Crime and criminology

This New York Times bestseller presents Sam Giancanatalented businessman, Las Vegas entrepreneur, ruthless killer, and outside player for the CIAs dirtiest deeds.

Este libro pretende exponer una introducción, desde el punto de vista bibliológico e historiográfico, a los diferentes modelos y dispositivos técnicos que componen la historia de la encuadernación occidental en los contextos de producción del libro, así como de sus prácticas de difusión y apropiación en distintos periodos históricos.

From the viewpoint of newspaper organizations the main competitive media has shrunk to only one, the internet.

From the viewpoint of newspaper organizations the main competitive media has shrunk to only one, the internet.

Risk assessment and risk management are top of every mental health organisation's agenda.

This book addresses the complex relationship between India's evolving, emerging media landscape, the political and economic interests of diverse media actors, and movements opposing contentious issues such as market-based economic reforms and religious nationalism.

Taking a critical historical approach, this book examines the convergence of journalism and advertising industries that has led to the blurring of commercial and editorial functions within news organizations.

Focused on two renowned Arabic networks, Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiyya, this book examines Arabic media discourses and strategies adopted in the coverage of the conflict in Ukraine.

The first edition of Carrion Ecology, Evolution, and Their Applications brought together multiple scientific disciplines to shed light on the importance of carrion within the context of ecology and evolutionary biology, and through applications ranging from human mass disasters to habitat/ecosystem conservation.

If you believe the news, todays America is plagued by an epidemic of violent hate crimes.

Detective Michael Palermo built his career on his unique ability to inhabit two worlds at once: the world of law enforcement and the underworld of New Yorks crime family organizations.

Startling and scandalous, this is an intimate insider's story of Osama bin Laden's retinue in the ten years after 9/11, a family in flight and at war.

The New York Times BestsellerWhat if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong?

Ever since he joined the sports department of the Boston Globe in 1968, sports enthusiasts have been blessed with the writing and reporting of Bob Ryan.

"e;Without this testimony, we simply cannot grasp what is going on .

Winner of the NBCC Award for General NonfictionNamed on Slate's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Past 25 Years, Amazon's Best Books of the Year 2015--Michael Botticelli, U.

Based on information compiled from police and court documents, contemporary news accounts, and interviews with O'Banion's friends and associates, Guns and Roses traces O'Banion's rise from Illinois farm boy to the most powerful gang boss .

From three-time National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Gail Godwin, a vibrant portrait of her writing and publishing life.

During the height of the crack epidemic that decimated the streets of D.

Publishing two books, selling film rights, and being in TIME magazine- these kind of seem like pipe dreams.

This scholarly study examines the shifting perceptions of slavery in the antebellum South through news accounts of major slave rebellions.

On September 21, 2011, the controversial execution of Georgia inmate Troy Davis, who spent twenty years on death row for a crime he most likely did not commit, revealed the complexity of death penalty trials, the flaws in America's justice system, and the rift between those who are for or against the death penalty.

“Tells the story of a traumatic life spent witnessing hundreds of people being executed in Texas’ most infamous prison.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been fast growing since its evolution and experiments with various new add-on features; human efficiency is one among those and the most controversial topic.

Winner of the American Society of Criminologys Michael J.

This book demonstrates that the criminal justice system in the United States has allowed the natural emotions surrounding sexuality to allow the minority of sexual offenders who are truly dangerous to be merged with the majority of offenders who pose little, if any, risk to be at large.

Gun Present takes us inside the everyday operations of the law at a courthouse in the Deep South.

Having no choice but to protect their own client—the true murderer—lawyers who could prove Alton Logan’s innocence kept silent for over two decades.

Perhaps no city has a more fabled past than Chicago, home of legendary Al Capone.

Egypt is a country of its people.

A wide variety of professionals find themselves intimately involved in the criminal justice system; firefighters, emergency medical providers, nurses, physicians, public health personnel, environmental professionals, public works personnel, and many others.

The publication of this third edition of the definitive text on clinical forensic medicine comes at an exciting time for a subject now gaining recognition as a speciality in the medical establishment.

Juvenile homicide and fatal maltreatment remain serious and pervasive problems in the developed world and especially in the United States, where in 2005 some 1,500 children died from neglect and physical abuse.

Fresh research has opened up new vistas in forensic pathology that are allowing for closer national and international cooperation between pathologists and scientists in a range of medical and scientific disciplines.

Adverse drug reactions and interactions are still a major headache for healthcare professionals around the world.

This illustrated guide to the role of the forensic anthropologist in investigating child abuse is an essential resource in one of the most contentious areas of forensic pathology.

The Atlas of Forensic Pathology, For Police, Forensic Scientists, Attorneys and Death Investigators is a Major Reference Work that is specifically is designed for non-pathologists who normally interact with forensic pathologists.

The investigation of sudden or unexplained death of children represents a unique medical and forensic area of study.

"e;Not only is this book the best sort of true-crime writing, but it is also a stunning exploration of the concept of manhood in America"e; (Sebastian Junger, New York Times-bestselling author of War).

The human foot is a complex body part composed of fifty-two bones, which is twenty-five percent of all the bones in the body.

The 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.