Villains' Paradise: A History of Britain's Underworld
by Donald Thomas


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"Thomas has excelled himself. An important and riveting study in social history, it also has a very pertinent relevance in the crime-riddled society that is Britain today."-The Sunday Times (London) "A magnificent book. Beautifully written, utterly... (read more)

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Serpico: The Classic Story of the Cop Who Couldn't Be Bought
by Peter Maas


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The 1960s was a time of social and generational upheaval felt with particular intensity in the melting pot of New York City. A culture of corruption pervaded the New York Police Department, where payoffs, protection, and shakedowns of gambling rackets... (read more)

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Hello Charlie: Letters from a Serial Killer
by Charlie Hess


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The 1991 abduction and murder of thirteen-year-old Heather Dawn Church baffled police for three agonizing years, and became one of the most infamous murders the quiet and scenic city of Colorado Springs had ever seen. It was legendary homicide detective... (read more)

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Journal of the Dead: A Story of Friendship and Murder in the New Mexico Desert
by Jason Kersten


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“ A powerful story ... one hell of a fascinating ride.”... (read more)

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Finders Keepers: The Story of a Man Who Found $1 Million
by Mark Bowden


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"Finders Keepers" is the remarkable, true tale of an ordinary man faced with an extraordinary moral dilemma, and the fascinating reactions of the family, friends, and neighbors to whom he turns.... (read more)

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Ed Gein Psycho
by Paul A Woods


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The life of Edward Gein is a dark legend. When police raided his mid-western American farmhouse in November 1957, they found a gruesome cache that roused the Eisenhower era from its slumbers. In more than four decades since Gein was locked away in a... (read more)

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Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: A True Story of Bank Heists, Ice Hockey, Transylvanian Pelt Smuggling, Moonlighting Detectives, and Broken Hearts
by Julian Rubinstein




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The Pink Panther meets Bonnie and Clyde in the rollicking Ballad of the Whiskey Robber, one of the funniest, saddest gangster tales ever told. Charming, tenacious Atilla Ambrus escaped Transylvania clinging to the bottom of a traincar for nine hours... (read more)

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Crimes of Style: Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality
by Jeff Ferrell


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The groundbreaking study of graffiti artists and their complex system of stylistic meanings, status games, and specialized vocabulary.... (read more)

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Relentless Pursuit: A True Story of Family, Murder, and the Prosecutor Who Wouldn't Quit
by Kevin Flynn


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Former federal prosecutor Flynn offers a personal and professional account of the vicious 1993 murder of a mother and daughter in Washington, D.C. As powerful as anything in a John Grisham legal thriller.--"USA Today."... (read more)

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Because You Loved Me (Pinnacle True Crime)
by M William Phelps


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Phelps chronicles the horrifying true story of love, loss, betrayal, and murder, in which 14-year-old New Hampshire teenager Nicole Dominico and her boyfriend Billy Sullivan, an 18-year-old man shed met on the Internet, brutally killed Nicoles mother... (read more)

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A Field Guide for Female Interrogators
by Coco Fusco


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The world was shocked by the images that emerged from the Abu Ghraib scandal. Lynndie England, the young female army officer shown smiling devilishly as she humiliated male prisoners, became first a scapegoat and then a victim who was "just following... (read more)

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The Story of Chicago May
by Nuala Ofaolain


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Nuala O'Faolain, the author of three consecutive New York Times bestsellers, has come upon a story that is not only a perfect match for her literary gifts but also takes her career in a surprising and rich new direction. This Irish woman writer who... (read more)

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Crime Corruption and Capacity in Papua New Guinea
by Maxine Patricia Pitts


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Pitts builds on the view of other observers of the South Pacific nation that communities are more effective than the state in controlling crime and corruption. She offers anecdotal and factual data to show the relationship between politics, leadership... (read more)

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Double Trap
by John Melady


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"John Melady is a gifted story teller, who has offered an interesting glimpse into his family history, and in doing so, allows the reader to see the complexities of the law, and justice in another time and place, very close to our own surroundings in... (read more)

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The Everything Mafia Book: True-Life Accounts of Legendary Figures, Infamous Crime Families, and Chilling Events (Everything)
by James Mannion


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America's fascination with the Mafia began thirty years ago with the release of The Godfather. Since then, dozens of hit movies have dazzled curious viewers and the HBO hit series The Sopranos has seen its ratings soar. But how much of these Hollywood... (read more)

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Fingerprints and Other Ridge Skin Impressions
by Christophe Champod


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The field of fingerprinting for personal identification and criminal investigation is progressing at a rapid rate. Numerous research projects are devoted to fingerprint detection techniques and identification issues, and recent debate focuses on the... (read more)

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Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Library #12: The Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Library, the Barbaric Punishment: Abolishing the Death Penalty
by Hans Goran Franck


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In this volume, Swedish human rights activist and political figure, Hans Gvran Franck, examines the administration of the death penalty from a historical perspective. The author's opinions are based on his lifelong work and devotion to abolishing the... (read more)

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American Taboo: A Murder in the Peace Corps
by Philip Weiss


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In 1975, a new group of Peace Corps volunteers landed on the island nation of Tonga. Among them was Deborah Gardner -- a beautiful twenty-three-year-old who, in the following year, would be stabbed twenty-two times and left for dead inside her hut... (read more)

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