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Stealing History: Tomb raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancient World – Stealing History PDF
Author: Atwood, Roger
St. Martin’s Press 2004
Stealing History PDF. Roger Atwood knows more about the market for ancient objects than almost anyone. He knows where priceless antiquities are buried, who is digging them up, and who is fencing and buying them. In this fascinating book, Atwood takes readers on a journey through Iraq, Peru, Hong Kong, and across America, showing how the worldwide antiquities trade is destroying what’s left of the ancient sites before archaeologists can reach them, and thus erasing their historical significance.
Packed with true stories, this book not only reveals what has been found, but at what cost to both human life and history. Stealing History PDF.
Bound by Honor; A Mafioso’s Story – Bound by Honor PDF
Author: Bonanno, Bill
St. Martin’s Press 1999
Bound by Honor PDF. Bill Bonanno was born into a world of respect, tradition, and honor. The son of legendary mafioso Joe Bonanno, Bill was a “made” member of the Mafia by the time he was in his early twenties. He was rumored to be the model for The Godfather’s Michael Corleone and was the subject of Gay Talese’s best-selling Honor Thy Father.
Now retired, Bill is finally ready to give an eyewitness account of his life as a high-ranking captain in the Bonanno crime family, one of America’s most powerful Mafia syndicates. He takes you inside the mob at its peak, when New York’s Five Families-Bonanno, Gambino, Colombo, Lucchese, and Genovese-not only dominated local businesses, but also controlled national politics. Bound by Honor PDF.
Shake the Devil Off; A True Story of the Murder that Rocked New Orleans – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Author: Brown, Ethan
Holt 2009
Shake the Devil Off PDF. A charismatic young soldier meets a tragic end in this moving and mesmerizing account of the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, and no-safety-net America.
Zackery Bowen was thrust into two of America’s largest recent debacles. He was one of the first soldiers to encounter the fledgling insurgency in Iraq. After years of military service he returned to New Orleans to tend bar and deliver groceries. In the weeks before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, he met Addie Hall, a pretty and high-spirited bartender. Their improvised, hard-partying endurance during and after the storm had news outlets around the world featuring the couple as the personification of what so many want to believe is the indomitable spirit of New Orleans.
But in October 2006, Bowen leaped from the rooftop bar of a French Quarter hotel. A note in his pocket directed the police to the body of Addie Hall. It was, according to NOPD veterans, one of the most gruesome crimes in the city’s history. How had this popular, handsome father of two done this horrible thing? Shake the Devil Off PDF.
Helter Skelter; The True Story of the Manson Murders – Helter Skelter PDF
Author: Bugliosi, Vincent with Gentry, Curt
Norton 1994
Helter Skelter PDF. Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider’s position in one of the most baffling and horrifying cases of the twentieth century: the cold-blooded Tate-LaBianca murders carried out by Charles Manson and four of his followers. What motivated Manson in his seemingly mindless selection of victims, and what was his hold over the young women who obeyed his orders? Here is the gripping story of this famous and haunting crime. Helter Skelter PDF.
In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences – In Cold Blood PDF
Capote, Truman
1965
In Cold Blood PDF. The most famous true crime novel of all time chills the blood and exercises the intelligence (The New York Review of Books)–and haunted its author long after he finished writing it. On November 15, 1959, in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas, four members of the Clutter family were savagely murdered by blasts from a shotgun held a few inches from their faces. There was no apparent motive for the crime, and there were almost no clues. In one of the first non-fiction novels ever written, Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, generating both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence. In Cold Blood PDF.
Columbine – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Cullen, Dave
Grand Central 2009
Columbine PDF. An examination of the Columbine High School massacre, on April 20, 1999, and the perpetrators Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. The horror left an indelible stamp on the American psyche, but most of what we “know” is wrong. It wasn’t about jocks, Goths, or the Trench Coat Mafia. Dave Cullen was one of the first reporters on scene, and spent ten years on this book-widely recognized as the definitive account. With a keen investigative eye and psychological acumen, he draws on mountains of evidence, insight from the world’s leading forensic psychologists, and the killers’ own words and drawings. They contrast starkly with the flashes of resilience and redemption among the survivors. True crime pdf free books for download. Columbine PDF.
The Cases that Haunt Us; From Jack the Ripper to JonBenet Ramsey, the FBI’s Legendary Mindhunter Sheds Light on the Mysteries that Won’t Go Away
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Author: Douglas, John E. and Olshaker, Mark
Pocket Books 2001
America’s foremost expert on criminal profiling provides his uniquely gripping analysis of seven of the most notorious murder cases in the history of crime — from the Whitechapel murders to JonBenet Ramsey — often contradicting conventional wisdom and legal decisions. Taking a fresh and penetrating look at each case, the authors reexamine and reinterpret accepted facts and victimology using modern profiling and the techniques of criminal analysis developed by Douglas within the FBI. This book deconstructs the evidence and widely held beliefs surrounding each case and rebuilds them — with fascinating and haunting results.
At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America – Crime PDF Library
Author: Dray, Philip
Random House 2002
At the Hands of Persons Unknown PDF. Lynching is called the last great skeleton in our nation’s closet: It terrorized all of black America, claimed thousands upon thousands of victims in the decades between the 1880s and the Second World War, and leaves invisible but deep scars to this day.
Throughout America, not just in the South, blacks accused of a crime–or merely of violating social or racial customs–were hunted by mobs, abducted from jails, and given summary “justice” in blatant defiance of all guarantees of due process under law. Men and women were shot, hanged, tortured, and burned, often in sadistic, picnic-like “spectacle lynchings” involving thousands of witnesses.
The celebrated historian Philip Dray shines a clear, bright light on this dark history–its causes, perpetrators, apologists, and victims. He also tells the story of the men and women who led the long and difficult fight to expose and eradicate lynching, including Ida B. Wells, James Weldon Johnson, Walter White, and W.E.B. Du Bois. At the Hands of Persons Unknown PDF.
The Corruption of American Politics; What Went Wrong and Why – The Corruption of American Politics PDF
Author: Drew, Elizabeth
Overlook Press 2000
The Corruption of American Politics PDF. Drawing on her superb skills as a probing journalist and shrewd analyst, Washington reporter Elizabeth Drew details precisely how money and ideology, as well as a lower quality of politicians and lower standards of political behavior, have debased American politics over the past twenty-five years. Wise, insightful, and timely, The Corruption of American Politics offers invaluable suggestions as to how we can restore our government to be responsive to the needs of its citizens. The Corruption of American Politics PDF.
Encyclopedia of School Crime and Violence (2 Volumes) – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Finley, Laura L., ed.
ABC-CLIO 2011
Encyclopedia of School Crime and Violence PDF. This book provides a thorough compilation of the types, specific incidents, relevant agencies, theories, responses, and prevention programs relevant to crime and violence in schools and on campuses. True crime stories to read online free. Encyclopedia of School Crime and Violence PDF.
How to Smell a Rat; The Five Signs of Financial Fraud – How to Smell a Rat PDF
Author: Fisher, Kenneth L.
Wiley 2009
How to Smell a Rat PDF. In How to Smell a Rat, trusted financial expert Ken Fisher provides you with an inside’s view on how to spot financial disasters before you become a part of them. Filled with in-depth insights and practical advice, this reliable resource takes an engaging look at recent and historic examples of fraudsters, how they operated, and how they can be easily avoided. Fisher also shows you the quick, identifiable features of financial frauds and arms you with the questions to ask when assessing a money manager. How to Smell a Rat PDF.
Worse than War; Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Author: Goldhagen, Daniel J.
PublicAffairs 2009
Worse than War PDF. This is an investigation into the phenomenon of genocide and mass killing—explaining why genocides begin, are sustained, and end; why societies support them and why they happen so frequently; and how the international community should and can successfully stop them. The author “convincingly disparages bureaucratic ‘banality of evil’ explanations of genocide and spotlights the ideologies of leaders who exploit ordinary citizens’ hate-filled beliefs to instigate mass murder. It’s not easy reading, but Goldhagen’s vehemence and the sheer weight of horrors that he recounts move one’s conscience.” -Publ Wkly. Worse than War PDF.
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The View from Alger’s Window; A Son’s Memoir – The View from Alger’s Window PDF
Author: Hiss, Tony
Knopf 1999
The View from Alger’s Window PDF. Tony Hiss’s remarkable memoir of the trial and imprisonment of one of the most famous victims of the Cold War witch-hunts: his father. Tony Hiss was seven years old when Whittaker Chambers first accused Alger Hiss of passing secrets to the Russians. For the rest of his childhood, Tony and his family experienced the cruelties and intimidations of the time.
Drawing on hundreds of letters Alger sent from prison, the author counters public perceptions of Hiss and shows the fundamental decency and essential goodness of his father and, along the way, draws a compelling portrait of an innocent man. At the same time he lets us see how adversity drew this father and son together, allowing them to achieve a closeness they might never have been able to otherwise.
Beautifully written, wise, The View from Alger’s Window sheds new light on a family, a time, an accusation, and a man whose guilt or innocence continues to inspire debate. True crime pdf free books for download. The View from Alger’s Window PDF.
Tall Man; The Death of Doomadgee – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Author: Hooper, Chloe
Scribner 2009
“In 2004, in a remote Aboriginal community in northern Australia, Cameron Doomadgee, a drunk young indigenous man, was arrested and, a few hours later, died in his prison cell. A witness claimed that the six-foot-seven-inch arresting officer beat Doomadgee to death. The officer claimed that Doomadgee fell accidentally and that the extent of his injuries (which included broken ribs and a ruptured liver) wasn’t apparent. Through the story of the manslaughter trial. Hooper lays bare Australia’s institutional racism and the grim conditions of Aboriginal life there. A novelist, she finds a muscular music even when confronting sordid truths.” -New Yorker.
On the Courthouse Lawn; Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-first Century – On the Courthouse Lawn PDF
Author: Ifill, Sherrilyn A.
Beacon 2009
On the Courthouse Lawn PDF. The author explores the continued effects of lynching. Ifill contends that “the lynchings implicated average white citizens, some of whom actively participated in the violence while many others witnessed the lynchings but did nothing to stop them. Ifill observes that this history of complicity has become embedded in the social and cultural fabric of local communities, who either supported, condoned, or ignored the violence. She . . . [presents] ideas to help communities heal…. Ifill argues that reconciliation and reparation efforts must also be locally based in order to bring both black and white Americans together in an efficacious dialogue.” -Publisher. On the Courthouse Lawn PDF.
Trials of the Century: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture and the Law (Volume 1) – Trials of the Century PDF
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Johnson, Scott P., ed.
ABC-CLIO 2011
Trials of the Century PDF. Examines some of the most important (and infamous) cases in American history, placing them in both historical and legal context. Among the landmark cases considered in these two volumes are the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, and the O.J. Simpson murder trial. A number of civil lawsuits and political trials are also included, such as the impeachment trials of Presidents Andrew Johnson and William Jefferson Clinton. Trials of the Century PDF.
Hate Crime: The Story of a Dragging in Jasper, Texas – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Author: King, Joyce
Pantheon 2002
On June 7, 1998, James Byrd, Jr., a forty-nine-year-old black man, was dragged to his death while chained to the back of a pickup truck driven by three young white men.
In this superbly written examination of the murder and its aftermath, award-winning journalist Joyce King brings us on a journey that begins at the crime scene and extends into the minds of the young men who so casually ended a man’s life. She takes us inside the prison in which two of them met for the first time, and she shows how it played a major role in shaping their attitudes—racial and otherwise. The result is a deeply engrossing psychological portrait of the accused and a powerful indictment of the American prison system’s ability to reform criminals.
More than a spectacular true-crime debut, Hate Crime is a breathtaking work of reportage and a searing look at how the question of race continues to shape life in America.
The Devil in the White City; Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America – The Devil in the White City PDF
Author: Larson, Erik
Crown 2003
The Devil in the White City PDF. This is an account of how “H.H. Holmes (born Herman Webster Mudgett) dispatched somewhere between 27 and 200 people, mostly single young women, in the churning new’ metropolis of Chicago; many of the murders occurred during (and exploited) the city’s finest moment, the World’s Fair of 1893. Larson’s breathtaking new history is a novelistic yet wholly factual account of the fair and the mass murderer who lurked within it.” -Publ Wkly. True crime stories to read online free. The Devil in the White City PDF.
Thunderstruck PDF – Thunderstruck PDF
Author: Larson, Erik
Crown 2006
Thunderstruck PDF. Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication—whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time. Thunderstruck PDF.
Set in Edwardian London and on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia, Thunderstruck evokes the dynamism of those years … Marconi races against incredible odds and relentless skepticism to perfect his invention: the wireless, a prime catalyst for the emergence of the world we know today. Meanwhile, Crippen, “the kindest of men,” nearly commits the perfect murder.
With his unparalleled narrative skills, Erik Larson guides us through a relentlessly suspenseful chase over the waters of the North Atlantic. Along the way, he tells of a sad and tragic love affair that was described on the front pages of newspapers around the world, a chief inspector who found himself strangely sympathetic to the killer and his lover, and a driven and compelling inventor who transformed the way we communicate. Thunderstruck PDF.
Prohibition Gangsters: The Rise and Fall of a Bad Generation – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Mappen, Marc
Rutgers University 2013
On January 16, 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution went into effect in the United States, “outlawing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors.” A group of young criminals from immigrant backgrounds in cities around the nation stepped forward to disobey the law of the land in order to provide alcohol to thirsty Americans. Here, Marc Mappen strips way the many myths and legends from television and movies to describe the lives these gangsters lived and the battles they fought.
The Informant; The FBI, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Murder of Viola Liuzzo – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Author: May, Gary
Yale University Press 2005
Historian Gary May reveals the untold story of the murder of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo, shot to death by members of the violent Birmingham Ku Klux Klan at the end of Martin Luther King’s historic Voting Rights March in 1965. Based on previously unexamined FBI and Justice Department Records, The Informant demonstrates that in their ongoing efforts to protect Rowe’s cover, the FBI knowingly became an accessory to some of the most grotesque crimes of the Civil Rights era.
A tale of a renegade informant and an intelligence system ill-prepared to deal with threats from within, The Informant offers a dramatic and cautionary tale about what can happen when secret police power goes unchecked.
An Act of State; The Execution of Martin Luther King – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Author: Pepper, William F.
Norton 2003
Martin Luther King Jr was the most powerful and eloquent champion of the poor and oppressed in US history, and at the height of his fame in the mid-sixties seemed to offer the real possibility of a new and radical beginning for liberal politics in the USA. In 1968, he was assassinated; the movement for social and economic change has never recovered.
The conviction of James Earl Ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe, and when William Pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a twenty-five year campaign for justice. At a civil trial in 1999, supported by the King family, seventy witnesses under oath set out the details of the conspiracy Pepper had unearthed: the jury took just one hour to find that Ray was not responsible for the assassination, that a wide-ranging conspiracy existed, and that government agents were involved.
An Act of State lays out the extraordinary facts of the King story—of the huge groundswell of optimism engendered by his charismatic radicalism, of how plans for his execution were laid at the very heart of government and the military, of the disinformation and media cover-ups that followed every attempt to search out the truth. As shocking as it is tragic, An Act of State remains the most compelling and authoritative account of how King’s challenge to the US establishment led inexorably to his murder.
Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Empires – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Raab, Selwyn
St. Martin’s 2016
For half a century, the American Mafia outwitted, outmaneuvered, and outgunned the FBI and other police agencies, wreaking unparalleled damage on America’s social fabric and business enterprises while emerging as the nation’s most formidable crime empire. Five Families is the vivid story of the rise and fall of New York’s premier dons, from Lucky Luciano to Paul Castellano to John Gotti and others.
Crime and Justice (vol 2); The Criminal in the Arms of the Law – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Author: Radzinowicz, Leon and Wolfgang, Marvin E., comp.
Basic Books 1971
Selection of writings about criminal justice.
The Mexican Mafia PDF – Crime PDF Library
Rafael, Tony
Encounter 2007
The Mexican Mafia PDF. It has been called the most dangerous gang in American history. In Los Angeles alone it is responsible for over 100 homicides per year. Although it has fewer than 300 members, it controls a 40,000-strong street army that is eager to advance its agenda. As the first prison gang ever to project its power beyond prison walls, the Mexican Mafia controls virtually every Hispanic neighborhood in Southern California and is rapidly expanding its influence into the entire Southwest, across the East Coast, and even into Canada. True crime pdf free books for download. The Mexican Mafia PDF.
The Historical Atlas of American Crime – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Author: Rosen, Fred
Facts on File 2005
“Covering all varieties of crime, from murder to fraud, from organized crime to terrorism, these pages contain a fascinating survey of the most significant criminal developments in United States history. Emphasizing cases that were the first of their kind, new types of crime, and crimes peculiar to certain regions, The Historical Atlas of American Crime demonstrates how geography, shifting populations, Western expansion, and technology have shaped crime and the development of American society.” -Publisher.
Gomorrah: A Personal Journey Into the Violent International Empire of Naples’ Organized Crime System – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Saviano, Roberto
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2007
Account of the decline of Naples under the rule of the Camorra, an organized crime network with a large international reach and stakes in construction, high fashion, illicit drugs, and toxic-waste disposal. The Camorra affects cities and villages along the Neapolitan coast, and is the deciding factor in why Campania, for instance, has the highest murder rate in all of Europe and why cancer levels there have skyrocketed in recent years.
Flawless; Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Author: Selby, Scott A. and Campbell, Greg
Sterling 2010
On February 15, 2003, a group of thieves broke into an allegedly airtight vault in the international diamond capital of Antwerp, Belgium and made off with over $108 million dollars worth of diamonds and other valuables.
Although the crime was perfect, the getaway was not. The police zeroed in on a band of professional thieves fronted by Leonardo Notarbartolo, a dapper Italian who had rented an office in the Diamond Center and clandestinely cased its vault for over two years. The “who” of the crime had been answered, but the “how” remained largely a mystery.
Enter Scott Andrew Selby, a Harvard Law grad and diamond expert, and Greg Campbell, author of Blood Diamonds, who undertook a global goose chase to uncover the true story behind the daring heist. The authors sorted through an array of conflicting details, divergent opinions and incongruous theories to put together the puzzle of what actually happened that Valentine’s Day weekend.
The Mafia Encyclopedia: From Accardo to Zwillman – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Author: Sifakis, Carl
Facts on File 2010
The Mafia Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive survey of the mob’s most influential perpetrators and personalities, including their hangouts and hideaways, their plays for power, their schemes and crimes, and their unique culture and jargon. More than 95 illustrations and more than 450 entries bust the Mafia myths with an unflinching look at the brutal, nefarious and bizarre culture and characters of organized crime.
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Stevenson, Bryan
Random House 2015
Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.
Blind Eye; How the Medical Establishment Let a Doctor Get Away with Murder – Blind Eye PDF
Author: Stewart, James B.
Hall 2000
Blind Eye PDF. A medical thriller from Pulitzer Prize–winning author James B. Stewart about serial killer doctor Michael Swango and the medical community that chose to turn a blind eye on his criminal activities. At once a gripping read and a hard-hitting look at the inner workings of the American medical system, Blind Eye describes a professional hierarchy where doctors repeatedly accept the word of fellow physicians over that of nurses, hospital employees, and patients—even as horrible truths begin to emerge. With the prodigious investigative reporting that has defined his Pulitzer Prize–winning career, James B. Stewart has tracked down survivors, relatives of victims, and shaken coworkers to unearth the evidence that may finally lead to Swango’s conviction.
Combining meticulous research with spellbinding prose, Stewart has written a shocking chronicle of a psychopathic doctor and of the medical establishment that chose to turn a blind eye on his criminal activities. Blind Eye PDF.
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher; A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Author: Summerscale, Kate
Walker 2008
The New York Times bestselling account of the real-life murder that inspired the birth of modern detective fiction. In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all England and led to a national obsession with detection, ironically destroying, in the process, the career of perhaps the greatest detective in the land.
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher is a provocative work of nonfiction that reads like a Victorian thriller, and in it Kate Summerscale has fashioned a brilliant, multilayered narrative that is as cleverly constructed as it is beautifully written.
Billy the Kid; A Short and Violent Life
Author: Utley, Robert M.
Tauris Parke 2002
Whatever his name or alias at the moment – Henry McCarty, Henry Antrim, Kid Antrim, Billy Bonney – people always called him the Kid. Not until his final month did anyone call him Billy the Kid. Newspapers pictured him as a king of outlaws; and his highly publicized capture, trial, escape, and end fixed his image in the public mind for all time. Robert M. Utley does what countless books, movies, television shows, musical compositions, and paintings have failed to do: he successfully strips off the veneer of legendry to expose the reality of Billy the Kid. Using previously untapped sources, he presents an engrossing story of a youthful hoodlum and sometime killer who found his calling in New Mexico’s bloody power struggle known as the Lincoln County War. In unmasking the legend Utley also tells us much about our heritage of frontier vigilantism and violence.
Public Enemies: The Host of ‘America’s Most Wanted’ Targets the Nation’s Most Notorious Criminals – Public Enemies PDF
Author: Walsh, John with Lerman, Philip
Pocket 2001
Public Enemies PDF. The host of TV’s America’s Most Wanted, John Walsh has formed a vital partnership with the public, the media, and law enforcement that has led to the capture of hundreds of the worst serial killers, kidnappers, pedophiles, and rapists of our time. In Public Enemies he reveals the cost — the blood, sweat, and tears — behind the relentless pursuit of hard justice, in several infamous cases. Public Enemies PDF
In these gripping true-crime profiles, John Walsh exposes the behind-the-scenes drama of the groundbreaking show, and what actually unfolds between the crimes and the captures — the vital leads from strangers, the dangerous manhunts, the developments cut from the AMW broadcasts, and the dogged investigations by authorities. He divulges stunning lapses in the judicial process that release monsters to the streets time and again. He takes readers inside the hearts and souls of the grieving families, and gives eyewitness accounts of the dramatic final moments when fugitives are finally taken down. Public Enemies PDF
Dark Harbor; The War for the New York Waterfront – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Author: Ward, Nathan
Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2010
What if the world of the old New York waterfront was as violent and mob-controlled as it appears in Hollywood movies? Well, it really was, and the story of its downfall, told here in high style by Nathan Ward, is the original New York mob story.
New York Sun reporter Malcolm “Mike” Johnson was sent to cover the murder of a West Side boss stevedore and discovered a “waterfront jungle, set against a background of New York’s magnificent skyscrapers” and providing “rich pickings for criminal gangs.” Racketeers ran their territories while doubling as union officers, from the West Side’s “Cockeye” Dunn, who’d kill for any amount of dock space, to Jersey City’s Charlie Yanowsky, who controlled rackets and hiring until he was ice-picked to death.
Johnson’s hard-hitting investigative series won a Pulitzer Prize. Nathan Ward tells this archetypal crime story as if for the first time, taking the reader back to a city, and an era, at once more corrupt and more innocent than our own.
Shell Games; Rogues, Smugglers, and the Hunt for Nature’s Bounty – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Author: Welch, Craig
William Morrow 2010
“Welch covers the wildlife crime beat in Puget Sound, where shellfish poachers wreak havoc on the region’s once bountiful, now imperiled marine ecosystem. Writing with the sizzle of a mystery novelist, Welch portrays a complex, driven, and irresistible cast of real-life characters, from fish cops Ed Volz and Kevin Harrington to Doug Tobin, a larger-than-life Native American fisherman. . . . Welch’s utterly compelling true tale of black-market trade in endangered ocean wildlife is astounding and infuriating.” -Booklist. True crime pdf free books for download.
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Free online books on Crime Investigation. Some of the book titles: Crimebusters : how science fights crime; Organized crime in our times; Crime & detection; The Federal Bureau of Investigation; The CSI effect : television, crime, and governance; Crime science : methods of forensic detection; Criminalistics and scientific investigation.
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Free online books about Criminology. Some of the book titles: Readings in criminology and penology; Criminal justice? : the legal system versus individual responsibility; The criminal justice system : politics and policies; Community relations concepts; Law and the lawless; a reader in criminology; Your criminal justice career : a guidebook; Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment in the United States.
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Free online books Law Enforcement. Some of the book titles: Agents of change; a study in police reform; The bureau : the secret history of the FBI; Canadian police heroes : beyond the call of duty; Critical issues in law enforcement; Career opportunities in law enforcement, security, and protective services; Policing, the occupation and the introduction of female officers : an anthropologist’s study; Great jobs for criminal justice majors.
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Encyclopedia of Forensic Science – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Bell, Suzanne
Facts on File 2004 Dewey Dec. 363.2
“In addition to explaining the science of forensics, Bell … reviews various disciplines related to forensic science, among them entomology, odontology, and psychology. Other entries cover professional organizations, government agencies, famous names in the field, evidence, and legal issues.” -Booklist.
Forensic Science: An Illustrated Dictionary – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Brenner, John C.
CRC 2004 Dewey Dec. 363.2
Investigators, prosecutors, defense attorneys, professionals within the field of law enforcement, and other criminal justice personnel need to understand forensic terms when communicating with forensic scientists or interpreting forensic lab results. Forensic Science-An Illustrated Dictionary introduces commonly-used forensic terms, many of which are crucial to the interpretation and understanding of laboratory report findings.
The Profiler: My Life Hunting Serial Killers and Psychopaths
Brown, Pat and Andelman, Bob
Hachette 2010
Pat Brown is now one of the nation’s few female criminal profilers — a sleuth who assists police departments and victims’ families by analyzing both physical and behavioral evidence to make the most scientific determination possible about who committed a crime. In The Profiler, Brown opens her case files to take readers behind the scenes of bizarre sex crimes, domestic murders, and mysterious deaths, going face-to-face with killers, rapists, and brutalized victims. It’s a rare, up-close, first-person look at the real world of police and profilers as they investigate crimes.
Blood Secrets: A Forensic Expert Reveals how Blood Spatter Tells the Crime Scene’s Story – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Englert, Rod and Passero, Kathy
Dunne 2010 Dewey Dec. 363.2
Blood Secrets reveals how forensic experts read the story of a murder told in the traces of blood left behind, providing crucial evidence that has helped convict criminals who might have otherwise walked free.
When Rod Englert began his career in law enforcement, virtually no police force in the world knew how to correctly examine blood spatter. He spent years studying and testing how blood behaves, pioneering a vital new tool that is now a part of any criminal investigation. In Blood Secrets he demonstrates how detectives and forensic experts use blood-spatter analysis to solve real cases. Filled with fascinating details of forensic science and real-life CSI stories, Blood Secrets shows the techniques and tools used to decipher blood spatter’s code.
Introduction to Criminal Investigation: Processes, Practices and Thinking – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Gehl, Rod, Plecas, Darryl
Bccampus 2017
A teaching text describing and segmenting criminal investigations into its component parts to illustrate the craft of criminal investigation. Delineating criminal investigation within the components of task-skills and thinking-skills, this book describes task-skills such incident response, crime scene management, evidence management, witness management, and forensic analysis, as essential foundations supporting the critical thinking-skills of offence validation and theory development for the creation of effective investigative plans aimed at forming reasonable grounds for belief.
So Others Might Live: A History of New York’s Bravest; the FDNY from 1700 to the Present – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Golway, Terry
Basic 2002 Dewey Dec. 363.3
In the first history of the New York Fire Department–FDNY–in over sixty years, journalist Terry Golway weaves together stories of heroic firefighters and extraordinary fires to create a moving and original account of New York as seen through the eyes and actions of the city’s firefighters. From the eighteenth century’s most ambitious public-works project–the building of aqueducts from upstate to help control fires–to firefighter-turned-politician Boss Tweed’s backroom politics, fire and firefighters have played an integral part in the life of New York. So Others Might Live also offers a new view of the building of modern urban America and the social turbulence of New York from the 1700s to the present day. True crime pdf free books for download.
The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Kessler, Ronald
St. Martin’s 2002 Dewey Dec. 363.2
No institution is as critically important to America’s security. No American institution is as controversial. And, after the White House, Congress, and the Supreme Court, no institution is as powerful. Based on exclusive interviews, The Bureau reveals why the FBI was unprepared for the attacks of September 11 and how the FBI is combating terrorism today.
An Award-winning investigative reporter and New York Times bestselling author of Inside the White House, Ronald Kessler answers these questions and presents the definitive history of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
True Stories of C.S.I.: The Real Crimes Behind the Best Episodes of the Popular TV Show – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Ramsland, Katherine M.
Berkley Boulevard 2008 Dewey Dec. 363.2
Renowned forensic specialist Katherine Ramsland revisits some of the most absorbing episodes of the phenomenally popular C.S.I. television franchise, and explores the real-life crimes that inspired them. She also looks into the authenticity of the forensic investigations re-created for the show, and the painstaking forensic process employed in every one of the actual cases…
Criminology – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Author: Sutherland, Edwin H. and Cressey, Donald R.
Lippincott 1974
Contents: Part One: the study of Delinquency and crime — Criminology and criminal law — Indexes of delinquency and crime — Perspectives and methods — A Sociological theory of criminal behavior — Crime, delinquency, and social structure — Physical and physiological conditions — Race and nativity — Personality — Culture areas — The home and family — Social institutions — Processes in criminal behavior — Behavior systems in crime — Part Two: the processing of delinquency and crime — Variations in punitive policies — Punitive policies and social structure — Treatment of delinquents and criminals — The police — Detention before trial — The criminal court — The juvenile court — Probation — Development of treatment in American prisons — Objectives and conditions of imprisonment — The prison community — Prison labor and education — Release from prison — Prevention of crime and delinquency.
The Science of Sherlock Holmes: from Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective’s Greatest Cases – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Wagner, E. J.
Wiley 2006 Dewey Dec. 363.2
The author discusses forensic science in Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories of the ‘consulting detective’ Sherlock Holmes. He compares Holmes’s investigative techniques to those used in actual cases such as the killing of Lizzie Borden’s parents in 1892, the 1902 murder of Joseph Browne Elwell, and the disappearance of Dr. George Parkman in 1849. This book “will intrigue readers with incredible stories and amazing tales from the early days of forensic science.” -Christ Sci Mon.
“E. J. Wagner demonstrates that without the work of Sherlock Holmes and his contemporaries, the CSI teams would be twiddling their collective thumbs. Her accounts of Victorian crimes make Watson’s tales pale! Highly recommended for students of the Master Detective.”
—Leslie S. Klinger, Editor, The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes.
Book Collections on Criminal Justice and Prisons
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Free Books about Criminal Justice. Some of the book titles: Counseling criminal justice offenders; Criminal justice in Canada; Criminal and social justice; Criminal justice in America; Youth criminal justice law; Careers in criminal justice; The psychology of criminal justice.
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Free books on Administration of Justice. Some books: Administration of Justice in India, The Criminal in the Arms of the Law, Comparative and International Criminal Justice Systems, Criminal Justice in Canada, Criminal Justice Organizations, Crisis in the Courts, A Common Sense Approach to Criminal Justice, Justice Denied: the case for reform of the courts, Career Guide for Criminal Justice Professionals, Delivery of Justice, Readings in Criminal Justice, An Introduction to the American Legal System, many more.
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Free online books about Administration of Criminal Justice. Some of the book titles: Justice in jeopardy; strategy to revitalize the American dream; Administration of justice in India : a case study of Punjab; Study guide to Criminal justice organizations : administration and management; The administration and management of criminal justice organizations : a book of readings; Criminal justice in Indiana; Making it right : a common sense approach to criminal justice; Administration of justice in Norway : a brief summary.
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Free online books on Prisons. Some of the book titles: Con game : the truth about Canada’s prisons; Prison life in America; Diary of a self-made convict; Penology: a realistic approach; Notorious prisons : an inside look at the world’s most feared institutions, Oxford History of the Prison, The Open Prison, Inside: prison American style, Maximum Security: inside stories.
Books about Prisoners – Collection – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Free books about Prisoners. Some books: Constitutional Rights of Prisoners, When Prisoners Return, Abuse of Women in Custody: sexual misconduct and shackling of pregnant women, Prison Life in America, Women in Prison, Stories Poems and Intimate Revelations by Prisoners, What to Do When Your Loved One’s in Jail, Women’s Experience of Prison, God’s Prison Gang, Re-educating Chinese Anti-Communists, Children of Incarcerated Parents, many more.
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Free books about Capital Punishment. Some books: Three Centuries of Debate on the Death Penalty, Voices Against the Death Penalty, Capital Punishment, The Power of Life and Death, Capital Punishment: cruel and unusual?, The Death Penalty in America: current research, America’s Experiment with Capital Punishment, The Execution of a Serial Killer, Death Penalty Cases, many more.
Core Books on Criminal Justice System and Prisons
In the Belly of the Beast; Letters from Prison – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Abbott, Jack H.
Random House 1981 Dewey Dec. 365
A visionary book in the repertoire of prison literature. When Normal Mailer was writing The Executioner’s Song, he received a letter from Jack Henry Abbott, a convict, in which Abbott offered to educate him in the realities of life in a maximum security prison. This book organizes Abbott’s by now classic letters to Mailer, which evoke his infernal vision of the prison nightmare.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Alexander, Michelle
CreateSpace 2015
With dazzling candor, legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that “we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.” By targeting black men through the War on Drugs and decimating communities of color, the U.S. criminal justice system functions as a contemporary system of racial control-relegating millions to a permanent second-class status – even as it formally adheres to the principle of colorblindness. True crime pdf free books for download.
Gulag; a History – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Applebaum, Anne
Doubleday 2003 Dewey Dec. 365
This “describes how, largely under Stalin’s watch, a regulated, centralized system of prison labor—unprecedented in scope—gradually arose out of the chaos of the Russian Revolution. . . . Applebaum details camp life, including strategies for survival; the experiences of women and children in the camps; sexual relationships and marriages between prisoners; and rebellions, strikes and escapes. . . .Applebaum’s lucid prose and painstaking consideration of the competing theories about aspects of camp life and policy are always compelling.” -Publ Wkly.
The Perpetual Prisoner Machine: How America Profits From Crime – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Dyer, Joel
Basic 2000
America has more than tripled its prison population since 1980 even though crime rates have been either flat or declining. The U.S. now incarcerates nearly two million people in its prisons and jails on any given day and over five million of its citizens are currently under some form of justice department supervision. If crime rates aren’t going up, why is the prison population? The Perpetual Prisoner Machine provides the answer to this question and, shockingly, it has little to do with crime or justice. The answer is “profit.
Selected Articles on Capital Punishment – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Fanning, C. E., comp.
H. W. Wilson 1917 Dewey Dec. 364.6
In the first decades of the 20th century publisher H.W. Wilson produced many volumes in its Debaters’ Handbook Series on social and political issues that were under discussion at the time. Each book contains the full text of selected articles and documents representing opposing views on the issue, along with a substantial bibliography of books and articles.
Most of the books mentioned in these guides are likely to be freely available online. Search by title; first at the Internet Archive (archive.org), then at HathiTrust.org. Referenced magazine articles may also be available online at the same sites, with HathiTrust the preferred site for magazines.
Capital Punishment – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Henderson, Harry, ed.
Facts on File 2006 Dewey Dec. 364.6
A look at both sides of this controversial issue from social, political, ethical, and religious perspectives. Includes a glossary, bibliographies, and Internet sources.
Encyclopedia of American Prisons
McShane, Marilyn D. and Williams, Frank P. III
Garland 1996 Dewey Dec. 365
A comprehensive reference work presents a full overview of incarceration in America. The Encyclopedia features original essays by leading U.S. corrections experts, who offer historical perspectives, insights into how and why the present prison system developed, where we are today, and where we are likely to be in the future. Every important aspect of American prisons is covered, from the handling of convicts with AIDS to juvenile delinquents behind bars, from boot camps to life without parole, from racial conflict to sexual exploitation.
Worse than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Oshinsky, David M.
Free Press 1996 Dewey Dec. 365
“Worse Than Slavery” is an epic history of race and punishment in the deepest South from emancipation to the civil rights era – and beyond. Mississippi’s Parchman Penitentiary was the grandfather of all southern prisons, an immense, isolated plantation with shotguns, whips, and bloodhounds, where inmates worked the cotton fields in striped clothing from dawn to dusk.
Noted historian David M. Oshinsky draws on prison records, pardon files, folklore, oral history, and the blues to offer an unforgettable portrait of Parchman and Jim Crow justice – from the horrors of convict leasing in the late nineteenth century to the struggle for black equality in the 1960s, when Parchman was used to break the spirit of civil rights workers who journeyed south on the Freedom Rides. In Mississippi, the criminal justice system often proved that there could be something worse than slavery.
The Last Face You’ll Ever See; The Private Life of the American Death Penalty – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Solotaroff, Ivan
NY: HarperCollins 2001 Dewey Dec. 364.6
In fascinating detail, Ivan Solotaroff introduces us to the men who carry out executions. Although the emphasis is on the personal lives of these men and of those they have to put to death, The Last Face You’ll Ever See also addresses some of the deeper issues of the death penalty and connects the veiled, elusive figure of the executioner to the vast majority of Americans who, since 1977, have claimed to support executions. Why do we do it? Or, more exactly, why do we want to?
The Last Face You’ll Ever See is not about the polarizing issues of the death penalty — it is a firsthand report about the culture of executions: the executioners, the death-row inmates, and everyone involved in the act. An engrossing, unsettling, and provocative book, this work will forever affect anyone who reads it.
The U.S. Justice System: An Encyclopedia (Volume 1) – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Volume 2 – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Volume 3 – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Wilson, Steven Harmon, ed.
ABC-CLIO 2012
A one-stop resource, uniquely structured to include both introductory information as well as more in-depth and detailed resources. It explains not only how the American civil and criminal justice system affects the parties to a particular case or other legal action, but also how the rights, benefits, and legal protections of our country impact virtually all people in America. The first volume provides chapter-length essays explaining the organization and functioning of federal, state, and local government, as well as the working of federal and state judiciaries, regulatory bodies, and penal systems. The second volume contains shorter, alphabetically arranged entries on hundreds of law-related topics, including case descriptions and biographies of major figures, federal and state court organizational charts, legal statistics, and other background information. The third volume contains original documents, statutes, and texts of important cases relevant to the functioning of the American justice system. True crime pdf free books for download.
Inside Rikers; Stories from the World’s Largest Penal Colony – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Wynn, Jennifer
St. Martin’s Press 2001 Dewey Dec. 365
Rikers Island–just six miles from the Empire State Building–is one of the largest, most complex and most expensive penal institutions in the world, yet most New Yorkers couldn’t find it on a map. Jennifer Wynn, the director of the Fresh Start program at Rikers, takes readers into the jails and then back out-to the communities where her students were born and raised. She chronicles their journeys as they struggle to “go straight” and find respect in a city that fears and rejects them.
Part memoir, part social commentary, Inside Rikers details the author’s experiences on Rikers. Wynn offers a compelling portrait of its 18,000 inmates and how Rikers was transformed from one of the most violent jails into one of the safest.
Book Collection on Terrorism
Terrorism Books Free – Collection – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Free online books on Terrorism. Some books: Terrorism, Suicide Terrorism, Urban Terrorism, The Roots of Terrorism, Terrorism: today’s biggest threat to freedom, Encyclopedia of World Terrorism, Western Responses to Terrorism, Middle Eastern Terrorism, Domestic Terrorism, Chronologies of Modern Terrorism, America’s Battle Against Terrorism, Terrorism: an investigator’s handbook, Jewish Terrorism in Israel, Narco-terrorism, Combatting Terrorism, Islam and Terrorism, many more.
Core Books on Terrorism
Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe
Allison, Graham T.
Times 2004 Dewey Dec. 363.3
Americans in the twenty-first century are keenly aware of the many forms of terrorism: hijackings, biological attacks, chemical weapons. But rarely do we allow ourselves to face squarely the deadliest form of terrorism, because it is almost too scary to think about-a terrorist group exploding a nuclear device in an American city.
In this urgent call to action, Graham Allison, one of America’s leading experts on nuclear weapons and national security, presents the evidence for two provocative, compelling conclusions. First, if policy makers in Washington keep doing what they are currently doing about the threat, a nuclear terrorist attack on America is likely to occur in the next decade. And if one lengthens the time frame, a nuclear strike is inevitable. Second, the surprising and largely unrecognized good news is that nuclear terrorism is, in fact, preventable. In these pages, Allison offers an ambitious but feasible blueprint for eliminating the possibility of nuclear terrorist attacks.
Historical Dictionary of Terrorism – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Anderson, Sean and Sloand, Stephen
Scarecrow 1995 Dewey Dec. 363.3
“Encompasses individuals, groups, events, doctrines, and concepts such as Power law, which is the mathematical relation between the numbers and intensity of events… This is an accurate, objective, and clearly written resource that will be useful in public and academic libraries.” -Booklist.
Encyclopedia of Terrorism (Vol 1: A-L) – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Vol 2: M-Z – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Chalk, Peter, ed.
ABC-CLIO 2013
Encyclopedia of Terrorism provides comprehensive coverage of the events, individuals, groups, incidents, and trends in terrorism in the modern era. This essential work presents accurate, concise, and crucial information on developments since the watershed events of September 11, 2001, providing readers with an invaluable reference tool for understanding major developments that have occurred in domestic and international terrorism. The work is fully cross-referenced to provide a comprehensive research tool.
Encyclopedia of Terrorism – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Combs, Cindy C. and Slann, Martin W.
Facts on File 2002 Dewey Dec. 363.3
Written by two well-known experts on the subject, Encyclopedia of Terrorism provides students, researchers, journalists, and policymakers with a complete survey of this rapidly growing problem. More than 300 entries, organized into an easily accessible A-to-Z format, offer thorough treatments of the events, people, organizations, and places that have figured prominently in international terrorism. Each entry is placed within its appropriate historical context to help readers understand the wide-ranging motivations behind terrorist actions. Also included in this comprehensive volume is a chronology of terrorist events and day-by-day coverage of the first months’ response from around the world to September 11, 2001.
Terrorism: A Documentary and Reference Guide – True Crime Stories PDF Free
Burns, Vincent and Peterson, Kate Dempsey
Greenwood 2005 Dewey Dec. 363.3
This documentary history examines the roots of global terrorism and its current state. Documents range from the 1950s through 2004, and are drawn from terrorist training guides, recently declassified CIA reports, archival materials, excerpts from the U.S. PATRIOT Act, and suicide bombers’ final letters. Much of the material relates to the lead-up to the September 11 attacks and their ongoing aftermath both in the United States and among its enemies. The work’s 70 documents range from the rise of anti-American Islam to the Oklahoma City tragedy, and from the problem of defining terrorism to the U.S. PATRIOT Act. True crime pdf free books for download.
Report from Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Smith, Dennis
Thorndike 2002 Dewey Dec. 363.3
The tragic events of September 11, 2001, forever altered the American landscape, both figuratively and literally. Immediately after the jets struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center, Dennis Smith, a former firefighter, reported to Manhattan’s Ladder Co. 16 to volunteer in the rescue efforts. In the weeks that followed, Smith was present on the front lines, attending to the wounded, sifting through the wreckage, and mourning with New York’s devastated fire and police departments.
This is Smith’s vivid account of the rescue efforts by the fire and police departments and emergency medical teams as they rushed to face a disaster that would claim thousands of lives.
Terrorism: A Very Short Introduction – Criminal Justice Books PDF
Townshend, Charles
Oxford University 2005
This book charts a path through the outpouring of efforts to understand and explain modern terrorism, by asking what makes terrorism different from other forms of political, military action; what makes it effective; and what can be done about it. It unravels complex central questions such as whether terrorists are criminals, whether terrorism is a kind of war, what kind of threat terrorism represents, how far media publicity sustains terrorism, and whether democracy is especially vulnerable to terrorist attack. It examines the historical ideological and local roots of terrorist violence, and the success of specific terrorist and anti-terrorist campaigns in the more distant as well as the recent past.