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Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir by Amanda Knox Publisher Comments Amanda Knox spent four years in a foreign prison for a crime she did not commit. In the fall of 2007, the 20-year-old college coed left Seattle to study abroad in Italy, but her life was shattered when her roommate was murdered in their apartment... (read more) Your price: $28.99 New - Hardcover
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Payback: The Case for Revenge by Thane Rosenbaum Publisher Comments We call it justice—the assassination of Osama bin Laden, the incarceration of corrupt politicians or financiers like Rod Blagojevich and Bernard Madoff, and the climactic slaying of cinema-screen villains by superheroes. But could we not also call... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China by Paul French Publisher Comments A riveting true-crime tale that presents the thrilling account of a murder in 1937 China that caused an international media sensation Chronicling an incredible unsolved murder, Midnight in Peking captures the aftermath of the brutal killing of a... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Homicide Miami: The Millionaire Killers by Peter Davidson Publisher Comments The true story of an undercover cop who went under the covers with a wiseguy. She was a married organized crime detective. He was the Mafia wiseguy she was trailing. Their affair would shake the very foundation of Miami's criminal underworld-and end in... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Sale - Mass Market
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The Awful Grace of God: Religious Terrorism, White Supremacy, and the Unsolved Murder of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Stuart Wexler Synopsis The Awful Grace of God chronicles a multi-year effort to kill Martin Luther King Jr. by a group of the nations most violent right-wing extremists. Impeccably researched and thoroughly documented, this examines figures like Sam Bowers, head of the White... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Race to Incarcerate: A Graphic Retelling by Marc Mauer Synopsis "Do not underestimate the power of the book you are holding in your hands." —Michelle Alexander More than 2 million people are now imprisoned in the United States, producing the highest rate of incarceration in the world. How did this happen? As... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Dying for the Truth: Undercover Inside the Mexican Drug War by the Fugitive Reporters of Blog del Narco by Blog Del Narco Publisher Comments What is the value of telling the truth? For independent blog reporters in the midst of the Mexican Drug War, it's as important as their very lives, which are threatened on a daily basis. Blog del Narco is a heavily visited website, both in Mexico and... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Murder in the First-Class Carriage: The First Victorian Railway Killing by Kate Colquhoun Publisher Comments Did a small, neat, mild-mannered, Dickens-reading tailor commit the first railway murder in history --a crime that shocked both America and Britain? In July 1864, Thomas Briggs was traveling home after visiting his niece and her husband for dinner. He... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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In the Godfather Garden: The Long Life and Times of Richie "The Boot" Boiardo (Rivergate Book) by Richard Linnett Publisher Comments In the Godfather Garden is the true story of the life of Richie “the Boot” Boiardo, one of the most powerful and feared men in the New Jersey underworld. The Boot cut his teeth battling the Jewish gang lord Abner Longy Zwillman on the streets... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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Sleep My Darlings: The True Story of a Mother Who Killed Her Children in Cold Blood by Diane Fanning Publisher Comments SHE LOVED HER TWO CHILDREN On January 28, 2011, the Tampa Police Department received a phone call from a woman who was worried about her daughter, Julie Schenecker. A devoted Army wife and mother of two, Julie had sent her mother an email that could be... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Mass Market
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Falling Back: Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood Among Urban Youth (Critical Issues in Crime and Society) by Jamie J. Fader Publisher Comments Jamie J. Fader documents the transition to adulthood for a particularly vulnerable population: young inner-city men of color who have, by the age of eighteen, already been imprisoned. How, she asks, do such precariously situated youth become adult men... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Honor Bound: My Journey to Hell and Back with Amanda Knox by Julia Scheeres Publisher Comments Accused . . . Targeted . . . Sentenced . . .Wrongfully Imprisoned. Raffaele Sollecito and Amanda Knox were the victims in a world-famous trial so bizarre that it defied all reason. Charged with a crime neither could fathom, let alone perpetrate, they... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Crime Classification Manual: A Standard System for Investigating and Classifying Violent Crime by John E. Douglas Publisher Comments Praise for Crime Classification Manual "The very first book by and for criminal justice professionals in the major case fields. . . . The skills, techniques, and proactive approaches offered are creatively concrete and worthy of replication across... (read more) Your price: $65.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber Publisher Comments THE GOOD NURSE tells the true story of one of the most accomplished serial killers in recent history. Charles Cullen, RN, had a hand in the deaths of as many as 300 hospital patients, over a sixteen-year period, working his lethal mischief in different... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Falling Back: Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood Among Urban Youth (Critical Issues in Crime and Society) by Jamie J. Fader Publisher Comments Jamie J. Fader documents the transition to adulthood for a particularly vulnerable population: young inner-city men of color who have, by the age of eighteen, already been imprisoned. How, she asks, do such precariously situated youth become adult men... (read more) Your price: $86.95 New - Hardcover
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The Prince of Paradise: The True Story of a Hotel Heir, His Seductive Wife, and a Ruthless Murder by John Glatt Publisher Comments Ben Novack, Jr. was born into a life of luxury and opulence. Heir to the legendary Fontainebleau hotel, he spent his childhood surrounded by some of the worlds biggest stars, including Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Elvis Presley, and Ann-Margret, who... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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Greentown: Murder and Mystery in Greenwich, America's Wealthiest Commuinity by Timothy Dumas Publisher Comments The first edition of Greentown helped reopen one of America’s most shameful unsolved murder cases, the savage slaying of fifteen-year-old Martha Moxley in an exclusive enclave of Greenwich, Connecticut, the night before Halloween 1975. Soon after... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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Mortal Sins: Sex, Crime, and the Era of Catholic Scandal by Michael D'Antonio Publisher Comments An explosive, sweeping account of the scandal that has sent the Catholic Church into a tailspin — and the brave few who fought for justice. In the mid-1980s a dynamic young monsignor assigned to the Vatican's embassy in Washington set out to... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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Mistrial: An Inside Look at How the Criminal Justice System Works...and Sometimes Doesn't by Mark Geragos Publisher Comments A searing and entertaining manifesto on the ills of the criminal justice system from two of Americas most prominent defense attorneys. From the rise of the Internet and the 24-hour news cycle to the television ratings bonanza of the O.J. Simpson... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Sex Offender Treatment and Management by Karen (edt) Harrison Publisher Comments This vital new work on the legal and ethical dimensions of dealing with sex offenders is the first of its kind and fills a gap in the academic literature. It assembles a broad spectrum of research from numerous national jurisdictions including the UK... (read more) Your price: $195.00 New - Hardcover
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