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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
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"I was mesmerized by this book. It was a deliciously creepy read, made more creepy for being true. Several times in the course of reading it, I had to keep reminding myself that the events really happened."... (read more)

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Portland Confidential: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Rose City
Portland Confidential: Sex, Crime, and Corruption in the Rose City
by Phil Stanford
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From a Portland Tribune columnist comes Portland Confidential, the story of Big Jim Elkins, a conman and criminal who arrived in Portland in 1937 and helped unleash prostitution, bootlegging, gambling, and drug running.... (read more)

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Practical Crime Scene Processing and Investigation (Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations)
Practical Crime Scene Processing and Investigation (Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations)
by Ross M Gardner
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No two crime scenes are the same, and each scene presents a unique set of obstacles to overcome. While there is no one "right" way to handle every situation, the goal of collecting evidence while preserving its integrity remains the constant motivation... (read more)

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Life in Prison (PB)
Life in Prison (PB)
by Stanley "Tookie" Williams
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Williams, the cofounder of the Crips gang and a nominee for both the Nobel Peace Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature, became an anti-gang crusader before he was executed in December 2005. In this work he debunked urban myths about prison life and... (read more)

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Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Hope, Healing and Forgiveness
Chicken Soup for the Prisoner's Soul: 101 Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit of Hope, Healing and Forgiveness
by Jack Canfield
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Previously available only through free distribution to prisons, this life-changing book is the result of charitable donations from sales of Chicken Soup for the Christian Family Soul and gifts from thousands of individuals. In the spring of 2000, over... (read more)

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Death Penalty a Worldwide Perspectiv 4TH Edition
Death Penalty a Worldwide Perspectiv 4TH Edition
by Roger Hood
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The 4th edition of this authoritative study of the death penalty, now written jointly with Carolyn Hoyle, brings up-to-date developments in the movement to abolish the death penalty worldwide. It draws on Roger Hoods experiences as consultant to the... (read more)

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Practical Aspects of Interview and Interrogation
Practical Aspects of Interview and Interrogation
by David E. Zulawski and Douglas E. Wicklander
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What makes a person confess to a crime he did not commit? Was he coerced? Is he trying to protect someone else? Interrogation has come under attack as opponents focus on false confessions. However, most cases are still resolved by confession, not... (read more)

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Cracking Cases: The Science of Solving Crimes
Cracking Cases: The Science of Solving Crimes
by Henry C Lee
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Truly a legend in his own time, Dr. Henry C. Lee is considered by many to be the greatest forensic criminologist in the world. He gained widespread public recognition through his testimony in the televised O. J. Simpson trial. Since that time he has... (read more)

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A Fatal Lie: A True Story of Betrayal and Murder in the New South (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
A Fatal Lie: A True Story of Betrayal and Murder in the New South (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
by Sally Chew
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A lesbian love triangle explodes into bloody murder... Richmond, Virginia, July 1997. A brick row-house in the city's gay Carytown district, home of 18-year-old Kelley "Turtle" Tibbs, legendary ringleader of the teenage lesbian scene. Walk inside and you'... (read more)

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Not Lost Forever: My Story of Survival
Not Lost Forever: My Story of Survival
by Carmina Salcido
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Twenty years ago, one man's murderous rampage destroyed his own family . . . and devastated a community. Now the only survivor--his daughter--tells her story at last. On April 14, 1989, for reasons still debated today, Mexican immigrant RamOn Salcido... (read more)

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First We'll Kill My Husband (Pinnacle True Crime)
First We'll Kill My Husband (Pinnacle True Crime)
by Lyn Riddle
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The astounding true story of the only woman on Georgia's death row--Kelly Gissendaner, who convinced her lover to murder her husband, a Gulf War veteran, in cold blood. Original.... (read more)

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Bluegrass: A True Story of Murder in Kentucky
Bluegrass: A True Story of Murder in Kentucky
by William Van Meter
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By the lights of absolutely everyone who ever knew her, Katie Autry never harmed a hair on a dog's head. She came from a tiny village in Kentucky. The State moved her as a child into a foster home in a town so small it had one stoplight. New to her own... (read more)

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Life, Death and Sex in Prison
Life, Death and Sex in Prison
by Jimmie
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What is life, death and sex all about behind prison walls? Do men actually fall in love with other men? How prevalent are beatings or death? There are three laws to follow in prison, free world law and the prison's and prisoner's laws.... (read more)

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Poisoned Love: The True Story of ER Nurse Chaz Higgs, His Ambitious Wife, and a Shocking Murder
Poisoned Love: The True Story of ER Nurse Chaz Higgs, His Ambitious Wife, and a Shocking Murder
by Carlton Smith
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Kathy Augustine was a controversial two-term Nevada State Controller. In 2003, her husband Chuck died of an apparent stroke. Only a month later, she married Chaz Higgs, an ER nurse who, it was later revealed, had attended to her late... (read more)

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One Deadly Night: A State Trooper, Triple Homicide, and a Search for Justice (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
One Deadly Night: A State Trooper, Triple Homicide, and a Search for Justice (St. Martin's True Crime Library)
by John Glatt
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On September 28, 2000, former Indiana State Trooper David Camm made a frantic call to his former colleagues in the state troopers office: He'd just walked into his garage, and found lying on the floor the bodies of his 35-year-old wife, Kim, and their... (read more)

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Politics of Force: Media & Construction Police Brutality
Politics of Force: Media & Construction Police Brutality
by Regina G Lawrence
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This is a study of incidents of police violence as they were reported in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times over a ten year period (1981-1991) and how the media's portrayal of these incidents impacted and shaped public policy discourse.... (read more)

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Mortal Danger Crime Files Volume 13
Mortal Danger Crime Files Volume 13
by Ann Rule
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FROM TRUST TO TERROR... FROM SECURITY TO SURVIVAL The author of The Stranger Beside Me brings her brilliantly informed understanding of the sociopath to this riveting truecrime collection. Only Ann Rule, who unknowingly worked alongside the smart and... (read more)

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Fighting the Mafia and Renewing Sicilian Culture
Fighting the Mafia and Renewing Sicilian Culture
by Leoluca Orlando
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Fighting the Mafia is Leoluca Orlando's dramatic tale of witness and survival, of his effort to expose Mafia infiltration of the highest levels of Italy's national politics, and of the movement he helped build-in the schools and churches, and at the... (read more)

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Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
by David Simon
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From the creator of HBOs The Wire, the classic book about homicide investigation that became the basis for the hit television show The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the center of... (read more)

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Mob Nemesis: How the FBI Crippled Organized Crime
Mob Nemesis: How the FBI Crippled Organized Crime
by Joe Griffin
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While J. Edgar Hoover was denying that there was such a thing as organized crime, in the forties, fifties, and sixties the mob was busy forming powerful syndicates in most of our large industrial cities. This book tells the fascinating, first-hand story... (read more)

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