Author: Anupama Rao Publisher: OUP India ISBN: 9780198077619 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Examining the notions, ideas, and concepts of crime and justice from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, the volume covers laws, judiciary, policing, crime, criminals, Dalits, minorities, and violence.
Author: DK Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 1465466541 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 354
Book Description
Investigate 100 of the world's most notorious crimes, including the Great Train Robbery, the Lindbergh kidnapping, and the murders of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. Were the perpetrators delusional, opportunist, or truly evil? Find out what really happened and how the cases were solved. Discover conmen with sheer verve, such as Victor Lustig who "sold" the Eiffel Tower to scrap dealers in 1925, adrenaline-fuelled escapes, and mind-bending exploits of pirates, kidnappers, and drug cartels. The Crime Book demystifies malware, cybercrimes, and Ponzi schemes and sets out the terrifying ploys of mass murderers from 16th-century Elizabeth Báthory who drained young girls' blood to the more recent exploits of Rosemary and Fred West. Like a virus, crime mutates and adapts. The Crime Book explains how pivotal moments in history opened up new opportunities for criminals, such as the smuggling of alcohol during the American Prohibition era. It also charts developments in justice and forensics including the Innocence Project, which used DNA testing to exonerate wrongly convicted convicts. It examines how the forces of law and order have fought back against crime, explaining ingenious sting operations such as tracking down the jewel thief Bill Mason and the final capture of murderer Ted Bundy. With a foreword from bestselling crime author Cathy Scott, The Crime Book is an enthralling introduction to humanity's darker side. Series Overview: Big Ideas Simply Explained series uses creative design and innovative graphics, along with straightforward and engaging writing, to make complex subjects easier to understand. These award-winning books provide just the information needed for students, families, or anyone interested in concise, thought-provoking refreshers on a single subject.
Author: Miriam Grace Monfredo Publisher: Berkley ISBN: 9780425157619 Category : Detective and mystery stories, American Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
An anthology of historical mystery tales spans the centuries from ancient Rome to Victorian England and features twenty-one stories by authors such as Anne Perry, Steven Saylor, Edward Marston, Carola Dunn, and Laurie King.
Author: Martin Edwards Publisher: HarperCollins UK ISBN: 0008192456 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 977
Book Description
Winner of four major prizes for the best critical/biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H.R.F. Keating Awards; and shortlisted for both the Agatha and Gold Dagger Awards. ‘Martin Edwards is the closest thing there has been to a philosopher of crime writing.’ The Times
Author: Stephen Richards Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN: 9781902578170 Category : Crime Languages : en Pages : 576
Book Description
Exposes a crime collection beyond comprehension. The book contains strong language and distressing photographs of human suffering. It includes government and celebrity scandals, and guides the reader through a maze of bizarre happenings from the Nazi Holocaust.
Author: Kelley Armstrong Publisher: Minotaur Books ISBN: 1250820014 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 353
Book Description
In this series debut from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, a modern-day homicide detective finds herself in Victorian Scotland—in an unfamiliar body—with a killer on the loose. "A great read." —Charlaine Harris MAY 20, 2019: Homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is in Edinburgh to be with her dying grandmother. While out on a jog one evening, Mallory hears a woman in distress. She’s drawn to an alley, where she is attacked and loses consciousness. MAY 20, 1869: Housemaid Catriona Mitchell had been enjoying a half day off, only to be discovered that night strangled and left for dead . . . exactly one hundred and fifty years before Mallory is strangled in the same spot. When Mallory wakes up in Catriona’s body in 1869, she must put aside her shock and adjust quickly to her new reality: life as a housemaid to an undertaker in Victorian Scotland. She soon discovers that her boss, Dr. Gray, also moonlights as a medical examiner and has just taken on an intriguing case, the strangulation of a young man, similar to the attack on herself. Her only hope is that catching the murderer can lead her back to her modern life . . . before it’s too late. In A Rip Through Time, New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong introduces a brand-new series mixing mystery, romance, and fantasy with thrilling results.
Author: Sue Bursztynski Publisher: Ford Street Publishing ISBN: 1876462760 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 213
Book Description
Crime Time – Australians Behaving Badly is a collection of true Australian crime stories ranging from bushrangers such as Ned Kelly and Mad Dan Morgan through to serial killers, fraudsters and modern celebrity criminals. Crime Time contains details of the crimes, biographical details, portraits by Louise Prout and interesting trivia in Did You Know boxes.
Author: H. Beam Piper Publisher: The Floating Press ISBN: 1775455475 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 141
Book Description
Cracking a tough case is difficult enough when time is running in just one direction. In H. Beam Piper's Time Crime, detectives have to pursue criminals into the past, future, and other possible presents. SF lovers, settle in for a pulse-pounding -- and thought-provoking -- adventure.
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