True Crime
Kiss Me, Kill Me
The dark side of love is no fairy tale....And while we may like to believe that crimes of the heart only victimize those who aren't careful, this page-turning collection of must-read accounts will convince you otherwise.
Love & Death
On Friday, April 8, 1994, a body was discovered in a room above a garage in Seattle. For the attending authorities, it was an open-and-shut case of suicide.
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
For eighteen years, Pulitzer Prize-winner Edna Buchanan had one of the most exciting, frightening, and heartbreaking jobs a newspaperwoman could have -- working the police beat for the Miami Herald.
Violent Crime
Analysts have long noted that some societies have much higher rates of criminal violence than others. This series of essays explores the extent and causes of racial and ethnic differences in violent crime in the United States and several other contemporary societies.
Between Good and Evil
Roger L. Depue spent decades tracking down America's most depraved criminals. First as a small town police chief, then as a S.W.A.T.
Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective
This book examines how membership in adolescent street gangs influences human development. The authors examine the origins of gang membership and the social and psychological factors that lead some youths to join a gang.
Delinquent Networks
This book presents a study of co-offending relations among youths under 21 suspected of criminal offences in Stockholm during 1991-1995. Jerzy Sarnecki employs the method of network analysis of crime.
Dissecting Death
From TV?s CSI to bestsellers by Patricia Cornwell and Kathy Reichs, interest in forensics is at an all-time high.
Legends of Winter Hill
?At McCain Investigations, I?d be sent looking for people who didn?t want to be found, following guys who didn?t want to be followed, and entering neighborhoods where I was not at all welcome. There would be no commercials, no time-outs, no ?do-overs?
The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd
The Perreaus and Mrs. Rudd tells the remarkable story of a complex forgery uncovered in London in 1775. Like the trials of Martin Guerre and O.J. Simpson, the Perreau-Rudd case--filled with scandal, deceit, and mystery--preoccupied a public hungry for sensationalism.