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 estadísticas 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 día 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 clínica 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 vía 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.
