Crime & criminology

Death in Perugia: The Definitive Account of the Meredith Kercher Case from Her Murder to the Acquittal of Raffaele Sollecito and Amanda Knox (Bog, paperback)

John Follain, who covers Italy for the Sunday Times, tells the definitive inside story of this extraordinary case. col. Illustrations, map, ports....
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Gomorrah (Bog, paperback)

Italy's Other Mafia

The explosive international bestseller 1 map...
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The Zodiac Killer Cover-Up (Bog, hardback)

The Silenced Badge

1, black & white illustrations...
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Complete History of Jack the Ripper (Bog, paperback)

A comprehensive account of London's celebrated East End killer, revised and updated. The murders in London between 1888-91 attributed to Jack the Ripper constitute one of the most mysterious unsolved ...
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The Complete Jack the Ripper (Bog, paperback)

Explains the theories and facts surrounding the Whitechapel murders. This book sets the crimes firmly in their historical setting, examines the evidence comprehensively and scrupulously, disposes of a...
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The Damage Done (Bog, paperback)

Twelve Years of Hell in a Bangkok Prison

In 1978 Warren Fellows was convicted of heroin trafficking between Thailand and Australia and was consequently sentenced to life in Bang Kwang prison - known as the Bangkok Hilton. This is the story o...
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Jack the Ripper (Bog, paperback)

The Theories and the Facts

A fresh examination and comprehensive account of London's celebrated East End killer. 32 b&w illustrations...
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The Complete Jack the Ripper A-Z (Bog, hardback)

The Ultimate Guide to the Ripper Mystery

Whether you are new to the mystery of Jack the Ripper or an experienced 'Ripperologist', The Compplete Jack the Ripper A to Z will keep you turning the pages. Fascinating and entertaining reading in i...
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"Machine Gun" Kelly's Last Stand (Bog, hardback)

15 photographs...
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Mafia (Bog, hardback)

The Complete History of a Criminal World

illustrated illustrations...
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The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Sourcebook (Bog, paperback)

An Illustrated Encyclopedia

An account of Jack the Ripper, the Victorian serial murderer whose identity remains one of criminology's greatest mysteries. It contains: the contents of the Scotland Yard files covering the series of...
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I Heard You Paint Houses (Bog, paperback)

Frank the Irishman Sheeran, Jimmy Hoffa, and the Biggest Hit in Mob History

The incredible true story of the death of Jimmy Hoffa, the most famous hit in Mafia history. Illustrations, ports...
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Nazi Gold (Bog, paperback)

The Sensational Story of the World's Greatest Robbery - And the Greatest Criminal Cover-up

"Nazi Gold" is the real-life story of the theft of a fabulous treasure - the German national gold and foreign currency reserves worth some #2,500,000,000 at the time of the original investigation - wh...
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The Ice Man (Bog, paperback)

Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer

Richard 'the Ice Man' Kuklinski led a double life, becoming one of the most notorious professional assassins in American history while hosting neighbourhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey. This work...
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Mortal Danger (Bog, paperback)

Ann Rule, the Queen of Crime, focuses on victims of violent crimes who had no idea they were in mortal danger, often from people in their lives who were strangers right there beside them. illustration...
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Punishing the Poor (Bog, paperback)

The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity

Takes the reader inside America's prison to probe the entrails of the bulimic carceral state that has risen on the ruins of the charitable state and the black ghetto. Linking social and penal policies...
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Solitary Fitness (Bog, paperback)

Charlie Bronson has spent decades in solitary confinement, and yet has stayed as fit as a fiddle, gaining several world strength and fitness records in the process. This book, a guide to getting fit a...
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The Stranger Beside Me (Bog, paperback)

The international classic of true crime... More than 2 million copies sold in the English language alone. Section: 8, B...
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The Devil in the White City (Bog, paperback)

This is the story of the men and women whose lives were irrevocably changed by the Chicago World Fair, and of two men in particular: an architect and a serial killer. Spicing the narrative are the sto...
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The Prison Officer (Bog, paperback)

A guide to the world and work of the Prison Officer, showing the centrality of staff-prisoner relationships to different operations carried out by officers. It is suitable for those with an interest i...
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Mindhunter (Bog, paperback)

Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

What makes a serial killer? Only one man really knows. John Douglas. A man who has looked evil in the eye and made a vocation of understanding it. Now retired, Douglas can let us inside the FBI elite ...
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In Cold Blood (Bog, paperback)

A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences

Reconstructs the murder in 1959 of a Kansas farmer, his wife and both their children. In this title, the author's study of the killings and subsequent investigation explores the circumstances surround...
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Sport and Crime Reduction (Bog, paperback)

The Role of Sports in Tackling Youth Crime

The use of sports-based activity programs as a means of tackling crime has been explored in a number of countries worldwide, particularly in relation to the prevention of re-offending in the ten to ei...
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Complete Jack the Ripper (Bog, paperback)

A title that examines the mythology surrounding the case and provides some insights into the portrayal of the Ripper on stage and screen and on the printed page....
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The Iceman (Bog, paperback)

For 30 years, Richard 'the Ice Man' Kuklinski led a double life beyond anything ever seen on The Sopranos, becoming one of the most notorious professional assassins in American history while hosting n...
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The International Crime Drop (Bog, hardback)

New Directions in Research

Drawing on new studies from major European countries and Australia, this exciting collection extends the ongoing debate on falling crime rates from the perspective of criminal opportunity or routine a...
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Gangsters (Bog, hardback)

Outside the Law

Illustrations, ports....
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A Suitable Amount of Crime (Bog, hardback)

A Suitable Amount of Crime looks at the great variations between countries in what are considered 'unwanted acts', how many are constructed as criminal and how many are punished. It explains the diffe...
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Atlantis (Bog, hardback)

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Vendetta (Bog, paperback)

Turning Your Back on Crime Can be Deadly...

8-page b/w plate section...
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Vendetta (Bog, paperback)

Turning Your Back on Crime Can be Deadly

Covering the story of the author's life of crime, this title slashes open the underbelly of Britain's streets and exposes the dark forces that police them as well as revealing the truth about the cons...
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Cosa Nostra (Bog, paperback)

A History of the Sicilian Mafia

Presents the story of the Sicilian mafia, the world's most famous, most secretive and most misunderstood criminal fraternity. This book reconstructs the history of the Sicilian mafia from its origins,...
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Crime Control as Industry (Bog, paperback)

Towards Gulags, Western Style?

This classic text argues that crime control, rather than crime itself, is the real danger for our future. Since the second edition prison populations, especially in the US and Russia have grown rapidl...
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Alias Grace (Bog, hardback)

A decade and a half has passed since Grace was locked up, at the age of 16, for the cold-blooded murders of her employer Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper/lover Nancy Montgomery. Her alleged accompli...
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A Suitable Amount of Crime (Bog, paperback)

Regularly the media reminds us that while crime rates fall, fear of crime remains and prison populations soar. How can these apparent contradictions be so? This study looks at the great variations bet...
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The Houndsditch Murders and the Siege of Sidney Street (Bog, paperback)

In December 1910, an armed gang of Latvian revolutionaries attempted to rob a jeweller's shop in Houndsditch, in the City of London. In their escape, they killed three policemen and crippled another t...
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Drug Policy (Bog, paperback)

History, Theory and Consequences (examples from Denmark and USA)

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The Interceptor (Bog, paperback)

Fighting on the frontline of the war against crime, Cam Addicott was one of the very few hard-boiled and highly-experienced surveillance operatives to get called up to the secretive and elite Alpha Pr...
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Indecent Secrets (Bog, paperback)

The Infamous Murri Murder Affair

black & white illustrations...
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Sleepers (Bog, paperback)

The true story of a group of four boys brought up in New York's notorious Mafia-run "Hell's Kitchen" during the 1960s. After nearly causing a man's death, they were sent to a reformatory where guards ...
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Unemployment & Crime (Bog, paperback)

Experimental Evidence of the Causal Effects of Intensified ALMPs on Crime Rates Among Unemployed Individuals

A number of studies investigate the extent to which levels of welfare benefits reduce crime among the unemployed. This title expands this literature by testing whether the intensity of other welfare p...
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Threat Perceptions (Bog, hardback)

The Policing of Dangers from Eugenics to the War on Terrorism

Threat Perceptions: The Policing of Dangers from Eugenics to the War on Terrorism is a study of the legal, scientific and social constructions of danger and risk of crime in the United States since th...
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McMafia (Bog, paperback)

Seriously Organised Crime

Takes us on a journey through the international organised crime. This book presents the stories of gun runners in Ukraine, money launderers in Dubai, drug syndicates in Canada, cyber criminals in Braz...
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DarkMarket (Bog, paperback)

How Hackers Became the New Mafia

We live our lives online - banking, shopping, working, dating - but have we become complacent? This book exposes the shocking truth about what lurks behind our computers: an underground crime network ...
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Mafia, Penge Og Politik Pa Sicilien 1950-1994 (Bog, paperback)

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Dark Market (Bog, hardback)

CyberThieves, CyberCops and You

Governments and the private sector are losing billions of dollars each year, fighting an ever-morphing, often invisible, often super-smart new breed of criminal: the hacker. This book explores the thr...
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The Layman's Guide to Electronic Eavesdropping (Bog, paperback)

How it's Done and Simple Ways to Prevent it

Ill....
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Gangs in the Global City (Bog, paperback)

Alternatives to Traditional Criminology

Incorporating important theoretical advances in urban political economy, this work provides an understanding of changes in gangs around the world as a result of globalization and the growth of the inf...
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Gangs in the Global City (Bog, hardback)

Alternatives to Traditional Criminology

Presents the work of an assortment of international scholars that challenges traditional approaches to problems in criminology from many different perspectives and includes theoretical discussions, ca...
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How to Stop a Stalker (Bog, paperback)

If you are a victim of a stalker or suspect that you might be, this book gives you the means, not only to protect yourself, but ultimately to put the stalker behind bars. It offers insights into the p...
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