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However gifted a particular forensic scientist or police officer might be, crimes are solved by teams, not individuals. In this unique and fascinating book, world-renowned forensic scientist Dr Angela Gallop and highly acclaimed former Detective Chief Superintendent and Head of CID for West...

A searing exposé on one of the most insidious and long-standing issues plaguing law enforcement: deputy gangs within the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department—by award-winning investigative reporter Cerise Castle. Between 2005 and 2013, one of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s...

The gripping story of how Sicily won its bloody war with the mafia, but succumbed to corruption, fury, and paranoia. For 150 years, the mafia—aka Cosa Nostra—controlled the island of Sicily ruthlessly. As its politicians raked off vast wealth from public funds and its racketeers leeched...

The Devil is in the Detail is a behind-the-scenes masterclass in forensic investigation. Dive into the gripping world of forensic investigation with Jo, a forensic scientist whose career spans from the Miami-Dade Police Department to London’s Metropolitan Police homicide division. In The Devil...

Journalist for The Trace Josiah Bates tells the inside story of the brutal murder of one man by a secretive, plain clothes Memphis police unit that riled the nation, revealing how elite police forces spread in cities across the U.S., gaining unchecked power and devastating Black and Brown...

Australia's Most Brutal Prison Step inside the walls of Boggo Road, Australia's most brutal jail, as inmates and guards reveal the chilling truth of life behind bars. In this gripping new book in James Phelps's bestselling prison series, he uncovers the untold history of Brisbane's infamous jail...

“Tragic, infuriating, impeccably researched…. [A] remarkable story, brilliantly told.” — John Grisham A shocking story of fire science gone wrong and mob mentality run amok, when Victor Rosario, an immigrant in Lowell, Massachusetts, is wrongfully convicted following a deadly blaze and...

“No scientist communicates better than Sue Black.”—Val McDermid From the internationally renowned forensic anthropologist and bestselling author of All That Remains comes an insider history of forensic science told through its pioneers and its landmark cases CSI would have us believe...

A searing account of the personal cold case that plunged journalist, private investigator, and podcast host Catherine Townsend (Hell and Gone and Red Collar) into the world of true crime, exposing the hidden rules that govern murder investigations­—and the ones you must break to get to the...

A shocking murder. A suspect with an alibi. A courtroom trial that gripped a nation. On an autumn night by the London docks, shipyard magnate Isaac Blight is found shot dead in his own armchair. Within hours, rumours spread across London and all fingers point to his business partner, Richard...

This is the story of a crime that reverberated around the world. The victim is a tree. For more than a century, the tree at Sycamore Gap stood along Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. Planted in the nineteenth century, it became an iconic local landmark. It was immortalised in the 1991 film...

〈犯罪心理学を通して、身近に潜む犯罪の実態や背景を解説〉昨今、様々な事件や特殊詐欺など凶悪な犯罪が増えており、ニュースで犯罪に関する情報を聞かない日はないといえます。

The expert author of Murderabilia brings a fresh new approach to the irresistible subject of true crime with this statistic-based telling of some of the most notorious murders of all time. Veteran true crime master Harold Schechter presents hundreds of chilling tales of murder and mayhem told...

"There is no them, there is only us." “Margulies tells the stories of people who have done monstrous things but are not monsters, are not forever defined by their worst acts. He writes beautifully of pain and loss, but also of redemption and transformation….A wonderfully hopeful book about...

The remarkable story of David Kennedy's crusade to combat America's plague of gang- and drug-related violence - with methods that have been astonishingly effective across the country. 'If you want to read a book on urban gangs and find out why they exist and why they kill each other, read this...

The remarkable story of David Kennedy's crusade to combat America's plague of gang- and drug-related violence - with methods that have been astonishingly effective across the country. 'If you want to read a book on urban gangs and find out why they exist and why they kill each other, read this...

The criminal justice system is diverse and complex and raises questions about the use of imprisonment, the effects of capital punishment, the purposes of sentencing, and the role of the victim. In this Very Short Introduction, Julian V. Roberts discusses all stages of the criminal justice system...

Spätestens die Stadtbild-Debatte von Kanzler Merz wirkte wie ein Brennglas: Sie zeigt, wie sehr sich Deutschland davor scheut, Probleme klar zu benennen – und sie entschlossen zu lösen. Alina Cara Beyer, Journalistin und Stadtbewohnerin, verbindet persönliche Erfahrungen mit Zahlen und Fakten. Sie schildert, was ihr als Frau im öffentlichen Raum begegnet, besonders im Nahverkehr, und welche Strategien sie entwickelt hat, um sich zu schützen.

The arrest is over. The report has been filed. Now comes the moment that can decide whether the case survives. Courtroom testimony places every observation, decision, written sentence, and forgotten detail under a hard light. A confident officer can explain what happened without exaggeration, defensiveness, or confusion. An unprepared officer can allow a sound investigation to fracture under cross-examination—even when the original police work was lawful.

This book aims to describe and demystify what makes criminal gangs so culturally powerful. It examines their codes of conduct, initiation rites, secret communications methods, origin myths, symbols, and the like that imbue the gangsters with the pride and nonchalance that goes hand in hand with...