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Detective J. P. Dalpe, later promoted to Sergeant Detective, is assigned in the early 1920s to a special detective squad of the Quebec Provincial Police to fight crime in Hull, Quebec. The crime was so rampant in the 1920s and 30s that the New York Times...

""A Review Of The Case, The People Against Reverend Henry Budge: Indicted For The Murder Of His Wife Priscilla Budge (1862)"" is a non-fiction book written by John Swinburne. The book is a detailed account of the trial of Reverend Henry Budge, who was...

From Gotti to Gigante, the names atop today's Mafia organizational charts are old ones. But the times have certainly changed for New York's biggest families—and not for the better. In this book we will look at New York City's Five Families. All...

When you hear the name Charles Manson, depending on your age will determine on what you remember of him. For those who were alive during the famous murder spree you will remember the face that was plastered all over the local news. You will remember the...

Advance Praise for:The Amazon is burning - The flames of 21st-century resistance inspired by indigenous women. True tales from 25 years of Vigilante activities in defense of native peoples of Amazonia by the Caribbean's most radical indigenous rights...

After losing her parents and many of her siblings during the genocide in Rwanda, Anamaliya was hunted 'like an animal' for weeks. Living through it all, she is able to tell the specific, cruel and inhumane acts of genocide. She becomes a woman who makes...

John Gotti was the last great leader of the Gambino crime family, the dominant Sicilian mafia family of New York. Gotti's boys had their fingers in everything from gambling houses, to drug trafficking, prostitution, to weapons dealing. Gotti originally...

By their actions, Henri Dunant, Donald Morrison and Peter Madden, changed the way people think about themselves and about others. Their stories are ones of tenacity, resilience and creativity within the seething cauldrons of war, revolution, and prison...

Twenty one years after the brutal murders of three eight year old Cub Scouts in West Memphis, Arkansas, there seem to still be more questions than there are answers. We have gone all the way back to the beginning and looked through years worth of...

Carlo Gambino, Joseph Profaci, Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Joseph Colombo, Santo Trafficante, Tommy Lucchese, Vito Genovese, Vincent Chin Gigante, Paul Castellano and John Gotti. These are just a few of the men who have built the American Mafia to...

Lock the docks and bolt the windows, it's time to countdown the one hundred deadliest serial killers in history. What follows is a grisly and gruesome menagerie of killers you really wouldn't want to meet on a dark night! 

Cultist groups have permeated society ever since people could chat and share ideas en masse, although modern cult experts today often clash about what, exactly, makes a group of people a cult. What's a loony or eccentric organization to one expert is...

In August of 1969, during two bloody evenings Charles Manson and his "Family" made their gruesome and bloody impact on the Love Generation. When all the carnage was finally over at least nine people were savagely murdered.We will take an unnerving and...

""Erlebnisse auf dem Gebiete der Straf-Justiz und der Inneren Mission"" ist ein Buch des deutschen Autors Albert Freiherrn von Seld, das im Jahr 1860 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Es handelt von seinen Erfahrungen als Richter und Mitglied der Inneren...

El libro ""El Caso Clarin: Monomania Maliciosa De Forma Impulsiva (1894)"" escrito por Pompeyo Gener, es una obra que aborda un caso judicial que tuvo lugar en Espa�����a en el siglo XIX. El caso en cuesti������n se refiere a una acusaci������n de plagio...

Die Friedensburgschaft: Ein Historisch-Criminalpolitischer Versuch ist ein Buch von Franz Schierlinger aus dem Jahr 1877. Es handelt sich um eine historische und kriminalpolitische Abhandlung, die sich mit der Friedensburgschaft besch�����ftigt. Die...

""Die Frage Nach Dem Geborenen Verbrecher"" ist ein Buch von Julius Ludwig August Koch, das erstmals 1894 ver������ffentlicht wurde. In diesem Werk untersucht der Autor die Frage, ob es Menschen gibt, die von Natur aus Verbrecher sind und ob...

""Die F�����lschung einer telegraphischen Depesche"" ist ein Buch des Schweizer Juristen und Schriftstellers Friedrich Meili, das im Jahr 1889 ver������ffentlicht wurde. In dem Werk geht es um einen Rechtsfall, bei dem eine telegraphische Nachricht...

La obra ""Causa Instruida Contra Don Casto De Beraza: Sobre Falsificacion De Firma En El Juzgado 3 Del Ramo Criminal (1875)"" es un libro escrito por Francisco Diaz De Leon y publicado por una editorial desconocida. El libro trata sobre un caso legal que...

""Besserung auf dem Wege der Individualisierung: Erfahrungen eines Praktikers �����ber den Strafvollzug in der Gegenwart"" ist ein Buch von Eugene D'Alinge, das im Jahr 1865 ver������ffentlicht wurde. In dem Werk beschreibt der Autor seine Erfahrungen...

The Robberies Company, Ltd. is a novel written by Nelson Lloyd in 1906. The story revolves around a group of criminals who form a company to carry out their illegal activities. The company is run by a cunning and ruthless leader who goes by the name of...

The Real Benedict Arnold is a historical biography written by Charles Burr Todd and originally published in 1903. The book provides a thorough and detailed account of the life of Benedict Arnold, a controversial figure in American history who famously...

The Raynor-Moland Feud is a historical book written by Howard Ray Allgood and published in 1918. The book details the infamous feud between two families, the Raynors and the Molands, in the southern United States during the late 19th century. The feud...

The Outlaws of the Border or The Lives of Frank and Jesse James: Their Exploits, Adventures and Escapes, Down to the Present Time is a book written by R.T. Bradley and published in 1882. The book is a biography of the infamous outlaw brothers Frank and...

The Molly Maguires: And The Detectives is a non-fiction book written by Allan Pinkerton in 1887. The book provides a detailed account of the infamous Molly Maguires, a secret society of Irish immigrants who operated in the coal mines of Pennsylvania...

""The Franklins or The Story of a Convict: In Three Parts"" is a novel written by George Etell Sargent and published in 1882. The book tells the story of a man named John Franklin, who is convicted of a crime he did not commit and sent to prison. The...

The Annotated Statutes, Civil and Criminal, of the State of Texas (1889) is a comprehensive legal reference book written by John Sayles. The book provides a detailed analysis and commentary on the civil and criminal statutes of the State of Texas as they...

""Five Years' Penal Servitude"" is a memoir written by an anonymous author who has endured five years of imprisonment. The book is a firsthand account of the author's experience in the prison system, detailing the harsh conditions and brutal treatment...

Histoire De Vidocq V1 (1829) est un livre �����crit par M. Froment. Il s'agit d'une biographie de Fran�����ois Vidocq, un c�����l�����bre criminel fran�����ais du XVIIIe si�����cle qui est devenu plus tard un policier. Le livre d�����crit la vie de...

The second of two volumes, this book about the criminology of Carlo Morselli includes a diversity of contributions that study the social inter-dependence of criminal phenomena. It presents various studies on the importance and impact of social ties on...

This book features the empirical work of internationally known scholars, providing an in-depth examination of the overlap between online and offline victimization and offending. It will be a key resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students...

Bringing new research from true crime writers, scholars, and media practitioners around the world, this book offers fresh perspectives on how women read, write, and are portrayed in true crime stories across different platforms, including documentaries,...

A Warning from One Man's Journey to You...Pullin' Chains "Stay Your Butt Out of Prison" recounts the author's observations and experiences in life which he uses to caution children and adults alike to stay out of trouble and avoid prison. A literary tool...

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When two lives collide . . .This groundbreaking tour de force presents the gripping true account of one of America's most notorious serial rapists and the tough female journalist assigned to cover his case.Following an exhaustive manhunt and his capture...

This is an abridged translation of the principal Chinese textbook on civil law, which was published as part of the restructuring of China's legal system following the Third Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party in late 1978. Because the closest thing...

Intelligence operations that used secret radio methods did not end when the Berlin Wall fell. They are still used by spies operating in denied areas and various radical underground groups.Intelligence officers who operate overseas under non-official...

This lady, this monster, that I barely know, just decided to take me from everything I've ever known.I got no warning. I had no choice. I didn't even get to say goodbye.I'm screaming at Anne in my mind, but in reality, I'm frozen in place.I feel like...

Philip Metcalfe has described his role as an author as that of a "painter who endows a lost world with the personality and the dailiness it once possessed." In Whispering Wires, Metcalfe tells the story of Roy Olmstead, one of the principal bootleggers...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...