Criminology
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And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank
$29.00 Add to cartThe definitive account of one of American history’s most repellent and most fascinating moments, combining investigative journalism and sweeping social history
“Brilliane…. Years later, the tale of- Author: Oney, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: October 12, 2004
- ISBN10: 0679764232
- Language: English
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The Want-Ad Killer
$10.99 Add to cartFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me comes a true crime story of a serial killer who was sentenced to die–yet lived to murder again….and again….
After committin… [more below]- Series: True Crime
- Author: Rule, Ann
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: September 01 1983
- ISBN10: 0451166884
- Language: English
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The Dead Truth: Stories from Behind the Wall
$8.99 Add to cartHave you ever wondered what goes on Behind the Walls of Correctional Institutions? Take a walk with me with this book and you will be enlighted. As an Administrator and Counselor for over 15 years you
- Author: Adminis, C. E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 86
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1665734337
- Language: English
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Mercer: BANDITTI OF THE PLAINS or The Cattlemen’s Invasion of Wyoming in 1892
$21.95 Add to cartIn 1894, when A. S. Mercer published this angry eyewitness account of the cattlemen’s invasion of Wyoming, the book was so thoroughly and ruthlessly suppressed that few copies of that edition remain t
- Series: Western Frontier Library #2
- Author: Mercer, A. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: June 15 1954
- ISBN10: 0806113154
- Language: English
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Parsimony and Other Radical Ideas about Justice
$34.98 Read moreHow to envision a justice system that combines the least possible punishment with the greatest possible healing, from an all-star cast of contributors
“An extraordinary and long overdue collection off- Author: Travis, Jeremy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1620977559
- Language: English
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50 Dark Destinations: Crime and Contemporary Tourism
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, ‘dark tourism’ is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most pleasant tourist de… [more below]
- Author: Storey, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1447362195
- Language: English
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The War on Kids: How American Juvenile Justice Lost Its Way
$33.99 Add to cartIn 2003, when Terrence Graham was sixteen, he and three other teens attempted to rob a barbeque restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida. Though they left with no money, and no one was seriously injured, T… [more below]
- Author: Drinan, Cara H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 01 2017
- ISBN10: 0190605553
- Language: English
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Neighborhood Watch: Policing White Spaces in America
$45.33 Add to cartAlthough racism has plagued the American justice system since the nation’s colonial beginnings, private White Americans are taking matters into their own hands. From racist 911 calls and hoaxes to gra… [more below]
- Author: Fields, Shawn E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: June 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1108793509
- Language: English
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#Metoo and the Politics of Social Change
$37.99 Add to cart#MeToo has sparked a global re-emergence of sexual violence activism and politics. This edited collection uses the #MeToo movement as a starting point for interrogating contemporary debates in anti-se
- Author: Fileborn, Bianca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: September 26 2019
- ISBN10: 303015212X
- Language: English
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We Believe the Children: A Moral Panic in the 1980s
$39.00 Add to cartA brilliant, disturbing portrait of the dawn of the culture wars, when America started to tear itself apart with doubts, wild allegations, and an unfounded fear for the safety of children.
During the- Author: Beck, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 04 2015
- ISBN10: 1610392876
- Language: English
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To Sleep with the Angels: The Story of a Fire
$23.93 Add to cartThe story of one of the deadliest fires in American history that took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at a Catholic elementary school in Chicago. “An absorbing account…a tale of terr… [more below]
- Series: Illinois
- Author: Cowan, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 01 1998
- ISBN10: 156663217X
- Language: English
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What Kind of Bird Can’t Fly: A Memoir of Resilience and Resurrection
$24.00 Add to cartA decade behind bars spurs fifty powerful years of political and legal battles for freedom and human rights.
“Whoever wants to assuage their doubts that radical change is possible–from the level of th
- Author: Nunn, Dorsey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1597146323
- Language: English
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Sons of Cain: A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present
$18.00 Read moreFrom the author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters comes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human history, how they evolved, and why we are drawn to their h… [more below]
- Author: Vronsky, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 14 2018
- ISBN10: 042527697X
- Language: English
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The Cocaine Kids: The Inside Story of a Teenage Drug Ring
$19.99 Add to cartSince 1982, sociologist Terry Williams has spent days, weeks, and months “hanging out” with a teenage cocaine ring in cocaine bars, after-hours clubs, on street corners, in crack houses and in their h… [more below]
- Author: Williams, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 22 1990
- ISBN10: 0201570033
- Language: English
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Predict and Surveil: Data, Discretion, and the Future of Policing
$36.99 Add to cartThe scope of criminal justice surveillance has expanded rapidly in recent decades. At the same time, the use of big data has spread across a range of fields, including finance, politics, healthcare, a… [more below]
- Author: Brayne, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 02 2020
- ISBN10: 0190684097
- Language: English
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What We Know: Solutions from Our Experiences in the Justice System
$31.48 Read more“This is what we know, and we know it better than anyone else.” –from the introduction by Vivian Nixon and Daryl V. Atkinson
A thoughtful and surprising cornucopia of ideas for improving America’s cr
- Author: Nixon, Vivian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 30 2020
- ISBN10: 1620975297
- Language: English
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Inside the Mind of a Teen Killer
$17.99 Add to cartPhil Chalmers has spent more than a decade visiting high security prisons to interview young offenders, his mission is to attempt to answer the questions we all are asking:
- Why do the crimes continue
- Author: Chalmers, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 03 2010
- ISBN10: 1595559779
- Language: English
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Dr. Henry Lee’s Forensic Files: Five Famous Cases Scott Peterson, Elizabeth Smart, and more…
$25.99 Add to cartDr. Henry C. Lee is considered by many to be the greatest forensic scientist in the world. His vast investigative experience (over 6,000 cases!) and participation in many high-profile trials have earn… [more below]
- Author: Lee, Henry C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: May 02 2006
- ISBN10: 1591024099
- Language: English
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On Dope: Drug Enforcement and The First Policeman
$25.95 Add to cartOn Dope is a fierce and scholarly polemic in defense of America’s current global efforts to control the use and trafficking of illegal drugs. With blistering evidence, the book indicts both a polluted… [more below]
- Author: Stamm, Jeffrey B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: March 31 2016
- ISBN10: 1478751452
- Language: English
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The Dedicated Ex-Prisoner’s Guide for Getting Through the Halfway House: 10 Things to Do to Make Your Rehabilitative Stay Short, Productive, & Profita
$10.00 Add to cartEvery year, thousands of prisoners get released from jails and prisons into halfway houses, with a large percentage of them being sent back to lockup for violating rules or procedures. Halfway houses
- Author: Bovan, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 90
- Publish Date: May 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0979295386
- Language: English
