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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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The Rockwell Heist: The Extraordinary Theft of Seven Norman Rockwell Paintings and a Phony Renoir-And the 20-Year Chase for Their Recovery by Bruce Rubenstein Publisher Comments In 1978 seven Norman Rockwell paintings and a supposed Renoir, later discovered to be a forgery, were stolen from Elayne Galleries in St. Louis Park. It is still the biggest theft in Minnesota history, and no one was ever convicted for the crime... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Hardcover
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Crime and the Economy by Steven F. Messner Publisher Comments In this unique and timely book, two of the world's leading experts explore the connections between crime and economic conditions. They skilfully link the formal economy to the operation of illegal markets and both, in turn, to changes in the forms and... (read more) List Price $38.00 Your price: $31.50 New - Mass Market
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Where's the Chicken: Making South Africa Safe by John Cartwright Publisher Comments Designed to spark creativity and sharpen the readers role as a thinker and a shaper, this book serves as a guide to safety and security, specifically in South Africa. Written by experts on crime and safety and civic affairs, it proves a unique,... (read more) Your price: $14.25 New - Trade Paper
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Police Culture: Themes and Concepts by Tom Cockcroft Publisher Comments The last three decades have seen a wealth of research and writing in the area of police culture. Despite such attention, the subject area often appears both confused and confusing with much literature failing to reflect current debates that conceive of... (read more) Your price: $48.50 New - Trade Paper
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Crime and Punishment in America by Elliott Currie Publisher Comments “Earnest, free of jargon, lucid…This is a book that ought to be read by anyone concerned about crime and punishment in America.”—The Washington Post Book World A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize When Crime and Punishment in... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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Honour on Trial: The Shafia Murders and the Culture of Honour Killings by Paul Schliesmann Publisher Comments A black car is pulled from the Rideau Canal near Kingston, Ontario, containing the bodies of three girls— sisters Zainab, Sahar, and Geeti Shafia— along with their presumed aunt, Rona Amir Mohammad. Later in the day, after family members... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Iceman: The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer by Anthony Bruno Publisher Comments Soon to be a major motion picture starring Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, with Ray Liotta and Chris Evans He was smart, merciless, and deadly. And it took someone just as tough to bring him down. A mob contract killer known as “The... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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On the Run with Bonnie & Clyde by John Gilmore Publisher Comments Decades in the making, On the Run With Bonnie & Clyde is a fast moving and gut-wrenching, highly original exploration into the personalities of the star-crossed lovers and public enemies Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. A thoroughly researched, in-depth... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Dead Run: The Murder of a Lawman and the Greatest Manhunt of the Modern American West by Dan Schultz Publisher Comments Evoking Krakauers Into the Wild, Dan Schultz tells the extraordinary true story of desperado survivalists, a brutal murder, and vigilante justice set against the harsh backdrop of the Colorado wilderness On a sunny May morning in 1998... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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And Hell Followed with Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border by David Neiwert Publisher Comments It began with a frantic 911 call from a woman in a dusty Arizona border town. A gang claiming to be affiliated with the Border Patrol had shot her husband and daughter. It was initially assumed that the murders were products of border drug wars ravaging... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Governing Immigration Through Crime: A Reader by Julie A. (edt) Dowling Publisher Comments In the United States, immigration is generally seen as a law and order issue. Amidst increasing anti-immigrant sentiment, unauthorized migrants have been cast as lawbreakers. Governing Immigration Through Crime offers a comprehensive and accessible... (read more) Your price: $30.95 New - Trade Paper
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Notes on a Killing: Love, Lies, and Murder in a Small New Hampshire Town by Kevin Flynn Publisher Comments Their friendship would kill herandhellip; Weaver and fiber artist Edith andldquo;Penandrdquo; Meyer knew her friend Sandy Merrittandrsquo;s relationship with a married man was wrong. She had even urged Sandy to take out a restraining order against... (read more) Your price: $9.99 New - Mass Market
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The Subject of Murder: Slavery, Tyranny, and the Power of Life and Death by Lisa Downing Publisher Comments The subject of murder has always held a particular fascination for us. But, since at least the nineteenth century, we have seen the murderer as different from the ordinary citizen—a special individual, like an artist or a genius, who exists apart... (read more) Your price: $30.75 New - Trade Paper
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The Notorious Bacon Brothers: Inside Gang Warfare on Vancouver Streets by Jerry Langton Publisher Comments A SEARING LOOK INTO THE DARK HEART OF BRITISH COLUMBIA'S DRUG WARS Criminal activity in British Columbia is nothing new, but the staggering levels it reached in the 2000s shattered the quiet, easy-going reputation that the province is famous for.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Baltimore Plot: The First Conspiracy to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln by Michael J. Kline Publisher Comments "In a thrilling detective story of conspiracy, treachery and assassination, Michael J. Kline suggests how close the Baltimore plotters came to achieving their goal, and reveals how Lincoln and a few guards outwitted them. Meticulously researched... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Trade Paper
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Shadowland: How the Mafia Bet Britain in a Global Gamble by Douglas Thompson Publisher Comments An astonishing, first-hand account of an unknown chapter in Mafia history A revelatory and dramatic true-life thriller spanning much of the 20th century, this page-turning chronicle tells of an elaborate Mafia plan to "invade... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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From Midnight to Guntown: True Crime Stories from a Federal Prosecutor in Mississippi by John Hailman Publisher Comments A former prosecutor's hilarious tales of the ne'er-do-wells and knuckleheads he helped bring to... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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City of Order: Crime and Society in Halifax, 1918-35 by Michael Boudreau Publisher Comments Interwar Halifax was a city in flux, a place where citizensstruggled to adopt new ideas and technologies as they dealt with risinglevels of poverty, unemployment, and outmigration. Although manyHaligonians debated the pros and cons of the modern world... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Trade Paper
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American Honor Killings: Desire and Rage Among Men by David Mcconnell Publisher Comments "Utilizing an empathetic narrative nonfiction approach, novelist McConnell, co-chair of the Lambda Literary Foundation, casts a humanizing eye upon monstrous deeds a journalistic tour de force made all the more impressive by jailhouse interviews... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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