Crimes category: 7162 books
All-American Murder
The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2018
Discover the shocking #1 New York Times bestseller: the true story of a young NFL player's first-degree murder conviction and untimely death -- and his journey from the Patriots to prison.
Aaron Hernandez was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL and later reached...
Unnecessary Roughness
Inside the Trial and Final Days of Aaron Hernandez
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2018
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The revelatory inside story of the trial and final days of New England Patriots superstar Aaron Hernandez, by his attorney and New York Times bestselling author Jose Baez.
When renowned defense attorney Jose Baez received a request for representation from Aaron...
by Sheila Weller
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
Raging Heart is so revealing that the book itself became part of the actual O.J. Simpson murder trial. It is the only book to trace the path of O.J. and Nicole’s fatal love story through the eyes of the people who really knew them. Acclaimed journalist Sheila Weller gained the unprecedented cooperation...
Industry of Anonymity
Inside the Business of Cybercrime
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Jonathan Lusthaus lifts the veil on cybercriminals in the most extensive account yet of the lives they lead and the vast international industry they have created. Having traveled to hotspots around the world to meet with hundreds of law enforcement agents, security gurus, hackers, and criminals, he charts how this industry based on anonymity works.
by Charles Nuetzel
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
A book that reveals some of the most starkly startling stories beyond the headlines about the mysterious deaths of Hollywood stars during the early development of the film industry. Read about:
Part One: The Fatty Arbuckle Rape Case
Part Two: The William Desmond Taylor Murder Case
Part...
The Professional Protection Officer
Practical Security Strategies and Emerging Trends
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
The Professional Protection Officer: Security Strategies, Tactics and Trends (8th Edition) is the definitive reference and instructional text for career oriented security officers in both the private and public sectors. The first edition originated with the birth of the International Foundation...
by Craig Gilmore
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
One out of every hundred adults in the U.S. is in prison. This book provides a crash course in what drives mass incarceration, the human and community costs, and how to stop the numbers from going even higher. This volume collects the three comic books published by the Real Cost of Prisons Project....
by David Grann
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
Features “Trial by Fire,” the basis for the true crime major motion picture starring Jack O’Connell, Laura Dern, Emily Meade and Jeff Perry
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon comes this “gripping” (The Miami Herald) and “hilarious” (EW)...
by Calvin Trillin
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
True stories of sudden death in the classic collection by a master of American journalism
“Reporters love murders,” Calvin Trillin writes in the introduction to Killings. “In a pinch, what the lawyers call ‘wrongful death’ will do, particularly if it’s sudden.” Killings, first...
Zap Tales: True Stories from Behind Bars
The Fourth Side, #0.5
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
After going to prison, Zap Tales was left with one thing to truly call his own: his words.
He started posting his musing and stories to the Zap Tales website, and later went on to publish his book, The Fourth Side. Now he brings his collection of short stories to ebook form for easier reading.
Sometimes...
Prison Writings
My Life Is My Sun Dance
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Edited by Harvey Arden, with an Introduction by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, and a Preface by former Attorney General Ramsey Clark.
In 1977, Leonard Peltier received a life sentence for the murder of two FBI agents. He has affirmed his innocence ever since--his case was made fully and famously...
The Beautiful Cigar Girl
Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2007
On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the Hudson-and New York's unregulated police force proved incapable of solving the crime. One year later, a struggling writer named Edgar Allan Poe decided to take on the case-and sent his fictional detective,...
Legacies of Crime
A Follow-Up of the Children of Highly Delinquent Girls and Boys
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2010
Legacies of Crime explores the lives of seriously delinquent girls and boys in the United States who were followed over a twenty-year period as they grew to adulthood. In-depth interviews with these women and men and their children - a majority now adolescents themselves - depict the adults' economic...
by Olga Appiani de Linares
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Lo raro, lo extraño, lo espantoso y lo malvado viene con la noche y se posa frente a tus ojos. Lo normal es solo una apariencia. Lo siniestro está al acecho y los monstruos a veces están más cerca de lo que uno imagina. Relatos espeluznantes, donde los vampiros, fantasmas y otras criaturas misteriosas...