Crime & criminology
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A gripping, sometimes surreal account of surviving one of the world's craziest and most dangerous prisons. 40 black & white halftones...
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Reconstructs the murder in 1959 of a Kansas farmer, his wife and both their children. The author's comprehensive study of the killings and subsequent investigation explores the circumstances surroundi...
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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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John Gotti is the man who currently heads the Gambino branch of the American Mafia. This is his story: the story of a one-time low-level hood who now controls a Mafia empire worth five billion dollars...
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An immediate sensation upon its publication in 1969, Papillon is a vivid memoir of brutal penal colonies, daring prison breaks and heroic adventure on shark-infested seas....
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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 fascinating story of a famous Victorian murder case - and the notorious detective who solved it Illustrations (some col.), maps, ports.PRIZES:Winner of Samuel Johnson Prize 2008.Winner of Galaxy B...
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This book was the first booklength treatment of the philosophical foundations of international criminal law....
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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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