Rat Bastards: The Life and Times of South Boston's Most Honorable Irish Mobster
by John Red Shea


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You've met the Italian mob<BR> in "The Godfather," now welcome<BR> to the real-life world of Irish<BR> America's own murderous clan<BR> of organized crime <P> The man who has remained silent for more than a decade finally... (read more)

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Forensic Anthropology: The Growing Science of Talking Bones (Science and Technology in Focus)
by Peggy Thomas


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This fully revised volume in the Science and Technology in Focus</b> series tells the story of how forensic anthropology came to be and how it has been used to solve some of the most notable crimes of the last 150 years. Starting with the murder... (read more)

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Practical Analysis and Reconstruction of Shooting Incidents (CRC Series in Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Inv)
by Edward E. Hueske


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The ultimate goal of collecting, preserving, and examining physical evidence is individualization - associating each piece with its responsible source. Firearms evidence in particular has the potential to individualize its source. Accessible and... (read more)

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15 to Life: How I Painted My Way to Freedom
by Anthony Papa


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It's 1985 and 29-year-old family man Anthony Papa is the owner of a failing radio repair business. Offered $500 to deliver an envelope for an acquaintance, the desperate Papa agrees, unaware of the cocaine inside or the sting operation that awaits... (read more)

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Loving Natalee: A Mother's Testament of Hope and Faith
by Beth Holloway


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This is the story no one should have to tell, about the nightmare no one wants to live, told by the parent no one wants to be. In May of 2005, Beth Holloway received the worst phone call a parent can imagine. Her beautiful daughter, Natalee, had... (read more)

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Finding Amy: A True Story of Murder in Maine
by Joseph K Loughlin


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A fascinating, first-hand account of a murder investigation in a rural... (read more)

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Famous Crimes: Intriguing Stories of Minnesota Law and Order
by Sheri Omeara


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The very popular Minnesota Series continues with another exciting title. Famous Crimes takes a look at the most notorious capers in state history. From the defeat of Jesse James to the Congdon-Pietila murders and more, you can read all of the captivating... (read more)

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Crime in Literature: Sociology of Deviance and Fiction
by Vincent Ruggiero


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Crime in Literature addresses the issues of crime and crime control through the reading of several classical literary works. It is not a work of literary criticism, but a book written by a sociologist who reads fiction sociologically. Vincent Ruggiero's... (read more)

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Mala Femina
by Theresa Dalessio


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This is an exciting and insightful look into organized crime in New York.... (read more)

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Street Justice: Retaliation in the Criminal Underworld (Cambridge Studies in Criminology)
by Bruce A Jacobs


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This book explores retaliation from the perspective of those who have experienced it first hand.... (read more)

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Sing Sing: The Inside Story of a Notorious Prision
by Denis Brian


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Based on extensive research with original sources, Brian's narrative covers every period of the prison's checkered history, from the awful conditions of the 19th century to the relative improvements of the 20th century to today.... (read more)

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The Bobbed Haired Bandit: A True Story of Crime and Celebrity in 1920s New York
by Stephen Duncombe


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With crisp prose and a lively selection of newspaper photographs, headlines, cartoons, and excerpts, authors Stephen Duncombe and Andrew Mattson tell a story of an outlaw couple and, through them, the story of an era. --Boston Globe A pre-Bonnie and... (read more)

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Skeletons in the Closet: Stories from the County Morgue
by Tobin T. Buhk and Stephen D. Cohle


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A mother calls 911 because her child, despite a fetal monitor, stopped breathing. She didn’t know it, but the fetal monitor her doctor prescribed had a memory chip. Would the monitor’s memory chip preserve evidence of a tragic accident or a murder?... (read more)

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Internal Combustion: The Story of a Marriage and a Murder in the Motor City
by Joyce Maynard


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On Mother's Day night, 2004, award-winning fourth grade teacher Nancy Seaman left the Tudor home she shared with her husband of thirty two years in the gated community of Farmington Hills, near Detroit, Michigan, and drove in a driving rain storm to Home... (read more)

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The Birthday Party: A Memoir of Survival
by Stanley N. Alpert




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On January 21, 1998, the night before his 38th birthday, federal prosecutor Alpert was kidnapped off the streets of Manhattan by a car full of gun-toting RgangstaS thugs. Here he offers a remarkable account of his kidnapping and the psychological duel... (read more)

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The Historical Atlas of American Crime
by Fred Rosen


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Americans have a passionate interest in crime, the victims and perpetrators of crime, and where and why certain crimes occur. The media covers high-profile cases, and researchers are always searching for and uncovering new information about events that... (read more)

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The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison
by John Emsley


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Was Napoleon killed by the arsenic in his wallpaper? How did Rasputin survive cyanide poisoning? Which chemicals in our environment pose the biggest threat to our health today? In The Elements of Murder, John Emsley offers a fascinating account of five... (read more)

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Forensic Detective: How I Cracked the World's Toughest Cases
by Robert Mann and Miryam Ehrlich Williamson


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Death. It's not only inevitable and frightening, it's intriguing and fascinating — especially today, when science continues to make ever more stunning advances in the investigation of the oldest and darkest of mysteries. To discover the how and why... (read more)

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