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Die 13 härtesten Gefängnisse der WeltHinter hohen Mauern und verschlossenen Türen existieren Orte, über die nur selten gesprochen wird – Orte, an denen Menschlichkeit oft an ihre Grenzen stößt. Dieses Buch nimmt den Leser mit auf eine erschütternde, packende und zugleich tiefgründige Reise durch die dreizehn härtesten Gefängnisse der Welt. Es zeigt, was wirklich geschieht, wenn Freiheit genommen, Kontrolle zur Allmacht wird und das System sich selbst genügt.

A Fox News analyst and well-known commentator on urban violence examines the rise in crime affecting American cities and tells how it has personally affected families, including his own. On June 24, 2022, Gianno Caldwell’s eighteen-year-old brother, Christian, was murdered. He was standing...

In a world obsessed with appearances, it's easy to be fooled by the charming smiles and composed facades of those who seem harmless. But beneath these facades lies a dangerous reality—psychopaths who are masters of manipulation, blending in and thriving in plain sight. The Mask Slips: True Stories of Charming Psychopaths and the Lives They Ruined offers an eye-opening journey into the lives of individuals who wore the mask of respectability and used their charm to manipulate, deceive, and destroy.

Cuando la historia del crimen se escribe en femenino. La idea de que las mujeres son frágiles y necesitan protección ha sido inculcada en el imaginario colectivo. Si bien es una afirmación cuestionable –por no decir falsa, derechamente–, hay algunas mujeres que han sido lo opuesto y las personas que las rodean son quienes deberían buscar refugio. A lo largo de la historia, han existido mujeres capaces de cometer crímenes tan atroces que se las ha vinculado con el diablo y la magia negra. ¿Será que la sociedad solo puede explicar su violencia a través de lo sobrenatural?

From the 1970s to the early 1990s, New York City was seen, justifiably, as out of control. The city approached bankruptcy, the subways were covered with graffiti, and murders were at a record high. Right-wing fearmongering and vigilante justice were countered by liberal pleas to end poverty and provide drug treatment—none of which happened. Then, in a surprising break from the past, new NYPD leadership decided to focus on crime. Between 1993 and 1996, New York City's murder numbers were cut in half, dropping to under 1,000 for the first time in decades.

From building a corporate empire in male-dominated industries, to facing the stark reality of a Women's Federal Prison Camp, V. Cheryl Womack's story is one of resilience, redemption, and the power of second chances. In this candid and empowering book, Cheryl shares hard-earned lessons and practical advice, offering a roadmap for survival and strength in the face of adversity. As founder of the Women of Worth charity, she advocates for the overlooked women in the prison system, using her experience to raise awareness and inspire change.

The destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988 was the largest attack on Britain since World War Two. 259 passengers and 11 townsfolk of Lockerbie were murdered. Libyan Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of the crime. He maintained his innocence until his death in 2012.

「盗撮とは、相手に気づかれないように、日記を盗み見る行為なんです。その優越感は、日常生活では絶対に味わえないですから。

Step into the shadows of America’s criminal underworld in this riveting true crime audiobook that exposes the rise and fall of the Mafia’s most powerful families. Acclaimed historian and bestselling author Isabella Hayes delivers a gripping exploration of the American Mafia—from its early roots in the immigrant neighborhoods of New York and Chicago to its nationwide empire of violence, extortion, and political corruption.

Unseen Chains: The Reality of Human Trafficking in America is a compelling and eye-opening exposé that delves into the hidden world of modern-day slavery within the United States. Through a powerful blend of survivor stories, investigative research, and expert interviews, this book uncovers how human trafficking thrives in plain sight — from rural towns to major metropolitan areas. Focusing on the exploitation of women, children, and migrants, the book explores the complex networks behind sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and domestic servitude.

This is the second book by Pastor Omar Fisher as he details the far-reaching consequences of prison on our society. This writing investigates the lives of those recently released from prison and the corresponding experiences of Pastor Omar as he visited and interacted with those who were incarcerated and their families and their communities.

Wards of the State by journalist and author Claudia Rowe widens an eye-opening case from a true-crime lens to an exploration of the foster care-to-prison pipeline. The system is broken—hundreds of thousands of children every year leave America’s $30 billion dollar foster care system and enter its prisons, where in some cases, 75 percent of inmates are former foster kids. Through the stories of eight former foster kids, Rowe illustrates exactly where, when, and how the system is failing the children that it parents.

In The Dumond Affair: How Lies and Politics Freed a Killer, first-time author D.R. Bartlette weaves a story of the political corruption and religious zealotry that gave birth to an anti-Bill Clinton conspiracy theory that led to the deaths of two women and, thirty-six years later, the birth of an insurrection.

In late 2019, Dennis Oya's persistent cough was just the beginning of a harrowing tale of neglect and systemic failure in a Washington prison. Diagnosed eighteen months later with tuberculosis (TB), Oya's case sparked one of the largest prison TB outbreaks in decades, affecting over 3,000 contacts. This outbreak, and others like it, exposes the glaring weaknesses in prison healthcare systems. In Outbreak Behind Bars, Homer Venters reveals the grim realities of how communicable diseases thrive in the overcrowded, unsanitary conditions of correctional facilities.

Despite reform efforts that have grown in scope and intensity over the last two decades, the machine of American mass incarceration continues to flourish. In this powerful polemic, formerly incarcerated activist, essayist, and organizer Emile Suotonye DeWeaver argues that the root of the problem is white supremacy.

Psycholoog en detective Alex Cross wordt naar een gruwelijke vondst geroepen: het lichaam van een jonge vrouw, opgehangen aan een gebouw. Ze heeft net een kind gebaard, maar de baby is spoorloos...Nog voor Cross goed en wel aan het onderzoek kan beginnen, worden er meer lichamen gevonden. Washington D.C. siddert onder de terreur van een ongrijpbare seriemoordenaar, terwijl de media de druk opvoeren op de opsporingsdiensten. Vastberaden zet Cross alles op alles om de zaak op te lossen. Maar wat hij niet doorheeft: iemand volgt hem. Iemand die maar één doel heeft: hem voorgoed uitschakelen.

The shocking story of Joe Hunt and the downfall of the Billionaire Boys Club—from social investing group to Ponzi scheme to murderers—told in a propulsive narrative by Randall Sullivan, now updated with a new afterword and soon to be a CNN miniseries. When it first came to the public’s...

In this chilling true crime series, we tell the stories of pillars of the community who betrayed the trust of those around them and challenged what we all think about the people we’ve come to rely on. Police officers, teachers, doctors and nurses, we believe these people are here to protect us from harm, not cause it. This series looks at some of the most heinous crimes perpetrated by people in positions of trust and examines the ripples their actions left on their community.

Through the stories of prisoners and their families, including her own family's experiences, Maya Schenwar shows how the institution that locks up 2.3 million Americans and decimates poor communities of color is shredding the ties that, if nurtured, could foster real collective safety. As she vividly depicts here, incarceration takes away the very things that might enable people to build better lives.

During his nearly fifteen-year reign of terror, Ronald Lloyd Bailey’s depraved obsession with sexual sadism held communities across southeast Michigan in a shroud of fear. From the early 1970’s to the mid-1980’s, the former patient at one of Michigan’s foremost psychiatric hospitals, abducted as many as fifteen teens and over time became a sadistic serial killer.