Psycho.com - by Eileen Ormsby (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 280Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Dark Webs True CrimeAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: Eileen OrmsbyLanguage: English About the Book True tales of serial killers who went viral Psycho.com is a chilling look at what happens when murderous minds meet modern technology Book Synopsis True tales of serial killers who went viralSerial killers have been with us for decades. The internet has put them in our pocketsA pair of teens go on a murderous rampage and their exploits are immortalized in the most shocking video ever to circulate the internet, "3 Guys, 1 Hammer"A serial killer with over 100 kills to his name walks free and becomes a Youtube sensationA psychopath lures victims through online dating to use as "research" for his twisted film projectPsycho.com is a chilling look at what happens when murderous minds meet modern technology by the bestselling author of The Darkest WebThis book expands on three cases originally released in edited form for the Casefile True Crime podcast: Pedro Rodrigues Filho, aka Pedrinho Matador, aka Killer PeteyDnepropetrovsk Maniacs, aka the Hammer ManiacsMark Twitchell, aka Dexter Serial Killer
My Journey So Far - by Akok Adut (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 128Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: ForensicsFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Africa World Books Pty LtdAge Range: AdultAuthor: Akok AdutLanguage: English Book Synopsis We've all heard of the terrible civil wars in Sudan, of the brutal killings, of the lives destroyed. But what of those who escaped and started a new life in a country where there were no killings, only opportunities? All would be well for them, wouldn't it? They are the lucky ones -- or so we hope.Akok Adut came to Australia from Sudan as a child of 11. He arrived legally on a United Nations humanitarian visa, on a direct flight from Nairobi to Brisbane with his big sister and her children. After a lifetime of living in a war zone, they saw Australia as 'the promised land', a land of peace and opportunity. But children who witness brutality at a tender age, who are separated too young from their parents, who are uprooted and planted in an alien culture don't always turn into well-adjusted adults. Many go on suffering and playing out their suffering publicly in self-destructive ways. Akok's sister did her best by her little brother, but she was not equipped to handle the complex needs of a traumatised adolescent boy, and Akok quickly headed down a path of drug abuse and petty crime: drugs to numb the pain, crime to pay for the drugs.Today, at 27, after spending his youth in and out of jail, Akok is incarcerated in a detention centre in Western Australia. His visa has been taken from him and he faces the real possibility of deportation back to a country he barely remembers, perhaps permanently separated from his two small sons. Ironically, the time in detention has allowed him to sober up, take stock and reconsider his choices. It has allowed him to focus less on the wrongs done to him and more on how he can use his experiences to help others. He wants to be a better brother, a better son, a better father, a better member of the community -- but it may be too late for him.This story gives insights into the ongoing suffering of refugees even when they are out of danger and living in a land of opportunity. It shows how a boy who has seen too much too early can fail to see those opportunities, and how that same boy can pull himself up and, with the support of others, begin again.
Stop Him from Killing Them - by Commander Paul Szych (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 158Genre: Social ScienceSub-Genre: CriminologyFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Legaia Books USAAge Range: AdultAuthor: Commander Paul SzychLanguage: English Book Synopsis Commander Paul Szych started his twenty-six-year law enforcement career in the Metro Detroit Area prior to joining the Albuquerque Police Department. Upon being promoted to Sergeant, he assumed command of APD's Domestic Violence and Stalking Unit. Over the following eight years, he supervised more than 1,850 high-lethality domestic violence and stalking-related threat mitigation cases, focusing on "predict and prevent" ideology. During those eight years, Cmmdr. Szych's Unit experienced zero victim losses through the full implementation of the Dynamic Stalking Intervention(R) model, which Cmmdr. Szych developed. Cmmdr. Szych has also supervised detectives in homicide, robbery, burglary, auto theft, bait car operations and Title III wiretap multi-jurisdictional major case investigations. Cmmdr. Paul Szych is a nationally recognized stalking, domestic violence, & threat mitigation instructor, as well as a published law enforcement author. Cmmdr. Szych's books, "Dynamic Stalking Intervention(R)" and "Stop Him From Killing Them(R)," have received praise from police officers, security professionals, and judicial experts. Cmmdr. Szych has been a guest speaker at more than fifty engagements, addressing topics such as; advanced stalking homicide avoidance, domestic violence strangulation, disruptive interviews, threats to kill evaluation, GPS field operations, stalking surveillance tactical operations, domestic violence homicide avoidance, habitual domestic violence offenders, campus violence avoidance, workplace violence homicide avoidance, lethality-based policing, community policing, cyber stalking and police leadership. Corporate America has called Cmmdr. Szych's workplace violence homicide avoidance workshop "a life-changing experience." On March 15, 2009, Cmmdr. Szych provided expert stalking testimony to the New Mexico House of Representatives assisting in the passing of New Mexico's current stalking law. In 2006, Governor Bill Richardson appointed Cmmdr. Szych to the New Mexico Victim's Rights(TM) Alliance. Cmmdr. Szych is an expert commentator for the Discovery ID Channel, appearing in the show, "Stalked: Someone's Watching Episode 1: Nowhere to Run." Cmmdr. Szych has also appeared in movies, training films, and various productions earning him SAG Eligibility. The Family Justice Center Alliance of San Diego called Cmmdr. Szych's stalking homicide avoidance worldwide webinar, "The best training webinar on high-risk case response in the history of the National Family Justice Center." Cmmdr. Szych is a graduate of Northwestern University's School of Police Staff and Command, as well as the prestigious Gavin de Becker's Advanced Threat Assessment and Management Academy. Cmmdr. Szych is a federally trained use of force instructor and a graduate of the FBI's crisis negotiation school. The International Association of Chiefs of Police called Cmmdr. Szych's Dynamic Stalking Intervention(R) program, "An encouraging new law enforcement model" as it was given consideration in 2010 for an Excellence in Victim's Services Award. Cmmdr. Szych may be available for speaking engagements and organizational training. Visit him on the web at: StopHimFromKillingThem.com
Baby Er - by Edward Humes (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 336Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: EspionageFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Simon & SchusterAge Range: AdultAuthor: Edward HumesLanguage: English About the Book Doctors and nurses work against all odds--while parents hope for the miracle that can save their baby--in this riveting portrayal of a real-life ER: the neonatal ICU at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center in California. Book Synopsis Mientras que más de catorce millones de norteamericaños sufren de diabetes, la proporción se incrementa de manera considerable entre la población hispana, ya que los hispaños tienen dos veces mayor propensión de desarrollar esta enfermedad que otros grupos. Las estadÃsticas señalan que al llegar a los cuarenta y cinco años de edad, uno de cada diez hispaños estará enfermo de diabetes. Después de los cuarenta y cinco años, uno de cada cuatro hispaños habrá sido diagnosticado con este padecimiento. La diabetes es un padecimiento complicado que amenaza la vida misma, pero hoy en dÃa los diabeticos pueden reducir sus riesgos y llegar a tener una vida más duradera, feliz, y productiva si cuentan con un plan para el manejo y control de su tratamiento. El Manual Joslin para la Diabetes, elaborado por el famoso Centro Joslin para la Diabetes, es el libro más adecuado para la atención personal, indispensable para todos aquellos que padecen esta enfermedad. El Centro Joslin para la Diabetes es considerado cómo el instituto de investigación y clÃnica más importante del mundo en el estudio y el tratamiento de este mal, lo que hace al Manual Joslin para la Diabetes el libro más actual en la materia. Escrito bajo la dirección del doctor Richard Beaser, en colaboración con Joan Hill y un equipo de expertos, en este libro se presentan todos los aspectos esenciales para que los propios pacientes sean quienes controlen su enfermedad. Se trata de un libro práctico, actualizado, y accesible, escrito en un lenguaje claro y sencillo. Se apoya en gráficas y cuadros sobre que, cómo y cuándo comer; cómo verificar el contenido de los azúcares en la sangre; cómo administrar insulina y medicamentos por vÃa oral; cómo controlar las alzas y bajas de azúcar; y cómo y cuándo hacer ejercicio.
Outlaw Women - by Susan Dewey & Bonnie Zare & Catherine Connolly & Rhett Epler & Rosemary Bratton (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 272Genre: Social ScienceSub-Genre: CriminologyFormat: PaperbackPublisher: New York University PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Susan Dewey & Bonnie Zare & Catherine Connolly & Rhett Epler & Rosemary BrattonLanguage: English About the Book The authors take readers to the heart of the struggles of the outlaw women ofthe rural West, considering how poverty and gendered violence overlap to keepwomen literally and figuratively imprisoned. Book Synopsis A journey into the experiences of incarcerated women in rural areas, revealing how location can reinforce gendered violence Incarceration is all too often depicted as an urban problem, a male problem, a problem that disproportionately affects people of color. This book, however, takes readers to the heart of the struggles of the outlaw women of the rural West, considering how poverty and gendered violence overlap to keep women literally and figuratively imprisoned. Outlaw Women examines the forces that shape women's experiences of incarceration and release from prison in the remote, predominantly white communities that many Americans still think of as "the Western frontier." Drawing on dozens of interviews with women in the state of Wyoming who were incarcerated or on parole, the authors provide an in-depth examination of women's perceptions of their lives before, during, and after imprisonment. Considering cultural mores specific to the rural West, the authors identify the forces that consistently trap women in cycles of crime and violence in these regions: felony-related discrimination, the geographic isolation that traps women in abusive relationships, and cultural stigmas surrounding addiction, poverty, and precarious interpersonal relationships. Following incarceration, women in these areas face additional, region-specific obstacles as they attempt to reintegrate into society, including limited social services, significant gender wage gaps, and even severe weather conditions that restrict travel. The book ultimately concludes with new, evidence-based recommendations for addressing the challenges these women face.
Jacked Up and Unjust - by Katherine Irwin & Karen Umemoto (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 232Genre: Social ScienceSub-Genre: CriminologyFormat: PaperbackPublisher: University of California PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Katherine Irwin & Karen UmemotoLanguage: English About the Book "In the context of two hundred years of American colonial control in the Pacific, Irwin and Umemoto shed light on the experiences of today's inner city and rural girls and boys in Hawai'i who face racism, sexism, poverty, and political neglect. Based on nine years of ethnographic research, the authors highlight how legacies of injustice endure as current challenges in the present, prompting teens to fight for dignity and the chance to thrive in America, a nation that the youth describe as inherently "jacked up" and "unjust." While the story begins with the youth battling multiple contingencies, it ends on a hopeful note, with many of the teens overcoming numerous hardships, often with the guidance of steadfast, caring adults"--Provided by publisher. Book Synopsis In the context of two hundred years of American colonial control in the Pacific, Katherine Irwin and Karen Umemoto shed light on the experiences of today's inner city and rural girls and boys in Hawai'i who face racism, sexism, poverty, and political neglect. Basing their book on nine years of ethnographic research, the authors highlight how legacies of injustice endure, prompting teens to fight for dignity and the chance to thrive in America, a nation that the youth describe as inherently "jacked up"--rigged--and "unjust." While the story begins with the youth battling multiple contingencies, it ends on a hopeful note with many of the teens overcoming numerous hardships, often with the guidance of steadfast, caring adults. From the Back Cover "This remarkable book demonstrates the incredible spirit of resilience that young people generate as they encounter poverty, racism, violence, and institutional failure and neglect. Katherine Irwin and Karen Umemoto insightfully demonstrate the processes and programs that work in changing the punitive treatment that marginalized youths receive. This riveting ethnography provides readers with a rare look at the experiences of young women and men within the juvenile justice system."--Victor Rios, author of Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys "Jacked Up and Unjust sensitively captures the complex of forces that bear down on a youth population we know very little about, helping us to understand the violence enacted upon them and by them, the turbulence and entanglements of Hawai'i's colonial past, racial and gender injustice, the penalty of poverty, and the fallout from youth incarceration. A thoughtful ethnography."--Amy L. Best, author of Fast Cars, Cool Rides: The Accelerating World of Youth and Their Cars "This ethnography is a critical analysis of the experiences of Pacific Islander adolescents whose lives are plagued by interpersonal, structural, and postcolonial violence. A one of a kind in its deployment of intertwining analytic approaches of colonial criminology, this book uncovers new ways to understand the meaning-making work of the youth participants' experiences."--Laurie Schaffner, author of Girls in Trouble with the Law Review Quotes "Katherine Irwin and Karen Umemoto paint a vivid portrait of the penetration of this racist and gendered penal state into the life fabric of Pacific Islander youth. . . . this is an important book that brings a much-needed contribution to scholarship on Hawai'i as a critical site for the study of colonialism and violence while foregrounding gender oppression."-- "Punishment and Society""Irwin and Umemoto skillfully emphasize how racial inequalities have developed in a context that supports the oppression of persons of color. . . The book is based on extensive ethnographic research, and Irwin and Umemoto approached it in an innovative way, defining themselves as supportive adults rather than as shadowing or participating in the youths' lives."-- "Journal of Children and Poverty" (1/24/2017 12:00:00 AM) About the Author Katherine Irwin is Professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa. She is the coauthor with Meda Chesney-Lind of Beyond Bad Girls: Gender, Violence, and Hype. Karen Umemoto is Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawai'i, Manoa. She is the author of The Truce: Lessons from an L.A. Gang War.
White-Collar and Financial Crimes - by Jennifer C Noble (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 192Genre: Social ScienceSub-Genre: CriminologyFormat: PaperbackPublisher: University of California PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Jennifer C NobleLanguage: English About the Book "Examining a shocking array of fraud, corruption, theft, and embezzlement cases, this vivid collection reveals the practice of detecting, investigating, prosecuting, defending, and resolving white-collar crimes. Each chapter is a case study of an illustrative criminal case and draws on extensive public records around obscure and high-profile crimes of the powerful, such as money laundering, mortgage fraud, public corruption, securities fraud, environmental crimes, and Ponzi schemes. Organized around a consistent analytic framework, every case tells a unique story and provides an engaging introduction to these complex crimes, while also introducing students to the practical aspects of investigation and prosecution of white-collar offenses. Jennifer Noble's text takes students to the front lines of these vastly understudied crimes, preparing them for future practice and policy work"-- Book Synopsis Examining a shocking array of fraud, corruption, theft, and embezzlement cases, this vivid collection reveals the practice of detecting, investigating, prosecuting, defending, and resolving white-collar crimes. Each chapter is a case study of an illustrative criminal case and draws on extensive public records around both obscure and high-profile crimes of the powerful, such as money laundering, mortgage fraud, public corruption, securities fraud, environmental crimes, and Ponzi schemes. Organized around a consistent analytic framework, each case tells a unique story and provides an engaging introduction to these complex crimes, while also introducing students to the practical aspects of investigation and prosecution of white-collar offenses. Jennifer C. Noble's text takes students to the front lines of these vastly understudied crimes, preparing them for future practice and policy work. From the Back Cover "A nice, readable review of some of the most compelling topics in white-collar crime."--Laura Finley, Barry University "A major contribution to the growing socio-legal literature on white collar crime. Unpacking ten cases of white-collar crimes brings to the classroom the opportunity to compare and contrast in rich detail the legal and practical issues that distinguish these crimes from traditional street crimes as they transit the various stages of the justice system."--Gary Feinberg, St. Thomas University "Offers students an interesting and informative way to learn through real-world examples."--Daniel W. Phillips III, Campbellsville University About the Author Jennifer C. Noble is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at California State University, Sacramento.
Our Friend Travis - by Chris and Sky Hughes (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 416Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Cshi Media PublicationsAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Chris and Sky HughesLanguage: English Book Synopsis Travis Victor Alexander was a good looking, charismatic, entrepreneur and motivational speaker. He was in the prime of his life enjoying good health, financial success, world travel and a bustling social life. But, things weren't always so good for him. His life began in dismal circumstances, and tragically, it ended worse than it began. He was born to drug addicted parents and suffered many of the worst privations of life. His family was poor and his parents were neglectful and abusive. He was teased and bullied as a small child and had few, if any, friends. After running away at the age of ten and going to live with his Grandmother, he became active in his church. Travis began to thrive in this environment. He had found a place where he was accepted. He had a support group, many friends and a purpose. Travis did not let his dark childhood stop him from accomplishing great things in his life. He used his negative experiences to propel him into a life of abundance and success by becoming better every day. Like many single, thirty-year-old men, he was dating in hopes of finding Mrs. Right, so he could get married, start a family and live the good life. Unfortunately, Jodi Arias, one of the women Travis was dating, was a psychopath. When Travis was dating her, they were living in different states. Soon after he broke things off, she moved within a mile of his house in Mesa, Arizona! She stalked him, hacked his email and social media accounts, and made his life unlivable. Her manipulation, lies, conniving, need for control and invasive behaviors were too much for Travis and he finally convinced her to move back to Yreka, California in April of 2008. On May 26, 2008 Travis finally saw Jodi for the evil monster she is. Via text, chat and email, they got into a huge fight. In June 2008, she set off on a 1,027 mile road trip to Mesa, Arizona to murder Travis. With Travis' blood still under her fingernails, she headed to Utah to hook-up with a new love interest. Travis was found with twenty-nine stab wounds, shot in the face, and with his throat slit from ear to ear. After a heart-wrenching, five-year delay, the case finally went to trial, and became one of the highest profile murder trials in recent history. On May 8, 2013, his killer was convicted of first-degree, pre-meditated murder. During the grueling, ten month trial, which was in large part a circus act of character assassination, lies and fiction, Travis's life was purposefully distorted and despicably misrepresented. This book was written to share with the world who Travis Victor Alexander was, the reality of what he endured, and the positive impact he continues to have on the world. Our Friend Travis is a book about the real Travis; his life, his light, his triumphs, his mistakes, his death, his murderer's trial and his legacy. Chris and Sky Hughes are able to offer an insight that few, if any, have into Travis's life and the evil that ended it. The world deserves to know the real Travis, and they hope you will get to know him through this book. They hope that his loving demeanor, zest for life, passion for service and ability to make people realize their divine potential jumps off the pages and into your heart. NOTE ABOUT REVIEWS OF THIS BOOK: This book includes information about the Jodi Arias murder trial, which was one of the highest profile murder trials in recent history. As a result of the media attention this case garnered, millions around the world have come to know Travis Alexander and Jodi Arias, the woman who viciously murdered him. Though the public came out overwhelmingly in support of Travis Alexander, his friends and family, there is a very small, but vocal group, who, for whatever reason, are supportive of a convicted murderer. Some of her supporters have promised to give this book negative reviews before it has been released. It is expected they will come out in mass to do so. Please consider this when reading the reviews of this book. About the Author Chris Hughes Chris Hughes is the Chairman and CEO of C.S. Hughes International, a personal and professional development company specializing in helping individuals and organizations enjoy higher levels of success. He is the author of 8 books and audio programs, and is a professional speaker who has conducted more than 1,000 professional speeches, workshops and seminars all around the world. He has trained more than 300,000 people with audiences in number from 15 to 15,000. Chris, along with his wife Sky, were among Travis Alexander's closest friends. Sky Hughes Unlike someone above, Sky pretty much panicked when she went online to submit this book and it asked her for an "author bio." (She has researched all morning and you are supposed to write these things in the third person. Where is Travis when you need him? Or should that be where is Travis when she needs him?) Sky won fifty dollars for a "Keep Our City Clean" essay contest in fourth grade. It was published in the local newspaper of the small town of Murrieta, California where Sky grew up. Since then, she worked hard to meet the minimum requirements for all of the writing assignments she was given in her pursuit to graduate from Brigham Young University in 1999. (Does that cover "previous publishing and writing experience?") Obviously, Sky is not a writer, so just pretend she is like Mark Twain by making up her own rules and style without the innate gift to write and entertain. Sky went on to teach high school for three years. After marrying Chris Hughes in 2002, she retired from teaching to start a family. Chris and Sky have three boys and a girl. Sky enjoys spending time with her family and attending any type of sporting event. She could hang out at a baseball diamond all day long! Sky and Chris love Travis Victor Alexander. There has been a huge void in their lives since his murder in 2008. They wrote this book to share with the world who Travis Victor Alexander was, the reality of what he endured, and the impact he continues to have on this world. Chris and Sky are able to offer an insight into the life of Travis Victor Alexander and the evil that ended his life that few, if any, have. The world deserves to know the real Travis Victor Alexander, and they hope you find him in this book. They hope that his loving demeanor, zest for life, passion for service and ability to make people realize their divine potential jumps off the pages and into your heart.
Jeffrey Dahmer - by Savannah Crawford (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 120Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Cascade PublishingAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: Savannah CrawfordLanguage: English Book Synopsis Some evils are meant to belong to the land of lore: where horrible monsters exist only to bewitch and unsettle the mind. But there are real horrors in this world, and the thing of nightmares can often exist right outside your door. Unfortunately, the only way to extinguish this kind of darkness, is to examine it in the light. For the name Jeffrey Dahmer still exists in the lexicon of American history as an example of pure evil and the proof that monsters truly do exist. Having murdered and dismembered seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991, the legacy of the cannibal next door still fascinates many who seek to understand where such brutality could come from, and how it managed to operate unchecked for so long.In Jeffrey Dahmer: The Milwaukee Cannibal, history takes a discerning eye to the life and behaviors of one of the world's most infamous serial killers. Giving consideration to Jeffrey's upbringing as well as his legacy, this biography offers new ways to consider and condemn the man inside the monster.
Caught Up, 2 - (Gender and Justice) by Jerry Flores (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 200Genre: Social ScienceSub-Genre: CriminologySeries Title: Gender and JusticeFormat: PaperbackPublisher: University of California PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Jerry FloresLanguage: English About the Book "From home, to school, to juvenile detention center, and back again. Follow the lives of fifty Latina girls living forty miles outside of Los Angeles, California, as they are inadvertently caught up in the school-to-prison pipeline. Their experiences in the connected programs between 'El Valle' Juvenile Detention Center and 'Legacy' Community School reveal the accelerated fusion of California schools and institutions of confinement. The girls participate in well-intentioned wraparound services designed to provide them with support at home, at school, and in the detention center. But these services may more closely resemble the phenomenon of wraparound incarceration, in which students, despite leaving the actual detention center, cannot escape the surveillance of formal detention, and are thereby slowly pushed away from traditional schooling and a productive life course"--Provided by publisher. Book Synopsis From home, to school, to juvenile detention center, and back again. Follow the lives of fifty Latina girls living forty miles outside of Los Angeles, California, as they are inadvertently caught up in the school-to-prison pipeline. Their experiences in the connected programs between "El Valle" Juvenile Detention Center and "Legacy" Community School reveal the accelerated fusion of California schools and institutions of confinement. The girls participate in well-intentioned wraparound services designed to provide them with support at home, at school, and in the detention center. But these services may more closely resemble the phenomenon of wraparound incarceration, in which students, despite leaving the actual detention center, cannot escape the surveillance of formal detention, and are thereby slowly pushed away from traditional schooling and a productive life course. From the Back Cover "This riveting ethnography provides readers with a rare look at the experiences of young women within the juvenile justice system. Flores brilliantly demonstrates how schools and carceral institutions become inextricably connected to form a ubiquitous system of punitive control, leading to bleak outcomes in the lives of marginalized girls."--Victor Rios, author of Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys "Jerry Flores's compelling ethnography focuses on the lives of fifty Latina girls at a youth detention facility and its associated community (continuation) school. Through analyzing the various pathways to incarceration, Flores illustrates key turning points that can help extricate girls from the criminal justice system. This book questions conventional knowledge about girls in detention and ultimately complicates the portrayal of racially gendered criminalization. It should be carefully examined by practitioners, scholars, policy makers, and students."--Denise A. Segura, coeditor of Women and Migration in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands: A Reader Review Quotes "Caught Up offers an interesting and provocative discussion of primarily Latina youth who are justice involved and caught in the school-to-prison pipeline. ... extremely well researched, organized, and thorough."-- "International Criminal Justice Review""This worthy work deserves a caring examination as it helps us to understand the consequences of the frightening accelerated fusion between education and the criminal justice system for Latina girls. It was written with passion and academic accuracy."-- "Border Criminologies""Very informative and engaging... To the reader, Flores can seem as if he is closely tied to his participants, and as if he wants his readers to feel that same connection."-- "Journal of Youth and Adolescence""By centering the compelling testimonials of 30 young Latinas, Flores details the multiple impacts and varied forms of gendered, socioeconomic, and racialized violence the participants encounter at home, school, in intimate relationships, and while in detention. Especially significant are the tolls that trauma and inequality take and the ways the participants are caught up in the California juvenile justice system, despite its intended focus on rehabilitation. The book ends with concrete experiences from Latinas who have been able to leave the criminal justice system and those who have not--highlighting Flores's main finding that increased contact with criminal justice agencies reduces the possibilities of escaping from them."-- "CHOICE" (4/1/2017 12:00:00 AM) About the Author Jerry Flores is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto.
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Pacifying the Homeland - by Brendan McQuade (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 304Genre: Social ScienceSub-Genre: CriminologyFormat: PaperbackPublisher: University of California PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Brendan McQuadeLanguage: English About the Book McQuade takes readers inside the world of intelligence fusion and sees past the apparent failure of fusion centers to reveal a broader shift away from mass incarceration and toward a more surveillance--and police-intensive system of social regulation.tion. Book Synopsis The United States has poured over a billion dollars into a network of interagency intelligence centers called "fusion centers." These centers were ostensibly set up to prevent terrorism, but politicians, the press, and policy advocates have criticized them for failing on this account. So why do these security systems persist? Pacifying the Homeland travels inside the secret world of intelligence fusion, looks beyond the apparent failure of fusion centers, and reveals a broader shift away from mass incarceration and toward a more surveillance- and police-intensive system of social regulation. Provided with unprecedented access to domestic intelligence centers, Brendan McQuade uncovers how the institutionalization of intelligence fusion enables decarceration without fully addressing the underlying social problems at the root of mass incarceration. The result is a startling analysis that contributes to the debates on surveillance, mass incarceration, and policing and challenges readers to see surveillance, policing, mass incarceration, and the security state in an entirely new light. From the Back Cover "Brendan McQuade's superb study explores a persistent legacy of the fading War on Terror--a hidden proliferation of federal-state fusion centers for mass surveillance that make entire communities into open-air prisons. The pacification of Iraq may have failed, but the effort's technology has come home to become America's main mechanism for mass supervision of criminalized minority populations."--Alfred W. McCoy, author of In the Shadows of the American Century "Ostensibly about the fusion center, this book is in fact much, much more. Taking the fusion center as a springboard, McQuade makes a telling and profoundly important contribution to our understanding of the ways in which the contemporary state manages the surplus populations dispossessed and criminalized by capital. McQuade's argument is rich in its theoretical contribution and its empirical analysis. Under this scrutiny, the fusion center emerges not simply as a new development in homeland security, but rather as a key technique in the contemporary fabrication of order."--Mark Neocleous, Professor of the Critique of Political Economy, Brunel University London "Pacifying the Homeland is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how policing and surveillance have evolved in the twenty-first century. In this lucidly written account, Brendan McQuade introduces readers to fusion centers and how these are linked to mass surveillance and supervision. This book challenges us to ask better questions about how carcerality connects to capitalism and to the state. After you read this book for the first time, you will want to return to it again."--Mariame Kaba, founder and director of Project NIA "This is a work that dares to ask new questions, proceeds to deep analysis, and provides strong connections between its specific research object and the wider sociopolitical world in which it took shape and now operates. It provides fruitful ways of thinking about fusion centers, policing, security, and statehood."--Christos Boukalas, author of Homeland Security, Its Law and Its State Review Quotes "Pacifying the Homeland is part of a wave of much needed critical policing studies that at once echo an earlier era in the study of radical criminology, while also heralding the arrival of a new interventionist, unapologetic structural analysis of policing."-- "Punishment & Society""Through comprehensive research, McQuade offers a substantial contribution to studies in policing, surveillance, historical sociology, and social justice. . . . As the book makes clear, "mass supervision, an outgrowth and extension of mass incarceration, helps maintain the stark--and starkly racialized--inequalities that characterize the United States." Understanding intelligence fusion and mass supervision is necessary to challenge such conditions, an effort Pacifying the Homeland contributes to greatly."-- "Journal of Criminal Justice Education" About the Author Brendan McQuade is Assistant Professor of Criminology at the University of Southern Maine.
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Blind Injustice - by Mark Godsey (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 264Genre: Social ScienceSub-Genre: CriminologyFormat: PaperbackPublisher: University of California PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Mark GodseyLanguage: English Book Synopsis Awarded Digital Book World's Best Book Published by a University Press In this unprecedented view from the trenches, prosecutor turned champion for the innocent Mark Godsey takes us inside the frailties of the human mind as they unfold in real-world wrongful convictions. Drawing upon stories from his own career, Godsey shares how innate psychological flaws in judges, police, lawyers, and juries coupled with a "tough on crime" environment can cause investigations to go awry, leading to the convictions of innocent people. In Blind Injustice, Godsey explores distinct psychological human weaknesses inherent in the criminal justice system--confirmation bias, memory malleability, cognitive dissonance, bureaucratic denial, dehumanization, and others--and illustrates each with stories from his time as a hard-nosed prosecutor and then as an attorney for the Ohio Innocence Project. He also lays bare the criminal justice system's internal political pressures. How does the fact that judges, sheriffs, and prosecutors are elected officials influence how they view cases? How can defense attorneys support clients when many are overworked and underpaid? And how do juries overcome bias leading them to believe that police and expert witnesses know more than they do about what evidence means? This book sheds a harsh light on the unintentional yet routine injustices committed by those charged with upholding justice. Yet in the end, Godsey recommends structural, procedural, and attitudinal changes aimed at restoring justice to the criminal justice system. From the Back Cover "The high-stakes work [of exoneration] is costly, time-consuming, and frustrating, and it requires tenacity and compassion to persevere. Mark Godsey has what it takes."--Time "A master storyteller, Mark Godsey's rare triple-perspective of prosecutor, innocence champion, and law professor creates a unique and beautiful voice that not only contributes significantly to the innocence movement but makes the book gripping and hard to put down. A must-read for anyone who cares about justice."--Richard A. Leo, Hamill Family Professor of Law and Psychology at the University of San Francisco and author of Police Interrogation and American Justice "Mark Godsey's journey from prosecuting in the storied U.S Attorney's office in the Southern District of New York to 'innocence lawyer' in his hometown of Cincinnati has yielded an important, candid, and scholarly meditation on the 'cognitive' traps that lead to wrongful convictions. This should be mandatory reading for all young federal and state prosecutors, not to mention judges and defense counsel." --Barry Scheck, Professor of Law at Cardozo School of Law and cofounder of the Innocence Project "This careful exploration of the psychology of criminal investigations, written in an accessible and conversational tone, exposes how even the best-intentioned officers can get evidence wrong and how we can restore truth to the criminal justice system."--Brandon Garrett, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law and author of Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong Review Quotes "Blind Injustice is worth the read. Give a copy to your favorite prosecutor. And maybe to your neighbor."-- "GAMSO - for the Defense""[Mark Godsey's] book is about how his career change also changed his outlook, by showing up 'problems in the system that I, as a prosecutor, should have seen, but about which I had simply been in denial'. . . . Mr Godsey's work is memorable because he is able to show precisely how these flaws work in action." -- "The Economist""An easy and interesting read. . . . It is Godsey's experience as a former prosecutor that gives this book its power. His story of transformation is one that every lawyer could learn from. I will certainly be buying copies for my students who begin their careers in prosecution."-- "National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers""An excellent resource for psychology and law courses. . . . Highly recommended"-- "CHOICE""Blind Injustice, instructive and passionate, is an excellent introduction to major wrongful conviction themes. It is an accessible book for laypersons and criminologists who are new to the subject. It would make a lively text in a wrongful conviction course. One wishes that it would be read by prosecutors across America. If they did, perhaps like the author, they would say, as the hymn Amazing Grace has it-- 'was blind but now I see.' . . . An attention-grabbing book that powerfully instructs." -- "Social Science Research Network" (5/4/2018 12:00:00 AM)"A breathless page-turner, especially for true crime readers, drawing together Godsey and his indefatigable staff as they relentlessly power through volumes and volumes of evidence in pursuit of the truth."-- "Salon" (9/24/2017 12:00:00 AM)"Godsey's book is splendid. Everyone who cares the least bit about justice must read it. Parts will make you shake your head in amazement, parts will give you a sense of elation, and parts will make you cry. . . . There have been, over the past dozen or so years, several excellent books examining the failings of the American criminal justice system. A skeptic might wonder what there is new to say about the problems that infect the system. But that skepticism melts almost instantly when one opens Godsey's book. Mark Godsey brings a unique perspective to bear on the problem of convicting the innocent."-- "Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law" (5/1/2018 12:00:00 AM)"If, like me, you enjoyed the Netflix 'docudrama' Making A Murderer, you will be right at home with this excellent exposé of certain problematic features of the American criminal justice system. Former prosecutor, now professor, Mark Godsey takes his readers through a multitude of cases in which he acted as legal counsel, and where wrongful convictions emerged at the end of the day. The fact that this leading light in the Ohio Innocence Project was on the 'other side' of the justice 'coin' for many years, employing the same tactics that are likely to give rise to mistakes, gives his writing the credibility that other 'justice system in crisis' or 'criminal injustice system' books simply do not have."-- "Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books" (7/1/2018 12:00:00 AM)"Mark Godsey offers a fresh viewpoint"-- "National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers" (3/1/2019 12:00:00 AM)"Mark Godsey, a former federal prosecutor who now heads the Ohio Innocence Project, examines the causes of wrongful convictions, from faulty eyewitness identifications to investigator tunnel vision, while drawing on a depressingly vast array of shocking examples. He graciously allows that the police, prosecutors, and judges whose 'unreasonable and intellectually dishonest positions' have led to unjust convictions and avoidable suffering acted not out of malice but out of the abundant capacity for human error." - OUR FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2017-- "The Progressive" (12/5/2017 12:00:00 AM)"Passionate and readable, this book provides meaningful support for the Innocence movement and startling insights into the justice system while admitting the reality of systemic racism but omitting its direct discussion."-- "Library Journal" (11/1/2017 12:00:00 AM)"The best book I've read on the criminal justice system since Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow. . . . This is the rare book that looks at criminal justice from the perspective of culture. And Godsey has the chops to tell it."-- "Daily Kos" (11/26/2017 12:00:00 AM)"The book, which is in part a confessional, looks at how innocent people can become the victims of faulty eyewitness testimony, bad forensics, and a variety of blinding cognitive biases on the part of law-enforcement personnel, prosecutors, and judges, and why the system so tenaciously defends the status quo, even when it's guilty of railroading innocent citizens. With so much attention rightly focused on racial injustice in recent years, Godsey's book offers another important piece of the puzzle."-- "The Nation" (1/24/2018 12:00:00 AM) About the Author Mark Godsey is Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati. He was an award-winning federal prosecutor in New York City before becoming a leading attorney and activist for the wrongfully convicted. Godsey is the co-founder of the Ohio Innocence Project, which has freed from prison 28 innocent people who collectively served more than 525 years for crimes they did not commit. Godsey frequently appears on national television and in national print media, including People, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Dateline NBC, and Forensic Files, among others. In 2017, his career was profiled in Time.
Cutting Point - by Christer Holmgren (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 206Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Timaios PressAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: Christer HolmgrenLanguage: English Book Synopsis In Victorian London, long before the term serial killer was coined, two series of murders played out that have captured the imagination of the whole world. The Jack the Ripper murders and the Thames Torso murders, so similar to each other, took place during the same period in London and have never been solved.In this book, journalist and researcher Christer Holmgren explains why the murders were never cleared up and names the East End carman Charles Lechmere as the culprit behind both series of murders. He was a man who claimed he found Jack the Ripper's first victim, but avoided to give his true name to the police.In the 2014 TV documentary The Missing Evidence -- Jack the Ripper, the case for Charles Lechmere as the Ripper was outlined. In it, a prominent barrister stated that the case would have been good enough to take to court. This makes Lechmere stand out amongst the many suspects named over the years: his is a case where it can be practically demonstrated how he is linked to the murders.More recent research suggests that Charles Lechmere also needs to be held responsible for the Thames Torso murder series, spanning the years 1873-1889. Guided by the help of experts, Holmgren links the cases together, establishes the underlying inspiration behind them, and beckons the originator of the murders out into the light, a century after his death
Cutting Point - by Christer Holmgren (Hardcover)
Number of Pages: 206Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: HardcoverPublisher: Timaios PressAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: Christer HolmgrenLanguage: English Book Synopsis In Victorian London, long before the term serial killer was coined, two series of murders played out that have captured the imagination of the whole world. The Jack the Ripper murders and the Thames Torso murders, so similar to each other, took place during the same period in London and have never been solved.In this book, journalist and researcher Christer Holmgren explains why the murders were never cleared up and names the East End carman Charles Lechmere as the culprit behind both series of murders. He was a man who claimed he found Jack the Ripper's first victim, but avoided to give his true name to the police.In the 2014 TV documentary The Missing Evidence -- Jack the Ripper, the case for Charles Lechmere as the Ripper was outlined. In it, a prominent barrister stated that the case would have been good enough to take to court. This makes Lechmere stand out amongst the many suspects named over the years: his is a case where it can be practically demonstrated how he is linked to the murders.More recent research suggests that Charles Lechmere also needs to be held responsible for the Thames Torso murder series, spanning the years 1873-1889. Guided by the help of experts, Holmgren links the cases together, establishes the underlying inspiration behind them, and beckons the originator of the murders out into the light, a century after his death.
Killing Cousins - (Murder by Increments) by Oj Modjeska (Hardcover)
Number of Pages: 254Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderSeries Title: Murder by IncrementsFormat: HardcoverPublisher: Next ChapterAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: Oj ModjeskaLanguage: English Book Synopsis After an investigation spanning nearly two years, Los Angeles investigators come up empty in the case of a terrifying serial sex killer.But then, a seemingly unrelated arrest is made across state lines. In book two of Murder by Increments, we journey deeper into the life and mind of the suspect at the center of the case: one of the most confounding and mysterious serial killers in American history.Killing Cousins documents the shocking story of an abusive childhood that created a monster, and the suspect's possible involvement in a separate string of killings of teenagers in Rochester, New York.Did this man truly have multiple personalities, or was he a cunning sociopath enacting a daring hoax against the criminal justice system? By the end, you make up your own mind.
Killing Cousins - (Murder by Increments) by Oj Modjeska (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 344Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderSeries Title: Murder by IncrementsFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Next ChapterAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: Oj ModjeskaLanguage: English Book Synopsis After an investigation spanning nearly two years, Los Angeles investigators come up empty in the case of a terrifying serial sex killer.But then, a seemingly unrelated arrest is made across state lines. In book two of Murder by Increments, we journey deeper into the life and mind of the suspect at the center of the case: one of the most confounding and mysterious serial killers in American history.Killing Cousins documents the shocking story of an abusive childhood that created a monster, and the suspect's possible involvement in a separate string of killings of teenagers in Rochester, New York.Did this man truly have multiple personalities, or was he a cunning sociopath enacting a daring hoax against the criminal justice system? By the end, you make up your own mind.
Killing Cousins - (Murder by Increments) by Oj Modjeska (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 254Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderSeries Title: Murder by IncrementsFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Next ChapterAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: Oj ModjeskaLanguage: English Book Synopsis After an investigation spanning nearly two years, Los Angeles investigators come up empty in the case of a terrifying serial sex killer.But then, a seemingly unrelated arrest is made across state lines. In book two of Murder by Increments, we journey deeper into the life and mind of the suspect at the center of the case: one of the most confounding and mysterious serial killers in American history.Killing Cousins documents the shocking story of an abusive childhood that created a monster, and the suspect's possible involvement in a separate string of killings of teenagers in Rochester, New York.Did this man truly have multiple personalities, or was he a cunning sociopath enacting a daring hoax against the criminal justice system? By the end, you make up your own mind.
A Plea for Justice - by McKinley B Fred (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 241Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Eakin PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: McKinley B FredLanguage: English Book Synopsis During the closing months of 1984 and extending through March 25, 1985, a number of violent rapes occurred around Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. As a result, females, both students and employees of the university, along with those who worked in the general area, were caught up in a wave of terror in the persona of the Tech rapist. A PLEA FOR JUSTICE: The Timothy Cole Story describes how a 24-year-old black student and an army veteran became entangled in a web of deceit cast by an overly-aggressive police investigation, unjustly arrested without any physical evidence to link him to the crime, falsely convicted, and then incarcerated for aggravated sexual assault on a fellow student whom he had never seen until the first day of his trial. Before he passed away while serving the thirteenth of a twenty-five year sentence, Tim Cole expressed a fervent desire to be vindicated, exonerated, and pardoned, and in an effort to honor his last wishes, a devoted mother and family, supported and represented by the Innocence Project of Texas, carried the fight to the state courts, to both houses of the state's legislature, to the Board of Pardons and Paroles, and finally to the governor. This is a gut-wrenching story of courage, devotion, conviction, honor, a family that never compromised its principles, and how at the end of a struggle that lasted almost twenty-five years, the foundations of how the Lone Star State conducts criminal investigations and treats its exonerees are rocked to the very core. In the Foreword, Jeff Blackburn, Chief Counsel of the Innocence Project of Texas, writes: "Anyone who wants to know the truth about how our criminal justice system really works should read this book. Anyone who wants to know what the system does to its victims should also read it. When told well, as in these pages, truth has the power to change people's minds. Until that day, some of us will keep fighting for the Tim Coles of the world, but now, armed with this book, we'll do so with more faith than we had before."
The Filth - by Duncan Maclaughlin & William Hall (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 254Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Lume BooksAge Range: AdultAuthor: Duncan Maclaughlin & William HallLanguage: English About the Book Filled with gritty slang and investigative detail that only an ex-copper could reveal, MacLaughlin's story is a riveting insight into the world of serious crime that is both thrilling and frightening. Book Synopsis Duncan MacLaughlin was an elite officer at London's New Scotland Yard. The best of the best.In this explosive book, he breaks the code of silence among senior detectives and undercover agents to reveal the brutal, stark truth of life on the front-line of the war on crime. Even with training in covert techniques from the SAS he walked a dangerous line, with his life in constant danger.The legendary cases he was involved with include the investigation of Kenneth Noye, the pursuit of kidnap victim Stephanie Slater and the slaying of PC Keith Blakelock. He also infiltrated countless global drugs cartels, bringing their terrifying bosses to justice.With humour, insider insight, and non-stop drama, The Filth is a roller-coaster read that takes you straight into the heart of one of the toughest police jobs in the world. Filled with gritty slang and investigative detail that only an ex-copper could reveal, MacLaughlin's story is a riveting insight into the world of serious crime that is both thrilling and frightening.
Shadow Dollars - by Gypsy Fauls (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 124Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: White Collar CrimeFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Shadow Dollars LLCAge Range: AdultAuthor: Gypsy FaulsLanguage: English Book Synopsis SHADOW DOLLARS is about what happened in Baltimore, Maryland and other urban areas when officials decided to deceive the federal government and citizens by falsifying block grant reports documenting the expenditure of federal funds. The book describes an ongoing battle to get the city and quasi-public owners to comply with housing codes and the need for a nationwide tracking system for federal funds based on twenty first century technology. It shows how lives have been endangered for decades by failure to correct slum conditions. It also questions the legality of the executive branch actions in shutting down the FBI criminal investigation in Baltimore.Shopsteading and the National Historic Structures Tax Act have had a positive impact nationwide, but no one wanted to investigate the fraud involving money allocated for redevelopment.Armed with proof of massive fraud, the book tells how Gypsy Fauls' civil rights were violated at a public hearing she attended to request a city, state, and federal investigation. SHADOW DOLLARS challenges elected officials to come clean and request amnesty for any criminal acts as part of a swamp rescue bailout agreement with the feds.
The World Encyclopedia Of Serial Killers - by Susan Hall (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 466Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Wildblue PressAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: Susan HallLanguage: English About the Book The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers is the most comprehensive set of its kind in the history of true crime publishing. Written and compiled by Susan Hall, the four-volume set has more than 1600 entries of male and female serial killers from around the world. Book Synopsis The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers is the most comprehensive set of its kind in the history of true crime publishing. Written and compiled by Susan Hall, the four-volume set has more than 1600 entries of male and female serial killers from around the world.Defined by the FBI as a person who murders 3 or more people over a period of time with a hiatus of weeks or months between murders, serial killers have walked among us from the dawn of time as these books will demonstrate. While the entries to these volumes will continue to grow-the FBI estimates that there are at least fifty serial killers operating in the United States at any given time-The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers is as complete as possible through the end of 2017.In June 2020, the set begins with Volume One, Letters A-D. The entries include Ted Bundy, the Candyman Dean Corll, Angel of Death killer Donald Harvey, the ABC Killer, and the Bodies in the Barrels Murders. You will find these killers and approximately 500 others in this first book in the series of The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers.
One of the Most Troublesome Robbery Gangs - by Jeffery S King (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 174Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Jeffery S. KingAge Range: AdultAuthor: Jeffery S KingLanguage: English Book Synopsis This book is about two Depression-era gangsters in the Mid-west, George McKeever and Francis McNeiley, who comiited three murders, several bank and store robberies, and stole many cars. They had many escapes from law enforcement and eluded police for many years. They were often mistaken for Pretty Boy Floyd and Adam Richetti, and stole about $40,000 from banks. Today that would be about $700,000.. .
Rescued and Restored - by Raul Cortez (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 226Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Korsgaard PublishingAge Range: AdultBook theme: Mass MurderAuthor: Raul CortezLanguage: English Book Synopsis Raul Cortez was convicted of the 2004 "McKinney Murders." This riveting autobiography covers his arrest, trial, and ultimately his miraculous transformation on Texas death row. The book includes a provocative foreword about the death penalty by Søren Roest Korsgaard.
American School Shooting - by James Davis (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 176Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: James DavisAge Range: AdultBook theme: Mass MurderAuthor: James DavisLanguage: English Book Synopsis School shootings have significantly impacted many aspects of our lives across the United States. They first became a recognized problem in American society in the 1960s and have since continued to increase in frequency and severity. Casualty numbers from school shootings have steadily increased since 1990, and even though such shootings are rarer than homicide, mass murder, and off-campus violence, they have a great impact on a community. Normally, techniques and tactics used by school administrations and law enforcement change over time to adapt to growing threats. Cases such as the University of Texas shooting in 1966 and Columbine High School in 1999, for example, led to changes in law enforcement tactics. While UT Austin and Columbine are landmark examples, from 2000 to 2015, there have been 45 school shootings. Attacks in Sandy Hook Elementary School and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have focused demands for change, and school and law enforcement procedures have not yet adapted to the rising threat. This book examines how educators, first responders, and law enforcement should respond to school shooters today using threat-assessment processes and facility security upgrades.
Etna - A Murder Out of Time - by Michael Mancuso & Eric J Kerchner (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 264Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: HistoricalFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Virtualbookworm.com PublishingAge Range: AdultAuthor: Michael Mancuso & Eric J KerchnerLanguage: English Book Synopsis Almost one hundred forty years after the vicious and unsolved murder of the beautiful 17-year-old daughter of a well-to-do local family, a seasoned prosecutor and detective of the Monroe County Pennsylvania District Attorney's Office team up to solve this coldest of cases. By using the techniques, methods, and insights acquired over the course of their careers they pursue the crime in all its details, recognizing the limitations and failings of the original investigators, uncovering leads long ago forgotten, and using the passage of the years to connect suspects to the crime. Their mission is to fulfill a centuries old mandate issued by a long forgotten grand jury directing their predecessors to 'use all resources to ferret out the murder of Etna Bittenbender'. Their journey through the darkest inner recesses of the human soul gives form and shape to an innocent life brutally snuffed out and of a depraved crime both of which had been reduced to nothing more than a dim memory.
True Crime Chronicles - by Mike Rothmiller (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 300Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: HistoricalSeries Title: True Crime ChroniclesFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Wildblue PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Mike RothmillerLanguage: English Book Synopsis What do Wyatt Earp, Belle Gunness, Big Foot the Renegade, Billy the Kid, and Dr. H.H. Holmes, and The Black Hand have in common?They were all subjects of true crime newspaper reporting in the 1800s, and now these stories and that of many others are brought together in their original form in a two-volume set: TRUE CRIME CHRONICLES: Serial Killers, Outlaws, and Justice ... Real Crime Stories From The 1800s.Compiled and commented on by New York Times bestselling author Mike Rothmiller, these classic works of journalism resurrect astonishing stories that will take the reader back to when these horrific tales mesmerized a nation. Some may find these articles and their descriptions of people and crimes shocking by today's standards, but they are representative of the most colorful true crime stories of the day.TRUE CRIME CHRONICLES, Volume One, includes stories about Belle Gunness, who had a penchant for killing men and feeding them to her hogs, Dr. Holmes and his "murder castle," The Bloody Benders, and Amelia Dyer, the "baby farmer," the darker side of Wyatt Earp, and the forerunners of the American Mafia, "The Black Hand." Imagine yourself accompanying these reporters visiting the crime scenes, interviewing witnesses, and penning the stories of murder, lynchings, evil, and swift frontier justice.
EZ Prey - (EZ Prey Trilogy) by Keith Childs (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 150Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderSeries Title: EZ Prey TrilogyFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Mpower Group Entertainment / PublishingAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: Keith ChildsLanguage: English About the Book A psychological thriller about a Black Female Serial Killer. She is on a quest to seek vengeance for the death of her parents, which she witnessed at the age of five. Book Synopsis Back Cover Ez Prey"Be careful what you pray for"A Keith Childs' novel*Suspense * Psychological Thriller *Mystery Mallory Bell is a successful, powerful entrepreneur. As an only child, she was born into a wealthy family. However, one fateful day, at the age of five, she loses everything when she witnesses her parents' murder by her father's powerful business partner.Thus, her journey begins, as she becomes one of the most prolific serial killers of our time. Once her parents are gone, she has nothing. Out of what she sees as pure survival, while still a teenager, she uses her stunning beauty and drop-dead sex appeal to prey upon older, successful businessmen. What starts out as just a robbery to eat quickly grows into a killing frenzy, driven by anger and revenge.Finally, she meets a handsome prey that turns out to be the one man she can love, but, ironically, is also the one who can bring her down.In her obsession to rid the world of greedy, conniving businessmen, Mallory Bell becomes Mallory Kilpatrick, a sexy and highly-educated businesswoman with everything going for her. Little is known of her dark secret and her thirst for blood as she lives a double life! "Men are such Easy Prey," she would whisper in the ear of all her victims, right before she took their lives! Review Quotes I read the book and it was outstanding Hott, Sexy & a Thriller Keith Childs takes you on the ride of a lifetime & Mallory Bell is one sexy character. The wait is over. Finally "EZ PREY" is here! Thrilling and Entertaining, like the experience on a crazy roller coaster ride. - W.H. Smith​Thrilling & Sexy in the extreme, a definite page-flipper, Get ready to meet Ms. Mallory Bell. - KWC​Carol Smith/ Chief Editor
Fractured - A Story of Broken Ties - (The Abington) by Renee Propes (Hardcover)
Number of Pages: 322Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: Abductions, Kidnappings & Missing PersonsSeries Title: The AbingtonFormat: HardcoverPublisher: Kimmer GroupAge Range: AdultAuthor: Renee PropesLanguage: English Book Synopsis Sixty-three-year-old Laura Whelchel never imagined a life without her husband, Henry. But when he succumbs to cancer, a life without him becomes a stark reality. Faced with picking up the pieces, Laura soon discovers long-hidden secrets her husband kept that threatened her and her family's future.Laura's problems surface the weekend of Henry's funeral when she discovers the personal issues of her daughters. When her middle daughter, Julia, arrives in town with a man who looks a lot like a younger version of her husband, Laura is intrigued by the resemblance, and consequently, she imagines the worst. However, it's her attorney's mention of his family's role in a drug cartel that is perhaps the link to her deceased husband's past. Unable to confirm the secrets, Laura keeps quiet until the girls show up for a sentimental last weekend on the family farm with their beloved horses. Readers should brace themselves because the people in this fictitious town of Abington are about to embark on a dangerous, twenty-four-hour roller coaster ride that changes the lens through which they view the world. Fractured - A Story of Broken Ties is a southern literary suspense novel. It's a story of betrayal, shattered relationships, love, and acceptance. The town of Abington has produced a thriller you won't soon forget. Review Quotes None
Inadmissible - by Kimbra Eberly (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 428Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Xlibris UsAge Range: AdultAuthor: Kimbra EberlyLanguage: English Book Synopsis The story of Lizzie Borden revolves around one of the most sensational unsolved crimes in American history. Andrew and Abby Borden, Lizzie's father and stepmother, were killed in a horrifying double axe murder. Their violent deaths occurred in the nineteenth century, at a time when women were ruled by the heavy hand of patriarchy, and still had no legal rights. Also in this era, the Women's Suffrage movement emerged as a powerful force that began to shift society toward greater freedom and legal protections for women. As I looked deeply into the Borden case, I discovered numerous murderous women in the Victorian era whose circumstances echoed elements of Lizzie's story. They, too, struggled with harshly restrictive laws and cultural norms that deprived them of so much. Did these unendurable pressures and expectations drive all of them to murder? About the Author Kimbra Eberly grew up in York, Pennsylvania, and moved to New York City, where she successfully pursued a career in music. When she happened to accompany a friend on vacation, they stayed at The Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast/Museum. The trip kindled Kimbra's interest in unsolved crime, and she subsequently studied at the College of Staten Island, with a concentration in forensic psychology. Kimbra worked as a researcher for the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center for eight years. She travelled the country extensively and collected data for varied studies to improve government programs. She is an accomplished artist in diverse fields. You can visit her website at www.kimbraeberly.net. Kimbra lives happily in Staten Island, New York, with her partner and their two cats.
The Man in the Mirror - by William Darling (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 78Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Page Publishing, Inc.Age Range: AdultAuthor: William DarlingLanguage: English Book Synopsis Two American citizens, who never even had a traffic ticket, are suddenly caught in a web of entrapment, perjury, and murder, and all due to the fact that the government and three foreigners had conspired with the DOJ, FBI, and the judicial system. The governments reasoning behind suborning perjury from the author and his wife was to reward for a foreign bounty hunter who was using the justice department as his own personal investigative body.This travesty of justice cost the author two years of his life and millions of dollars of investments. These practices are ongoing and the injustices are evident today, especially if you consider the arrest and sentencing of General Flynn, Roger Stone, And many others, too numerous to mention.
Chasing Alice - by Stephanie L Fowler (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 264Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Salt Water Media, LLCAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Stephanie L FowlerLanguage: English Book Synopsis On Sunday, September 4th, 2011, Alice Davis, a respected and beloved English teacher at Parkside High School in Salisbury, Maryland, vanished. Her disappearance shocked the community and left her family, friends, fellow teachers, and students fearing the worst. Within days, her husband, Jess Davis, committed suicide just as the police were closing in on him as their prime suspect. Alice's body was soon discovered in the woods near their home and the terrible crime came to a swift conclusion.But what remains? For one of Alice's students, Stephanie L. Fowler, the heartbreaking loss of her high school mentor set her on a journey to honor the teacher she loved. Part memoir, true crime, biography, and cautionary tale, Chasing Alice examines Alice's life, reveals the dangers of isolation and domestic violence, and seeks to preserve the legacy of a woman who touched the lives of many.
Stories from the Old Yard - by J M Fitzmaurice (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 284Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Page Publishing, Inc.Age Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: J M FitzmauriceLanguage: English Book Synopsis In his book Stories from the Old Yard: Book One, the Murders, J. M. Fitzmaurice chronicles two decades of brutal murder inside the MAX-custody federal penitentiaries at Lompoc, California, and other Bureau of Prisons facilities. From Lompoc to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and Florence, Colorado, to Marion, Illinois, Fitzmaurice reveals the backstory behind the brutal killings carried out in medieval fashion by deadly prison gangs and ruthless predators on the federal penitentiary circuit. Interlaced with humanity, humor, and compassion, Stories from the Old Yard is much more than regurgitated investigative reports-it captures the courage and heroism of the young men and women who risk their lives daily to protect one another and Convict Nation alike! Some of these BOP staff gave their lives in this mission, and Fitzmaurice pays them the tribute they earned by making the ultimate sacrifice! The afterword includes a sneak peek from book two, More Stories from the Old Yard!
Agent Under Fire - by Victor Avila (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 196Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: Organized CrimeFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Liberty Hill PublishingAge Range: AdultAuthor: Victor AvilaLanguage: English About the Book Agent under fire: a murder and a manifesto is a true story of unprecedented corruption, international intrigue, human trafficking, money laundering, drug-running, mass murders, and government evasion. Chalk full of page-turning stories and revelatory insights into Mexico's criminal underworld, this book moves beyond the everyday true crime memoir and delves into the larger question of what it means for a family man to put his life on the line every day to topple some of the cruelest criminal organizations known to mankind. The book also serves as a manifesto, exploring solutions to misguided immigration policies and offering a unique perspective on what it will take to control our southern border and protect vulnerable American families"--Back cover. Book Synopsis "Former ICE Special Agent Victor Avila's story of survival and courage is a harrowing must read. His dedication to obtaining justice for his partner, Jaime Zapata, who was murdered just inches away while on assignment in Mexico, is honorable and a reflection of his character. The government coverup of what happened and their retaliation against him for telling the truth is unforgivable. You won't be able to put this book down." -Katie Pavlich, Townhall Editor, Fox News contributor and Best-selling author Agent Under Fire: A Murder and a Manifesto is a true story of unprecedented corruption, international intrigue, human trafficking, money laundering, drug-running, mass murders, and government evasion. Chalk full of page-turning stories and revelatory insights into Mexico's criminal underworld, this book moves beyond the everyday true crime memoir and delves into the larger question of what it means for a family man to put his life on the line every day to topple some of the cruelest criminal organizations known to mankind. The book also serves as a manifesto, exploring solutions to misguided immigration policies and offering a unique perspective on what it will take to control our southern border and protect vulnerable American families. Victor Avila is a retired Supervisory Special Agent with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). While on assignment in Mexico, Special Agent Avila suffered multiple gunshot wounds and survived a violent ambush by the Los Zetas drug cartel. Special Agent Jaime Zapata was killed. Mr. Avila has been recognized for Excellence in Law Enforcement by the ICE Hispanic Agents Association; and has received The Director's Award for Operation in Plain Sight in Mexico; Homeland Security Investigations Excellence in Public Service Award; The Valor Award by the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA); and many other awards and honors. He is an advocate for border security, immigration reform, human trafficking awareness and the protection of our sovereignty - and has been featuredon FoxNews, i24News, Univision, OANN and various Radio and Podcast interviews.
A Daughter's Deadly Deception - by Jeremy Grimaldi (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 336Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Dundurn GroupAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Jeremy GrimaldiLanguage: English About the Book Jennifer Pan seemed to be fulfilling her immigrant parents' dreams: a straight-A student working towards a pharmacology degree. In reality, her golden life was a carefully cultivated facade, covering up an explosive secret life. When her deceptions started to unravel, Jennifer's desperate escape plan left a city in shock. Book Synopsis 2017 Arthur Ellis Award, Best Nonfiction Book -- Winner A sinister plot by a young woman left her mother dead and her father riddled with bullets. From the outside looking in, Jennifer Pan seemed like a model daughter living a perfect life. The ideal child, the one her immigrant parents saw, was studying to become a pharmacist at the University of Toronto. But there was a dark, deceptive side to the angelic young woman. In reality, Jennifer spent her days in the arms of her high school sweetheart, Daniel. In an attempt to lead the life she dreamed of, she would do almost anything: lie about her whereabouts, forge school documents, and invent fake jobs and a fictitious apartment. For many years she led this double life. But when her father discovered her web of lies, his ultimatum was severe. And so, too, was her revenge: a plan that culminated in cold-blooded murder. And it almost worked, except for one bad shot. The story of Jennifer Pan is one of all-consuming love and devious betrayal that led to a cold-hearted plan hatched by a group of youths who thought they could pull off the perfect crime. Review Quotes A hair-raising and revealing account of this harrowing case.-- "Crime Traveller"A psychological thriller that is not so much a whodunit as a how-done-it and why-done-it.-- "South China Morning Post"Jeremy Grimaldi has taken his place as one of Canada's premier true crime authors.-- "Kidnapping, Murder, and Mayhem"The book is pure story: chronological, downhill, fast.-- "Globe and Mail" About the Author Jeremy Grimaldi is a journalist who has travelled through forty countries and worked in both Canada and the UK. He is currently the Crime and Justice Reporter for YorkRegion.com. While working as a court reporter, he covered the Jennifer Pan story for ten months. He lives in Toronto.
Dream Trails - by Larry Pope (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 142Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Fulton BooksAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Larry PopeLanguage: English Book Synopsis This book tells a story where you have to always know who your friends are, who you can and cannot trust, your whereabouts, and how to come together to resolve a case! A mystery where people within your inner circle become part of suspicion. A person might seem like a good person, but always know that everyone has unknown secrets. They could be of the good or of the worst. Beware!
Ladies of Death - (Serial Killer Encyclopedia) Large Print by Blind Destiny (Paperback)
Edition: Large PrintNumber of Pages: 52Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderSeries Title: Serial Killer EncyclopediaFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Halcyon Time LtdAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: Blind DestinyLanguage: English About the Book When we think about the most infamous of these killers, we generally think of men like Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, or John Wayne Gacy... Those names make headlines while there's the often-repeated myth that suggests there are no female serial killers. Book Synopsis When we think about the most infamous of these killers, we generally think of men like Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, or John Wayne Gacy... Those names make headlines while there's the often-repeated myth that suggests there are no female serial killers. After all, most of us couldn't name a woman on the same scale of infamy at BTK or the elusive Zodiac Killer, can we? As it so often is, the truth is far more complicated. Women kill. While they are less sensationalized than their male counterparts, they are no less deadly. At the time of publication, current research shows that one in six serial killers is female, bringing their number to fifteen percent of confirmed serial killers.Inside this spine-chilling coloring book, you'll discover 23 Of History's Most Ruthless Female Serial Killers, depicted with stunning and detailed illustrations for you to color. You'll find: Rosemary WestGesche GottfriedMyra HindleyMary BellDarya Nikolayevna SaltykovaLavinia FisherAileen WuornosKarla HomolkaGwen Graham And Cathy WoodAnd More...With single-sided pages to prevent bleed and make tearing out your favorites easy, as well as high-resolution images, this book is perfect for those with a morbid curiosity of the monsters who walk among us. Ideal as a gift - or just for yourself - this book puts on show the world's worst killers in stunning detail, with symbolism to link them to their crimes and weapons of choice.
The Spirit of Linda - by Bonnie Ritter (Hardcover)
Number of Pages: 162Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: HardcoverPublisher: Covenant BooksAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Bonnie RitterLanguage: English About the Book Based primarily on true events. It is a poignant story about six sisters and their mother. Relate yourself and feel the drama of the characters with their loves, heartaches, and the mystery of family secrets. Share their heartfelt tragedies along with unexplained supernatural events. Then brace yourself for an ultimate vindication. Book Synopsis The Spirit of Linda is based primarily on true events. It is a poignant story about six sisters and their mother. Relate yourself and feel the drama of the characters with their loves, heartaches, and the mystery of family secrets. Share their heartfelt tragedies along with unexplained supernatural events. Then brace yourself for an ultimate vindication.
Sleep, My Child, Forever - by John Coston (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 252Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Open Road MediaAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: John CostonLanguage: English Book Synopsis The dark double life of Ellen Boehm, the mother who murdered her two sons--and nearly killed her daughter. Ellen Boehm, a single mom from St. Louis, Missouri, appeared devoted to her children. But in reality, she was unequipped for motherhood, financially strapped, and desperate. Within a year of each other, her sons, ages two and four, died mysteriously, and Boehm's eight-year-old daughter then suffered a near-fatal mishap when a hair dryer fell into the girl's bath. While neighbors wondered how Boehm remained so calm through it all, Det. Sgt. Joseph Burgoon of St. Louis Homicide had darker suspicions. Burgoon soon unraveled a labyrinth of deception, greed, and obsession that revealed a cold-blooded killer whose get-rich-quick scheme came at the cost of her children's lives. Boehm had taken out insurance policies on her children with six different companies totaling nearly $100,000. Using police reports, case documents, and photos, journalist John Coston recreates the events that led to one mother's unspeakable acts of filicide--and a cop's relentless pursuit of the truth. About the Author John Coston is a veteran journalist and a former news editor on the national desk at the Wall Street Journal. He has written for the Watertown Daily Times, the Hartford Courant, and the Miami Herald. Coston is the author of two true crime books, To Kill and Kill Again and Sleep, My Child, Forever.
Black Resistance to British Policing - (Racism, Resistance and Social Change) by Adam Elliott-Cooper (Hardcover)
Number of Pages: 240Genre: Social ScienceSub-Genre: CriminologySeries Title: Racism, Resistance and Social ChangeFormat: HardcoverPublisher: Manchester University PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Adam Elliott-CooperLanguage: English About the Book Using a decade of activist research, this book offers a radical analysis of grassroots black resistance to policing in twenty-first-century Britain. Book Synopsis As police racism unsettles Britain's tolerant self-image, Black resistance to British policing details the activism that made movements like Black Lives Matter possible. Elliott-Cooper analyses racism beyond prejudice and the interpersonal - arguing that black resistance confronts a global system of racial classification, exploitation and violence. Imperial cultures and policies, as well as colonial war and policing highlight connections between these histories and contemporary racisms. But this is a book about resistance, considering black liberation movements in the 20th century while utilising a decade of activist research covering spontaneous rebellion, campaigns and protest in the 21st century. Drawing connections between histories of resistance and different kinds of black struggle against policing is vital, it is argued, if we are to challenge the cutting edge of police and prison power which harnesses new and dangerous forms of surveillance, violence and criminalisation. From the Back Cover 'Without a doubt, Elliott-Cooper is a critical voice anchoring urgent conversations about the dynamics of Black resistance in the UK. Powerfully argued and compelling.' Kennetta Hammond Perry, Director of the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre and author of London is the Place for Me 'A must-read for researchers, organisers and students. The book builds toward abolition, understood as the capacity for self-determination, not only for people like those vividly portrayed in these pages, but for all who struggle to end oppression.' Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of Golden Gulag 'A comprehensive and timely examination of the function and practices of the police as a control apparatus of the state as they seek to regulate black people's presence in the society and its institutions.' Gus John, Associate Professor, UCL Institute of Education and author of Moss Side 1981 'Brother Adam Elliott-Cooper has given us an important slice of Black British history. Grounded not just in solid academic research, but also in front line work serving and working with communities. Adam's grasp of both history and the reality on the ground today makes for an impressive read as he brings to life the characters and communities resisting policing.' Akala Britain has long viewed itself as tolerant and open, but institutional police racism continues to unsettle and challenge this interpretation. Black resistance to British policing offers the first detailed account of grassroots anti-racist resistance. From twentieth-century liberation movements, to the 2011 'riots' and into present day Black Lives Matter protests, Elliott-Cooper traces how colonial legacies and modern state power are used to classify, control, exploit and perpetrate violence. Using a decade of research into activism, spontaneous rebellion and campaigning, Elliott-Cooper uncovers how British racism stretches back much further than the Windrush scandal, and beyond the shores of the mainland, to its imperial cultures and policies across the Empire. The police and prison systems are beyond reform, Elliott-Cooper argues, and to imagine a world free from racism we must work towards a system free from the violence and exploitation that makes racism possible. Review Quotes 'Brother Adam Elliot Cooper has given us an important slice of Black British history. Grounded not just in solid academic research, but also in front line work serving and working with communities. Adam's grasp of both history and the reality on the ground today makes for an impressive read as he brings to life the characters and communities resisting policing.' Akala, rapper, activist, poet, and author of Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire 'Without a doubt Adam Elliott-Cooper is a critical voice anchoring urgent conversations about the dynamics of Black resistance in the UK. Powerfully argued and compelling, his new book calls our attention to the gendered experience of state violence, the indispensable roles that Black women have played in shaping campaigns about racist policing in the UK and the imperial logics that have persisted in sanctioning the criminalisation of Black life and Black cultural forms. Moreover, this is a book that is insistent on employing history as tool for understanding the durability of anti-Black racial thinking and as a prism of knowledge that can inform our strategies of resistance to police violence in the present.' Kennetta Hammond Perry, Director of the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre and author of London is the Place for Me: Black Britons, Citizenship and the Politics of Race 'Black resistance to British policing is a must-read for researchers, organisers, or students. Carefully attentive to gender, age, and sector Elliott-Cooper shows how, as Stuart Hall argued, "race is the modality through which class is lived." Stretching through time and across colonial and metropolitan space, the book shows continuity and change in organisational forms - from labor and social movements to families to community centres - through which resistance takes shape, extends, and endures. The book builds toward abolition understood as the capacity for self-determination, not only for people like those vividly portrayed in these pages, but for all who struggle to end oppression.' Ruth Wilson Gilmore, author of The Golden Gulag 'This book provides a comprehensive and timely examination of the function and practices of the police as a control apparatus of the state as they seek to regulate black people's presence in the society and its institutions. The book is a must read, especially for young people, parents, teachers and those who shape education, youth and criminal justice policy.' Gus John, Associate Professor, UCL Institute of Education and author of Moss Side 1981: More Than Just a Riot About the Author Adam Elliott-Cooper is a research associate in sociology at the University of Greenwich
Beyond Recidivism - by Andrea Leverentz & Elsa Y Chen & Johnna Christian (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 400Genre: Social ScienceSub-Genre: CriminologyFormat: PaperbackPublisher: New York University PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Andrea Leverentz & Elsa Y Chen & Johnna ChristianLanguage: English About the Book ""Beyond Recidivism" explores new approaches to research on prisoner reentry and reintegration"-- Book Synopsis Understanding reentry experiences after incarceration Prison in the United States often has a revolving door, with droves of formerly incarcerated people ultimately finding themselves behind bars again. In Beyond Recidivism, Andrea Leverentz, Elsa Y. Chen, and Johnna Christian bring together a leading group of interdisciplinary scholars to examine this phenomenon using several approaches to research on recently released prisoners returning to their lives. They focus on the social context of reentry and look at the stories returning prisoners tell, including such key issues as when they choose to reveal (or not) their criminal histories. Drawing on contemporary studies, contributors examine the best ideas that have emerged over the last decade to understanding the challenges prisoners face upon reentering society. Together, they present a complete picture of prisoner reentry, including real-world recommendations for policies to ensure the well-being of returning prisoners, regardless of their past mistakes. Review Quotes Beyond Recidivism is an exceptional contribution to the burgeoning literature on prisoner reentry and is a must read for both scholars and policymakers working in this field. Scholars will appreciate the methodological insights it provides on collecting data in prisons, in jails, and among reentry populations as well as the recognition of how the intersection of race and gender shape the experiences of returning offenders. Policymakers should take note of the inherent shortcomings of recidivism measures, the availability of programs for returning offenders and, most notably, the import of research for correctional policy. Simply put, this is a stunning contribution to research on prisoner reentry.--Candace Kruttschnitt, co-editor of Gender and Crime: Patterns in Victimization and OffendingA timely and important volume at the cutting edge of research on prisoner reentry and reintegration, Beyond Recidivism delivers on its promise to skillfully examine critical questions regarding the social, economic, and cultural lives of the formerly incarcerated and their families. This book is essential reading for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working to address the harms of mass incarceration.--David Harding, co-author of On the Outside: Prisoner Reentry and ReintegrationSocial workers, criminologists, criminal justice professionals, and sociologists would find this book particularly informative in developing research studies. Policy makers, practitioners, and people working at agencies would also find the book useful in understanding the reentering population and the benefits and limitations of risk-needs assessment instruments.-- "Theoretical Criminology"There are many insightful ways to understand the consequences of prison than a simple reliance on recidivism. This book describes a wonderful range of them. It is a cure for the recidivism obsession.--Todd R. Clear, co-author of The Punishment Imperative: The Rise and Failure of Mass Incarceration in America About the Author Andrea Leverentz is Associate Professor of Sociology at University of Massachusetts Boston. She is the author of The Ex-Prisoner's Dilemma: How Women Negotiate Competing Narratives of Reentry and Desistance. Elsa Y. Chen is Professor of Political Science and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at Santa Clara University. Johnna Christian is Associate Professor at the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-Newark.
'Til Death Do Us...' - by Patrick Gallagher (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 240Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Wildblue PressAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Patrick GallagherLanguage: English Book Synopsis INCLUDES LOVE LETTERS FROM THE VICTIM TO THE DEFENDANT HIDDEN OVER 70 YEARS!In August 1945, Gladys Lincoln of Sacramento contacted prosperous Dr. W. D. Broadhurst of Caldwell, Idaho, and rekindled a romance from twenty years earlier. After many passionate letter exchanges and several sexually-charged meetings, they were married in Reno, Nevada on May 20, 1946. After a passion-filled three-day weekend together, the doctor returned to his home in Idaho, and Gladys returned to Sacramento ... and to her husband, Leslie Lincoln! But Gladys was much more than a bigamist.Gladys needed something even she didn't understand. She married her first husband when she was 20, and her second husband only 14 months later. The second marriage lasted only two years, the third less than 16 months. Leslie Lincoln was her fifth, and Dr. Broadhurst became her sixth. But what desperate need drove her to go from marriage to marriage?Then what dark mindset moved her and her young cowboy chauffeur to commit murder? Find out in 'TIL DEATH DO US...' the gripping new true crime from WildBlue Press author Patrick Gallagher, whose grandfather was Gladys' lead defense attorney during her sensational trial.
Innocence Beyond The Glass House - by Adam Wolfe (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 136Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Page Publishing, Inc.Age Range: AdultAuthor: Adam WolfeLanguage: English Book Synopsis On December 3, 1996, at 4:10 pm, Judge Michael Lyon of the District Court of Weber County, State of Utah, sent a man to prison for a crime committed and confessed to by another man. Prior to imposing the final sentence, Judge Lyon made the following remarks: I dont know that there is a more difficult case where a judge does more soul searching in a case where a person staunchly denies culpability and at every turn in the system pleads his innocence. We know that there are cases where people are punished for crimes they didnt do. It would just be utterly repugnant for me to think that I could send a man to prison for a crime that he did not commit I only wish I could look inside your heart. I cant And the only thing I can do today is do what I think is the right thing to do. And I dont know whats right, and so Im just doing the best that I can. His best sent an innocent man to prison for five years, placed him on a state sex offender registry for ten years, and was a life sentence of hatred and abuse because of a fabricated label and conviction. Innocence Beyond the Glass HouseA Story of Injustice and the Final Battle for Freedom is the beginning and ending of the story. Its the truth about how one innocent man suffered then lived to tell the tale. Its a book about rebirth and trying to find peace and discovery that came at great cost. Its a look at the criminal justice system at its worst and shows how Lady Justice is not only blind but habitually deaf and dumb. This work is about survival, self-reflection, the indomitable human soul, and about love then hate, friends then enemies, acceptance followed by complete rejection from every segment of humanity, while exhibiting unparalleled endurance and hope and confidence in divine beings, which gave the author the capacity to abide lifelong suffering.
My Life as a Prosecutor - by Fred Riley (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 454Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Speaking VolumesAge Range: AdultAuthor: Fred RileyLanguage: English Book Synopsis At the age of ten, Fred Riley joined a gang of kids from his neighborhood corner in a section of Revere, MA called Beachmont. Later this gang merged with another Beachmont gang and together they faced the hostilities of two notorious Boston gangs, involved in the underworld wars of the late 50's thru the 70' s that led to numerous deaths. These confrontations were personal for Fred. The South Boston gang led by Donald Killeen & Whitey Bulger was called the "Gustin Street Gang," the East Boston gang was led by the infamous Joe "the animal" Barboza. A transformative event takes place as Fred is faced with the decision to kill an adversary. In a troubled state of mind, Fred walks aimlessly around Boston and ends up on Beacon Hill facing Suffolk University. The Athletic Director, Mr. Law, had offered Fred a basketball scholarship when he was in high school. Mr. Law was in his office that day and remembered Fred. He was instrumental in getting Fred accepted to Suffolk University. Fred's choice that fateful day led to a distinguished career prosecuting organized crime figures and public corruption at the highest level of state government while serving four governors.
Who Killed Bummy Davis? - by John L Barbella (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 218Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Dorrance Publishing Co.Age Range: AdultAuthor: John L BarbellaLanguage: English Book Synopsis Who Killed Bummy Davis?By: John L. Barbella The story of the Legendary American boxer, Al "Bummy" Davis, was cut short all too soon on the night of November 21, 1945. While drinking in a bar, a group of men entered the establishment with something more than booze on their minds. The group had already robbed other establishments that night, but this would be their last stop. In the end, Bummy Davis would be lying outside, dead. But who killed him?Who Killed Bummy Davis? is a history and an account of the life, career, and tragic death of a talented boxer whose career and life ended suddenly, leaving many unanswered questions. Learn about the history of boxing, gangs, and turf wars during this tumultuous time in New York City, and maybe an answer to who killed Al "Bummy" Davis. About the AuthorJohn L. Barbella is a former New York City police sergeant, former amateur boxer, and boxing historian.
Four Shots in Oskie - by Justin Wingerter (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 234Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Justin WingerterAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Justin WingerterLanguage: English Book Synopsis On November 5, 1999, 14-year-old Camille Arfmann stepped off a school bus in the small Kansas town of Oskaloosa and was never again seen alive. A few days later, Tom Bledsoe led the police to her body, handed over his murder weapon, and confessed to killing Camille, a quiet high school freshman. The case that outraged Oskaloosa was seemingly solved. Yet the prosecutor and police soon released Bledsoe and pinned the murder on his brother, Floyd, an innocent farmhand who was Camille's brother-in-law. Reporter Justin Wingerter followed the case for the Topeka Capital-Journaland continued to investigate for years afterward. He now brings you the full story of how Floyd Bledsoe was unjustly convicted. How and why this injustice - perpetrated by a powerful few in a small town - occurred continues to confound Oskaloosa's detectives and attorneys decades later. Told through dozens of interviews with those closest to the crime, extensive court documents, and confidential police reports, this strange story is sure to engage and enrage.
From There to Here As I Remember It! - by Leonard Szczesny (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 218Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Page Publishing, Inc.Age Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: Leonard SzczesnyLanguage: English Book Synopsis Leonard Szczesny was born in 1931 on the Polish-Russian border to a Polish family. Because in 1933 his father Josef was banished for five years of hard labor to Siberia and was not allowed to ever return to within two hundred kilometers of his village, Leonard's travels started at an early age. In 1937, with his mother Antonina and his older brother Jan, he traveled east to rejoin his father at a new place of employment. World War II broke out in 1939, and by 1943 it became clear that the Russian Army was getting the upper hand. Josef, being an "unreliable element" because of his banishment, decided that his family would have a better chance of living a peaceful life in Poland. On the way, the family had the misfortune of falling into a German roundup providing free labor for the German war industry. The rest is history: forced labor camp, several displaced persons camps, work for American and British occupational forces, and finally emigration to the United States. At that moment fortune returned: job, school, marriage, home, children...and the chance to reflect on the past and a happy ending!
American Roulette - by Sarah Beth Kaufman (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 260Genre: Social ScienceSub-Genre: CriminologyFormat: PaperbackPublisher: University of California PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Sarah Beth KaufmanLanguage: English About the Book "As the death penalty clings stubbornly to life in many states and dies off in others, this first-of-its kind ethnography of capital trials offers a fresh analysis of the inner workings of American death penalty. Sarah Beth Kaufman draws on years of ethnographic and documentary research, including hundreds of hours of courtroom observation in seven states, interviews with prosecutors, and analyses of newspaper coverage of death penalty cases. Her research exposes the logic of a system that is not explained by morality or justice and does not make sense fiscally, emotionally, or as a crime-control strategy, but instead depends on a series of social logics that go beyond the previously acknowledged problems with race and class discrimination. Taking readers inside capital courtrooms across the country, American Roulette contends that the ideals of criminal punishment have been replaced by logics of performance and politics. The result is a network that assembles the power to decide between life and death, all while suggesting that jurors take ultimate responsibility"-- Book Synopsis As the death penalty clings to life in many states and dies off in others, this first-of-its-kind ethnography takes readers inside capital trials across the United States. Sarah Beth Kaufman draws on years of ethnographic and documentary research, including hundreds of hours of courtroom observation in seven states, interviews with participants, and analyses of newspaper coverage to reveal how the American justice system decides who deserves the most extreme punishment. The "super due process" accorded capital sentencing by the United States Supreme Court is the system's best attempt at individuated sentencing. Resources not seen in most other parts of the criminal justice system, such as jurors and psychological experts, are required in capital trials, yet even these cannot create the conditions of morality or justice. Kaufman demonstrates that capital trials ultimately depend on performance and politics, resulting in the enactment of deep biases and utter capriciousness. American Roulette contends that the liberal, democratic ideals of criminal punishment cannot be enacted in the current criminal justice system, even under the most controlled circumstances. From the Back Cover "A must-read for social justice lawyers and court practitioners of all types. Kaufman makes visible our collective 'performances' in ways not discernible from the thick of the fight. This book has the potential to make real change."--Clive Stafford Smith, author of Injustice: Life and Death in the Courtrooms of America "Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this book adds something that is not currently a big part of the literature on the death penalty: a feel for how it works and a glimpse into what a capital trial is like."--Frank R. Baumgartner, Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "This highly original, one-of-a-kind study describes, with an insider's grasp of detail, how prosecutors persuade jurors to do the unthinkable and sentence a person to death. Kaufman's analysis of the sentencing court drama, its performances and its politics, brings a new level of understanding to capital punishment scholarship."--David Garland, author of Peculiar Institution: The Death Penalty in the Age of Abolition Review Quotes "This important book, whose insights fill a gap in our understanding of the death penalty . . . will be of immense value not only to scholars and practitioners in the field, but to all potential 'punitive citizens.'"-- "Punishment & Society" About the Author Sarah Beth Kaufman is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.
Alone - by Richard Logan & Tere Duperrault Fassbender (Hardcover)
Number of Pages: 179Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: HardcoverPublisher: Titletown Publishing, LLCAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Richard Logan & Tere Duperrault FassbenderLanguage: English About the Book Co-authored by a renowned psychologist and survival expert, this book delves into the details of how a little girl survived the at-sea murder of her family; the pod of whales who guarded her; and the aftermath and the recapturing of life. Book Synopsis Terry Jo Duperrault was 11 when her family was murdered at sea aboard a chartered sailboat off the coast of Florida. She jumped overboard just in time to escape. Surviving four days on a cork float in the middle of the ocean, Terry Jo's rescue pictures graced LIFE Magazine soon after she was found. This is the first time Terry Jo, now known as Tere Duperrault Fassbender, has been able to fully tell her story. In September 1988 Oprah Winfrey reunited her with the freighter captain who saved her but, even then, she was not healed enough to reveal what it took to survive for four days adrift and alone at sea. Co-authored by psychologist and survival expert Richard Logan, readers delve into the details of how a little girl survived the murder of her family; the gradual collapse of the small cork float she used to keep afloat while guarded by a small pod of whales; and the aftermath and the reclamation of life. ALONE is the ultimate inspirational tale of good." About the Author Richard D. Logan PhD is a nationally recognized expert in the psychology of solitary survival. He has been a guest on A & E and Discovery Channel. Tere Duperrault Fassbender was 11 when she was nearly swallowed by the ocean during four days at sea. Her rescue in 1961 was covered worldwide. She spent her life guarding the water that threatened her as a child.
The World Encyclopedia Of Serial Killers - (The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers) by Susan Hall (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 524Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderSeries Title: The World Encyclopedia of Serial KillersFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Wildblue PressAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: Susan HallLanguage: English Book Synopsis The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers is the most comprehensive set of its kind in the history of true crime publishing. Written and compiled by Susan Hall, the four-volume set has more than 1600 entries of male and female serial killers from around the world.Defined by the FBI as a person who murders 3 or more people over a period of time with a hiatus of weeks or months between murders, serial killers have walked among us from the dawn of time as these books will demonstrate. While the entries to these volumes will continue to grow-the FBI estimates that there are at least fifty serial killers operating in the United States at any given time-The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers is as complete as possible through the end of 2017.The series continues with Volume Four T-Z, plus the Unsolved Serial Killer Cases. The entries include the Terminator Anatoly Yuriyovych Onoprienko, Trailside Killer David Joseph Carpenter, Joseph Vacher, Vampire of Sacramento Richard Trenton Chase and the Voroshilovgrad Maniac Zaven Sarkisovich Almazyan, plus the Unsolved Serial Killer Cases of the Adelaide Child Murders, Axeman of New Orleans, Chillicothe Killer, Dead Women of Juarez, Korea Frog Boy Murders and Volga Maniac. You will find these killers and approximately 175 others plus approximately 225 Unsolved Serial Killer cases in this fourth book in the series of The World Encyclopedia of Serial Killers.
Jimmy Hoffa Is Missing-The Gap - by David W Tubman (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 188Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: Organized CrimeFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Jhim-The Gap LLCAge Range: AdultAuthor: David W TubmanLanguage: English About the Book FULL-COLOR INTERIOR with 23 images to help tell the story of the 'Long-Held Family Secret'-Never before told to the general public. Maps, diagrams, FBI Transcripts, Link to Eyewitness Home-Video tells the story in her own words on camera. Links to FOIPA transcripts and news articles to augment and validate the eyewitness account. Book Synopsis "Jimmy Hoffa Is Missing"This was the main headline that appeared on the front page of The Detroit Free Press-Metro Edition on August 1, 1975. It was the first announcement of the disappearance of James Riddle Hoffa two days after he vanished from The Machus Red Fox Restaurant in Bloomfield Township, Michigan. 'The Gap' (2:30-3:30 pm)This was the 60-Minute Gap in time that Chuckie O'Brien's alibi could never seem to fill. His alibis were scattered and difficult to pin down. They zeroed in on a 60-minute time period, which I call 'The Gap.' Where was Chuckie O'Brien from 2:30 to 3:30 pm? That would be the major thrust of their ensuing investigation that would never be resolved.The Tubman 'Family Secret' answers the question: "Whatever Happened to Jimmy Hoffa?" "Last Seen Outside Restaurant" This was the tag line printed above the main headline. Several people identified Jimmy Hoffa at the Machus Red Fox restaurant during the 2:00-2:45 pm time frame. The last known sighting of Jimmy Hoffa was around 2:30 pm as it turned right onto Telegraph Road and headed south. Nobody else has come forward to offer any fresh evidence about what happened next. Where did the Mercury go from there with Jimmy Hoffa seated in the back seat? Since 1975 the question has remained unanswered.That is-Until Now! The Cover Photos: The two photos I chose for the cover are of a maroon 1975 Mercury Marquis Brougham sedan. This is not the actual vehicle but is identical to the model car that Joey Giacalone loaned to Chuckie O'Brien. O'Brien admits that he drove the car all day long. He admits he even drove in the 'vicinity' of The Red Fox at about the same time Hoffa went missing at 2:30 pm. But insisted Jimmy Hoffa was not in the car with him.-The photograph of the rear seat depicts where Jimmy Hoffa was last seen alive as he sat in the back of the 1975 Mercury Marquis Brougham. It was going from The Red Fox to a destination unknown. "Last Seen Outside Restaurant" would be a statement repeated for the next forty-five years. Where's Jimmy Hoffa?The eyewitness statements within these pages will account for and answer that very question. This book will enhance what was known with additional facts from direct eyewitnesses that observed the Mercury as it was leaving the Red Fox. They would drive side by side with the car for the next several miles and watched as it arrived at its next stop. Anyone curious about "Whatever Happened to Jimmy Hoffa?" will be enlightened by this book. You may even believe this is the rest of the story. Review Quotes This book is about to be released to the General Public.However, the story has already been presented to the following: -The FBI-The Hoffa family/(Barbara Ann Crancer/James P. Hoffa, Jr.)-The O'Brien family/(Jack Goldsmith)-Fox News: Eric Shawn/Investigative reporter-Gangster Reports: Scott Burnstein/author/Blog host/Organized crime historian.and a few others.Comments received include: "Amazing"; "Brilliant"; "Very Interesting"; "This story's got legs"; and "Impossible."
Murder in the Mountains - by Georgia Charles (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 104Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Yorkshire PublishingAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Georgia CharlesLanguage: English Book Synopsis Murder is traumatic and affects the lives of every family member, manifesting feelings of loss, sorrow, grief, anger, and gradual acceptance of the event. Murder in the Mountains: The Justus and Meadows Family Massacre is the true story of the murders of a mother, daughter, son-in-law, and three small grandsons. Even though the murders occurred over 100 years ago, the event still evokes an emotional response today, especially from the ancestors of Elizabeth Baker Justus (known in the community as Aunt Betty).Aunt Betty was a midwife and widow living in the small, rural community of Hurley in the mountains of southwest Virginia. Her youngest daughter, Lydia, Lydia's husband, George, and their three children lived in the home with Aunt Betty. They lived a quiet and simple life until one fall evening when murder entered the small log cabin and forever altered the lives of an entire family and community. The motive for this unspeakable tragedy is as old as time - money. Aunt Betty sold a large tract of timberland to the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, a thriving business in the community.The person convicted of these murders was the Purchasing Agent for this company. Providing factual documentation, as well as the family history handed down through the generations, Georgia Charles presents the gripping and compelling story, detailing the tragic events that led to the murder of her ancestors. Murder in the Mountains: The Justus and Meadows Family Massacre is a thrilling page-turner readers will not discard until finished.
Southern Justice - by Jim Jones (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 318Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: GeneralFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Page Publishing, Inc.Age Range: AdultAuthor: Jim JonesLanguage: English Book Synopsis In 1879, Franklin County, Mississippi, George Walker Guice's seemingly normal life is forever altered as he quickly takes center stage in a feud with the neighboring Hawley family. The feud, which will end on the busy streets of Natchez, Mississippi, in 1881, quickly turns violent. Between 1879 and 1883, a very young George W. Guice will be shot by his nemesis, retaliate against his adversary, face a murder trial, lose an appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court, and surrender himself to the state penitentiary to serve a life sentence. Facing an unknown future, George Guice senses renewed life after receiving a pardon in 1886. With his newfound freedom, Guice gradually attempts to, once again, live an ordinary life. Before long, he finds work as a Jackson, Mississippi, police officer. For a time, it appears as if Guice has truly put his past behind him; however, that changes on January 14, 1893. On this day, Officers George Walker Guice and Percy Clifton Hines are directed to arrest two vagrants. While in the performance of their duty, a violent shoot-out occurs within earshot of city hall. When the gunfire stops, two men lay on the ground, fatally wounded. The following months produce two trials, an appeal to the Mississippi Supreme Court, and an unexpected twist for two young defendants. Based on true events, this story follows the short adult life of George Walker Guice and shows that Southern justice often has a way of working itself out.
American Roulette - by Sarah Beth Kaufman (Hardcover)
Number of Pages: 260Genre: Social ScienceSub-Genre: CriminologyFormat: HardcoverPublisher: University of California PressAge Range: AdultAuthor: Sarah Beth KaufmanLanguage: English About the Book "As the death penalty clings stubbornly to life in many states and dies off in others, this first-of-its kind ethnography of capital trials offers a fresh analysis of the inner workings of American death penalty. Sarah Beth Kaufman draws on years of ethnographic and documentary research, including hundreds of hours of courtroom observation in seven states, interviews with prosecutors, and analyses of newspaper coverage of death penalty cases. Her research exposes the logic of a system that is not explained by morality or justice and does not make sense fiscally, emotionally, or as a crime-control strategy, but instead depends on a series of social logics that go beyond the previously acknowledged problems with race and class discrimination. Taking readers inside capital courtrooms across the country, American Roulette contends that the ideals of criminal punishment have been replaced by logics of performance and politics. The result is a network that assembles the power to decide between life and death, all while suggesting that jurors take ultimate responsibility"-- Book Synopsis As the death penalty clings to life in many states and dies off in others, this first-of-its-kind ethnography takes readers inside capital trials across the United States. Sarah Beth Kaufman draws on years of ethnographic and documentary research, including hundreds of hours of courtroom observation in seven states, interviews with participants, and analyses of newspaper coverage to reveal how the American justice system decides who deserves the most extreme punishment. The "super due process" accorded capital sentencing by the United States Supreme Court is the system's best attempt at individuated sentencing. Resources not seen in most other parts of the criminal justice system, such as jurors and psychological experts, are required in capital trials, yet even these cannot create the conditions of morality or justice. Kaufman demonstrates that capital trials ultimately depend on performance and politics, resulting in the enactment of deep biases and utter capriciousness. American Roulette contends that the liberal, democratic ideals of criminal punishment cannot be enacted in the current criminal justice system, even under the most controlled circumstances. From the Back Cover "A must-read for social justice lawyers and court practitioners of all types. Kaufman makes visible our collective 'performances' in ways not discernible from the thick of the fight. This book has the potential to make real change."--Clive Stafford Smith, author of Injustice: Life and Death in the Courtrooms of America "Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this book adds something that is not currently a big part of the literature on the death penalty: a feel for how it works and a glimpse into what a capital trial is like."--Frank R. Baumgartner, Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "This highly original, one-of-a-kind study describes, with an insider's grasp of detail, how prosecutors persuade jurors to do the unthinkable and sentence a person to death. Kaufman's analysis of the sentencing court drama, its performances and its politics, brings a new level of understanding to capital punishment scholarship."--David Garland, author of Peculiar Institution: The Death Penalty in the Age of Abolition Review Quotes "This important book, whose insights fill a gap in our understanding of the death penalty . . . will be of immense value not only to scholars and practitioners in the field, but to all potential 'punitive citizens.'"-- "Punishment & Society" About the Author Sarah Beth Kaufman is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.
Now I Know - by Ella W Taylor (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 122Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Printpod PublishingAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Ella W TaylorLanguage: English About the Book Are you looking for a way to transform your life? If so, this book is for you. It can help you begin your journey of self-discovery. Reading this book can help you realize that as you pass through this planet we call Earth, you can choose how you want to travel-both spiritually and physically. Book Synopsis Are you looking for a way to transform your life? If so, this book is for you. It can help you begin your journey of self-discovery. Reading this book can help you realize that as you pass through this planet we call Earth, you can choose how you want to travel--both spiritually and physically.This book takes you on an excursion through tragedy, loss, shock, pain, acceptance, and self-discovery, culminating in a newness of life. It explains that your journey here on earth can be peaceful and tranquil when you exercise a strong belief in your Creator and in yourself. It is a book of insights, tips, and life lessons. It supports the idea that you can have what your heart desires when you clearly identify what you want and ask for it: ask, believe, and receive.Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Dead Wrong - by Randall Sullivan (Hardcover)
Number of Pages: 320Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: HardcoverPublisher: Atlantic Monthly PressAge Range: AdultBook theme: GeneralAuthor: Randall SullivanLanguage: English About the Book Acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan delivers an explosive investigation into the murder of the Notorious B.I.G., with exclusive material from the FBI investigation and his estate's wrongful death suit against the City of Los Angeles. Book Synopsis "[An] engrossing, damning tale of widespread unchecked corruption in one of the nation's largest police departments, one that deserves attention . . . Exhaustively researched . . . The most thorough examination of these much-publicized events."--Boston Globe, on LAbyrinth In 2002, acclaimed journalist Randall Sullivan's groundbreaking book LAbyrinth ignited a firestorm with its startling disclosures about corruption in the LAPD. It told the story of Russell Poole, a highly decorated LAPD detective, who uncovered a cabal of "gangsta cops" tied to Marion "Suge" Knight's notorious rap label, Death Row Records, and allegedly to the murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. Over twenty years later, no one has been held accountable for their killings. Now Dead Wrong tells the story of the last sixteen years in the B.I.G. investigations, and uncovers the conspiracy of silence that met the estate's wrongful death suit against the City. Back in 2001, an eyewitness identified the man who shot Biggie as Amir Muhammad, a man who was former LAPD officer, Death Row associate, and convicted bank robber David Mack's college roommate and the only man to visit him in prison. Poole's investigation was repeatedly directed away from Mack and Muhammad, and the wrongful death lawsuit sought to make the city explain why--but instead, investigators encountered a disturbing pattern of selective investigation, hidden evidence, and possible witness tampering. Exclusive interviews with the FBI's lead investigator of the Biggie murder demonstrate a conspiracy that went to the top, and which implicates some of the most powerful men in law enforcement nationally. A gripping investigation into murder, police corruption, and the corridors of power in Los Angeles, Dead Wrong is full of shocking revelations about a mystery that continues to hold us twenty years on. Review Quotes Praise for Randall Sullivan and LAbyrinth "[Sullivan] has an incredible reputation as an investigative journalist. He has really gotten under the skin of hip-hop and police culture in Los Angeles and there are so many possibilities here."--New American "Sullivan does a masterly job of juggling the dense thicket of facts . . . But he's also busy revving the engine, encouraging Poole to connect any dots left untouched."--Salon.com "Labyrinth is a jeremiad, leveling everything in its path."--Los Angeles Magazine "Compelling . . . No single source presents so complete or damning a record as LAbyrinth."--Entertainment Weekly "The evidence cited that links crooked cops to Death Row Records, and Death Row Records to murderers of rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, is incredibly thorough and surprisingly credible."--Flaunt Magazine"Sullivan makes a strong case for thinking that the murders of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls are connected, and the LAPD Ramparts Division scandal is connected to them . . . You haven't got the goods on any of these notorious cases until you read this intricate show-biz true crime thriller."--Booklist About the Author Randall Sullivan was a contributing editor to Rolling Stone for over twenty years. He is the author of The Price of Experience, LAbyrinth, The Miracle Detective, and Untouchable. His work has been published in, among many other places, Esquire, Outside, Men's Journal, Washington Post, and the Guardian. He lives in Oregon.
John Wayne Gacy Hunting a Predator - by John Borowski (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 302Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Waterfront ProductionsAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: John BorowskiLanguage: English Book Synopsis On December 21, 1978, John Wayne Gacy was arrested. Upon an initial search of the crawlspace beneath his ranch house in Norwood Park Township, Illinois, the authorities discovered the remains of several bodies. Eventually, the skeletal remains of 29 young men were unearthed on Gacy's property. Another 4 bodies were pulled from the river where Gacy dumped them off the Smith Bridge in Channahon, Illinois, bringing the body count to 33 total. In 1978 Gacy held the title of America's most prolific serial killer. For the first time in print, John Wayne Gacy: Hunting A Predator contains the police and other legal files covering the pursuit, arrest, and confession of Gacy.
In the Footsteps of Jack the Ripper - by Alan Robson Mbe (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 122Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderSeries Title: In the Footsteps ofFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Britain's Next BestsellerAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: Alan Robson MbeLanguage: English Book Synopsis Who was he? How can any man rip women to pieces and yet remain invisible in the most crowded city in Europe? Was it the infamous Masonic Plot? Was it a conspiracy to protect a member of the Royal Family? So many questions, so many misguided opinions and frankly a subject that is surrounded by so much spin and innuendo the truth has become inconsequential. Do we prefer to wonder at the incredible disappearing act of one of humanities most sadistic butchers or, deep down, do we want to know the name of the man who was Jack the Ripper? And for the first time, an investigation has taken place to include details of ghost hunts and recordings made whilst roaming the dark streets of Whitechapel. You will uncover the truth here and now.
Killers Keep Secrets - by James Huddle (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 200Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: James N HuddleAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: James HuddleLanguage: English About the Book In April 2018, the long-unsolved Golden State Killer case burst wide open with the shocking arrest of 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo. But no one was more stunned than the people closest to him: his family. In this spellbinding firsthand account, Jim Huddle, shares the true story of the man charged with brutal, brazen rapes and murders. Book Synopsis In April 2018, the long-unsolved Golden State Killer case burst wide open with the shocking arrest of 72-year-old Joseph James DeAngelo, a former police officer. But no one was more stunned than the people closest to him: his family. In this spellbinding firsthand account, Jim Huddle, DeAngelo's brother-in-law, shares the true story of the man charged with brutal, brazen rapes and murders. From 1974 to 1986, the Golden State Killer (also known as the East Area Rapist, Visalia Ransacker, and Original Night Stalker) terrorized Californians with as many as 50 rapes, 13 murders, and countless other crimes from stalking to burglary. The perpetrator slipped through law enforcement's fingers again and again, leaving cases cold, victims without justice, and the public in fear. All the while, the Golden State Killer was hiding in plain sight. DeAngelo wove a web of deception, hiding his secret life for decades and fooling even those closest to him into thinking he was a normal person. But in this reflective tale, Jim shares the strange behavior that stands out, giving clues to DeAngelo's dark secrets. To Jim, DeAngelo was his sister's husband, a man he trusted with his children, a man he thought he knew for 48 years. Walk through Jim's memories of DeAngelo, from their shared hobbies to red flags in DeAngelo's behavior that stand out sharply in hindsight. Jim also dispels myths about serial killers, and shares the similarities between DeAngelo and other infamous serial murderers. Find out what it was like to be charmed by a serial killer who escaped justice for over thirty years. Review Quotes This will give you valuable insight about how the killer hid in plain sight for years and how the family dealt with the ensuing aftermath. The author is likable and I enjoyed this book. It's a perfect book for someone to wants to learn more about the killer they've seen all over the news, but perhaps doesn't have the stomach to do a case-by-case deep dive. It's a quick, easy read that anybody interested in the case would enjoy. - Mercedes M. Yardley, author of the Stoker award-winning novel Little Red Dead"Initially the title grabbed my attention and to find it was true crime, I couldn't wait to read it. I am by no means a fast reader, but to read a book in little over a day as I did with Killers Keep Secrets is saying something."-NetGalley Review"Another book about the Golden State Killer, which meant that the only way to impress me would be to learn some things I didn't already know. And let me tell you, this book did just this. It was so interesting to see what he was doing with his time after the murders stopped and also a very personal account of someone who knew him probably the best (besides his wife). I would highly recommend to anyone wanting to learn more about Golden State Killer/East Area Rapist."- NetGalley Review"...gives insight to the popular notion that madmen can live among us."- NetGalley Review"The quest to try to understand what makes a serial killer and how they hide in plain sight is one of the most intriguing mysteries. This book was a big surprise to me...[it] shows how deceptive the perception we have of a killer may be."- NetGalley Review"Killers Keep Secrets: The Golden State Killer's Other Life, is absolutely gripping while being horrific and terrifying because of the crimes committed. It makes you question just how well do you really know the people you are close to and let into your life?" - NetGalley Review"Quite interesting... overall a great read."- NetGalley Review"Astonishing account of decades of life lived right next to Joseph DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer. The fact that the author is one of the few who had a ringside seat, makes this read fascinating." -NetGalley Review
Once Upon a Time - by Harry MacLean (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 564Genre: Social ScienceSub-Genre: CriminologyFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Harry N. MacLeanAge Range: AdultAuthor: Harry MacLeanLanguage: English Book Synopsis In 1989, Eileen Franklin, a young California housewife, claimed to recover a repressed memory of her father killing her playmate 20 earlier. In a landmark trial, the father was charged and convicted of first-degree murder, based solely on his daughter's testimony. This book chronicles the trial, explores the remarkably dysfunctional Franklin family, and delves into the reliability of repressed memory as evidence in court.This version contains a 2011 Epilogue, which details the reasons for the reversal of George Franklin's conviction and the refusal of the district attorney to retry him for murder. Review Quotes "Once Upon A Time, A True Story of Memory, Murder and the Law," was selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times."Important. . . Relentless. . . A many-faceted and accomplished study. . . MacLean . . gives an account of the trial that is comprehensible yet suspenseful, enriced by his insights into the tactics and emotions of the opposing lawyers.""Tragic. . .gripping. . . expertly crafted. . .Masterfully told." Steve Martini, author of "Compelling evidence." "Once Upon A Time" is a well-written and meticulous account of a true human drama. . . The author's objective viewpoint in presenting these facts makes for a compelling read." Nancy Taylor Rosenberg, author of Mitigating Circumstances.
Serving Life 25-One Guard's Story - by Neil MacLean (Paperback)
Number of Pages: 296Genre: True CrimeSub-Genre: MurderFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Neil MacLeanAge Range: AdultBook theme: Serial KillersAuthor: Neil MacLeanLanguage: English Book Synopsis Serving Life - 25-One Guard's Story will provide a peek behind the curtain into an Oz-Like environment of Canada's troubled prison system. Experience the not so normal days of a Canadian Correctional Officer in British Columbia.Neil MacLean retired in 2014 as a Correctional Manager and recounts various stories spanning a career lasting 25 years.Serving Life 25 - One Guard's Story promises a riveting insight into the troubled lives of those doing time in the Big House.Explore the horrific tales of drug abuse within the walls outlining the gang violence which can often lead to murder.The Correctional Service of Canada is a closed and private system where "no news is good news". Serving Life - 25-One Guard's Story tells those untold stories including Canada's first helicopter escape, an inside look at the masterful mind of Gerald BLANCHARD and the intriguing story of an international jewel thief. WARNING: This is a tell all book offering an in-your-face truth of those behind the crumbling walls of Canada's often times dangerous prison system. Serving Life 25 - One Guard's Story should be on your must-read list.