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Corruption and Organized Crime in Europe: Illegal Partnerships (Organizational Crime) by Philip Gounev Publisher Comments In Corruption and Organised Crime in Europe, Gounev and Ruggiero present a discussion of the relation between organized criminals and corruption in the EU 's 27 Member States. The book draws on research and scholarly work the editors carried out... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $146.50 New - Hardcover 
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A Wilderness of Error: The Trials of Jeffrey MacDonald by Errol Morris Publisher Comments Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and former private detective Errol Morris examines the nature of evidence and proof in the infamous Jeffrey MacDonald murder case Early on the morning of February 17, 1970, in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, a... (read more) Available September 4, 2012 Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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Mafia Prince: Inside America's Most Violent Mafia Family and the Bloody Fall of La Cosa Nostra by Phil Leonetti Publisher Comments Mafia Prince is the first-person account of one of the most violent eras in Mafia history —“Little” Nicky Scarfos reign as boss of the Philly family in the 1980s—written by Scarfos underboss and nephew, “Crazy” Phil... (read more) Available October 2012 Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman Publisher Comments With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years ago. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $29.99 New - MP3 CD
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Contemporary Criminal Law: Concepts, Cases, and Controversies by Matthew R. Lippman Publisher Comments Contemporary Criminal Law: Concepts, Cases, and Controversies, Third Edition, combines the traditional concepts taught in undergraduate criminal law courses with thought-provoking cases and engaging learning tools. This popular text covers both... (read more) Available September 2012 Your price: $120.25 New - Trade Paper
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Youth Gangs in American Society by Randall G. Shelden Publisher Comments This comprehensive and widely respected survey of the literature on gangs and gang activities in America includes theoretical perspectives on why gangs exist, gang typologies, descriptions of gang activities, and various intervention strategies for... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $126.25 New - Trade Paper
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The Interrogator: An Education by Glenn L. Carle Publisher Comments To his friends and neighbors, Glenn L. Carle was a wholesome, stereotypical New England Yankee, a former athlete struggling against incipient middle age, someone always with his nose in an abstruse book. But for two decades Carle broke laws, stole, and... (read more) Available October 2012 Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Negotiator: My Life at the Heart of the Hostage Trade by Ben Lopez Publisher Comments Ben Lopez spends his life traveling the world, bartering with people who value money over life. Working for governments, law enforcement agencies, multinational corporations and private clients, Ben is an expert K&R (Kidnap and Ransom) consultant... (read more) Available September 2012 Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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The Future of Criminology by Rolf Loeber Publisher Comments Criminology is a dynamic and evolving field of study. In the recent decades, the study of the causes, development, prevention, and treatment of juvenile delinquency and adult crime has produced many important discoveries. This volume address two... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $34.50 New - Trade Paper
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Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem, and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy by Paul Thomas Murphy Publisher Comments During Queen Victoria's 64-year reign, no fewer than eight attempts were made on her life. Murphy follows each would-be assassin and the repercussions of their actions, illuminating daily life in Victorian England, the development of the monarchy under... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris by David King Publisher Comments Death in the City of Light is the gripping, true story of a brutal serial killer who unleashed his own reign of terror in Nazi-Occupied Paris. As decapitated heads and dismembered body parts surfaced in the Seine, Commissaire Georges-Victor Massu, head... (read more) Available June 5, 2012 Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Age of Imprisonment by Elaine Crawley Synopsis This book addresses the issue of the rapidly growing number of elderly men entering and serving time in prison. It draws upon extensive original research in four prisons holding concentrations of men aged sixty-five plus years. It examines, in fine... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $91.25 New - Hardcover
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A London Haunting: The Mysterious Case of Dr. Johnson and the Cock Lane Ghost by Paul Chambers Publisher Comments First published in hardback by Sutton in 2006, this revised and updated paperback reprint by Paul Chambers tells the true story of sexual obsession, conspiracy, alleged murder, and ghosts in Georgian England. The story takes place in London in the 1760s... (read more) Available August 2013 Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Sting: Australia's Plot to Crack a Global Drug Empire by Nick Mckenzie Publisher Comments In a David-and-Goliath-style battle, this account shares the never-before-told story of the ongoing efforts of Australias most secretive and powerful law enforcement agency to topple the new face of organized crime. Exposing the tech-savvy, billion... (read more) Available July 2012 Your price: $29.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Shooting Salvationist: J. Frank Norris and the Murder Trial That Captivated America by David R. Stokes Publisher Comments The Reverend Doctor J. Frank Norris was many things in the 1920's: a pastor who led the nation's first megachurch, a provocative publisher, and a pioneer broadcaster. With the flair of a great showman, he railed against vice and conspiracies he saw... (read more) Available November 6, 2012 Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Courting Kids: Inside an Experimental Youth Court by Carla J. Barrett Publisher Comments Despite being labeled as adults, the approximately 200,000 youth under the age of 18 who are now prosecuted as adults each year in criminal court are still adolescents, and the contradiction of their legal labeling creates numerous problems and... (read more) Available December 3, 2012 Your price: $85.50 New - Hardcover
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Underworld London: City of Crime by Catharine Arnold Publisher Comments A quirky, fascinating portrait of the English capital's dark and criminal underbelly throughout history Beginning with an atmospheric account of Tyburn, this grisly excursion through London as a city of ne'er do wells takes in... (read more) Available June 2012 Your price: $27.95 New - Trade Paper
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Jack the Ripper: The Suspects by The Whitechapel Society Publisher Comments The latest research on the ultimate whodunnit by the world's leading society for Ripper studies The Whitechapel Murders of 1888 remain unsolved and hundreds of theories have been suggested as to the killer's identity. However, many of the... (read more) Available May 2012 Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Criminology of Place: Street Segments and Our Understanding of the Crime Problem by David Weisburd Publisher Comments The study of crime has focused primarily on why particular people commit crime or why specific communities have higher crime levels than others. In The Criminology of Place, David Weisburd, Elizabeth Groff, and Sue-Ming Yang present a new and different... (read more) Available October 2012 Your price: $113.95 New - Hardcover
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Torture Through the Ages by Itai Nartzizenfield Sneh Publisher Comments Torture through the Ages analyzes the use of torture since the Code of Hammurabi was enacted circa 1780 BC. It surveys the use of torture in Middle Eastern civilizations and by the ancient Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans. It discusses the practices of the... (read more) Available March 2013 Your price: $59.50 New - Hardcover
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