Criminology category: 4273 books
by M. William Phelps
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
A Life Taken
Jeanne Dominico's fiancé found her body on her kitchen floor. More than forty stab wounds and blows to her head with a blunt instrument had cut her life short. What monster had struck in the heart of a peaceful New England town?
A Trust Betrayed
Jeanne was a hard-working...
by Linda Rosencrance
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Killer Debutante
Kelley Cannon was living the American Dream. The former prom queen had three beautiful children with her successful, handsome husband, Jim, and an elegant home in well-to-do Nashville. But when their housekeeper found Jim murdered, strangled to death as their children slept,...
Dying for Daddy
The True Story of a Family's Worst Nightmare
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2017
From the bestselling author of The Search for the Green River Killer: The account of the family tragedy that became one of California’s most shocking murder cases.
On a picturesque street in Sacramento County, California, three healthy saplings stand side by side. But what they symbolize...
by Caitlin Rother
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Reprinted Edition
"Page-turning excitement. . .riveting, fast-paced true crime." —M. William Phelps
On a chilly November afternoon in 1998, a tearful 36-year-old man walked into the Humboldt County Sheriff's Department in Eureka, CA, and confessed to something horrible. "I...
by Gini Sikes
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2010
Dismissed by the police as mere adjuncts to or gofers for male gangs, girl gang members are in fact often as emotionally closed off and dangerous as their male counterparts. Carrying razor blades in their mouths and guns in their jackets for defense, they initiate drive-by shootings, carry out car...
Behind the Yellow Tape
On the Road with Some of America's Hardest Working Crime Scene Investigators
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2009
From the authors of Bodies We've Buried-an uncensored look at real-life CSIs. With a foreword by Patricia Cornwell.
For years, Jarrett Hallcox and Amy Welch trained CSIs at the National Forensic Academy in Knoxville, Tennessee. Now they provide a glimpse into the real world of crime scene investigation,...
Sins of the Father
The True Story of a Family Running from the Mob
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
The true story of how Sal Polisi—a member of a New York crime family and author of The Sinatra Club—turned his back on the mob and spoke out against organized crime.
As a wiseguy for some of New York’s biggest crime families, “Crazy Sal” Polisi couldn’t imagine another way of life....
by Michael Benson
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
In The Hands Of A Sadist… First, he bound and beat his girlfriend, a 43-year-old librarian. Then he went after her teenaged daughter-warning her, "Scream and I will kill you both"-before knocking her unconscious. When the teenager awoke, he proceded to rape her. And in a final horrifying...
Prison Gangs
Organized Crime Behind Bars
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Contents
Introduction
United States : Aryan Brotherhood, Barrio Azteca, Black Guerrilla Family, The Mexican Mafia or 'La eMe', Nazi Low Riders, Nuestra Familia, Tango Blast, Texas Syndicate.
The Rest of the World : Australia – The Overcoat Gang and Prisoners of War, Brazil...
In the Shadow of Papillon
Seven Years of Hell in Venezuela's Prison System
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Following the collapse of his business and the loss of his home, Frank Kane made a catastrophic decision. In desperation, he agreed to smuggle cocaine out of Venezuela. Almost inevitably, he and his girlfriend, Sam, were caught.
The price they paid was a ten-year sentence in the hell of the...
Sex Slaves
Human Trafficking
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
SEX SLAVES HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Contents Introduction AFRICA : Introduction, Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Nigeria, Ghana, Togo and Benin – ‘Wife of Gods’, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army. AMERICA : Introduction, Las Vegas – Sin City, Chicago, San Francisco...
The Gangster's Wife
An Empire Built on Cards
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2011
For almost four decades, Margaret 'Mags' McGraw was a keeper of secrets. Her husband, Tam, the notorious 'Licensee', amassed a fortune by leading a safe-cracking gang before masterminding a spectacular £50-million drugs racket.
Mags was a devotee of Tarot cards and fortune telling, so when...
Hotels of Death
The Famous Checked In But Never Checked Out
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
Hotels of Death The Famous Checked In But Never Checked Out — Oscar Wilde, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, John Belushi, Nancy Spungen, Whitney Houston, Martin Luther King, R Kennedy, HH Holmes, Reles
Contents Introduction Hotel Murders and Assassinations : H.H. Holmes: The World’s...
Summary and Analysis of Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
Based on the Book by Mara Leveritt
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Devil’s Knot tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Mara Leveritt’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.
This...