First Serial Killer
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
With several million copies sold in the last fifty years, My Secret Life, first published by Grove Press in the 1960s, is one of the most famous pornographic works in literary history. What readers of this long-banned and troubling book of violent sexual fantasies failed to realize is that it is also...
by Stanley L. Brodsky, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2009
A pragmatic guide to a growing area of professional practice, this book describes the multiple roles of the trial consultant and provides tools for carrying them out competently and ethically. Leading authority Stanley Brodsky uses examples from actual trials and depositions to illustrate how knowledge...
Hearts of Darkness
Why Kids Are Becoming Mass Murderers and How We Can Stop It
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
From Sandy Hook, Connecticut, to Aurora, Colorado, to Tucson, Arizona, this nation has been racked from coast to coast with mass shootings perpetrated by criminals with sick minds. Authors Dr. Liebert and Dr. Birnes believe the increase in violence is an epidemic and dig deep into the causes of mental...
Guida in stato di alterazione psico-fisica
L’esempio della Cannabis
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 5, 2014
La Cannabis rappresenta la sostanza illegale più frequentemente utilizzata nel mondo ed è quella maggiormente abusata da parte di guidatori che riferiscono di aver guidato dopo aver fatto uso di sostanze stupefacenti. Dal momento che sia la Cannabis che l’alcool possono influenzare le funzioni...
In Defense of Denial
Ted Bundy Florida Confession Interview
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
NEW INFORMATION IN THE BUNDY CASES: Taylor Mountain had more than heads found. Records show that 158 items of evidence were found that included: skeletal remains, women's clothing, evidence the killer spent time there; jewelry; signs of bondage and weapons [shotgun casings, gun shells, snug...
When Caregivers Kill
Understanding Child Murder by Parents and Other Guardians
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2010
From mothers who kill their children in postpartum fugues, to fathers who murder their kids for revenge against an estranged wife, the stories in this book are chilling yet real, and bring home the message that children are vulnerable to violence even in the care of those who should love and protect...
Treating Sex Offenders
An Evidence-Based Manual
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
This structured yet flexible manual presents an innovative group treatment approach that targets deficits in self-regulation—a central problem for sex offenders. Safe Offender Strategies (SOS) comprises 10 evidence-based modules that teach participants the skills to desist from problem behaviors,...
Listening to Killers
Lessons Learned from My Twenty Years as a Psychological Expert Witness in Murder Cases
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Listening to Killers offers an inside look at twenty years' worth of murder files from Dr. James Garbarino, a leading expert psychological witness who listens to killers so that he can testify in court. The author offers detailed accounts of how killers travel a path that leads from childhood innocence...
Desistance from Sex Offending
Alternatives to Throwing Away the Keys
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2011
This book offers a fresh perspective on treating a population that is often demonized by policymakers, the public, and even clinicians. The authors argue that most sex offenders are "people like us," with the potential to lead meaningful, law-abiding lives—if given a chance and appropriate...
The «Dexter Syndrome»
The Serial Killer in Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
The serial killer has become an obsession ever since Jack the Ripper became a media sensation, embedding a new and horrifying type of murderer into our cultural consciousness – one who kills darkly and in the dark. All popular media – print, radio, television, and so on – have become absorbed...
Murder, Gender and the Media
Narratives of Dangerous Love
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
A shocking look at how the idea of romantic love can justify and excuse the killing of women by their partners, and lead to sympathy and reduced sentences for the killers. The author explores how stories of domestic homicide are told in the news, by the police, and in the courts, drawing from 72 cases which took place over a twelve month period.
by P. Ekblom
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
The potential of crime prevention, security and community safety is constrained by implementation failure. This book presents a carefully-designed system of good practice, the 5Is, which handles the complexities of real world prevention, this aims to improve the performance of prevention, and advance process evaluation.
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
As awareness of the dangers of the 21st century increases and we contemplate the potential for future terrorist incidents, other horrific possibilities don't seem farfetched. Weapons of mass destruction (WMD), like chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosives (CBRNE), make...
by Matt DeLisi
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2016
This book applies the psychopathy concept toward the understanding of crime. Drawing on hundreds of studies and his own clinical, research, and practitioner experience working with the most antisocial and violent offenders, the author demonstrates that psychopathy can explain all forms of crime across...