Crime and criminology

This book calls attention to the impact of stigma experienced by people who use illicit drugs.

Policing in the US and many western nations is in an era of crisis, facing extensive calls for reformation and change.

This book analyses the reasons for women's participation in the various Lebanese and Palestinian militias involved in the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990).

This book explores the recent surge in true crime by critically exploring how murder and violence are represented in documentaries, films, podcasts, museums, novels and in the press, and the effects.

This edited volume explores recent research and developments in the study of organized crime.

This book is a practical guide for advocates interested in the representation of victims before the International Criminal Court (ICC).

This book contributes to current debates about "e;queer outsides"e; and "e;queer outsiders"e; that emerge from tensions in legal reforms aimed at improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer people in the United Kingdom.

This book describes the key cybercrime threats facing individuals, businesses, and organizations in our online world.

Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) have received increased attention in light of international corruption scandals, high-profile leaks about extensive tax abuse schemes, and the continued fight against terrorism financing and organized crime.

The impact of child maltreatment on victims, families, and society-from immediate medical care and legal services to long-term mental health care and law enforcement-cannot be understated.

The impact of child maltreatment on victims, families, and society-from immediate medical care and legal services to long-term mental health care and law enforcement-cannot be understated.

Getting the Runaround takes readers into the bureaucratic spaces of prisoner reentry, examining how returning citizens navigate the institutional circuitof parole offices, public assistance programs, rehabilitation facilities, shelters, and family courts.

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887.

En Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle creó uno de los personajes literarios más conocidos y más realizados en el mundo.

Il commissario De Vincenzi è un personaggio letterario creato dallo scrittore Augusto De Angelis.

Fundamentals of Forensic DNA Typing is written with a broad viewpoint.

';Rivetingan electrifying true crime story of the Mafia-smitten eighties and nineties.

A powerfully moving book that ';could make graspable why today's prisons are contemporary slave plantations' (Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple), giving voice to the poorest among us and laying bare the cruelty of a penal system that too often defines their lives.

A fascinating guide to a career as a private investigator written by award-winning journalist Howie Kahn and based on the real-life experiences of an expert in the fieldessential reading for someone considering a path to this profession.

From Jacqueline Jackson, wife of Jesse Jackson, role model, and civil rights veteran, comes an inspiring gift of love to a child in his darkest hour—and a lesson to everyone who has been touched by the scourge of mass incarceration.

From the Executive Director of Mental Health for Correctional Services in New York City, comes a revelatory and deeply compassionate memoir that takes readers inside Bellevue, and brings to life the worldthe system, the staff, and the haunting casesthat shaped one young psychiatrist as she learned how to doctor and how to love.

After making a promise to leave the street life behind, a shocking revelation forces Animal back into the game to face his greatest opponent yet.

Do you want to understand podcasting as an indie author and thrive in this growing industry?

Do you think libraries don't buy books from self-published authors?

Encouraging people to publish and share reviews of your book is a key book-marketing task, and one on which other aspects of marketing rest.

SelfPub3 is a concept and a publishing era defined by the concept: that any author (with the requisite skills) now has the means to establish a sustainable and scalable business.

HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2023'Jaw-dropping' -Val McDermid'A police memoir like no other' -Kerry Daynes, bestselling author of The Dark Side of the Mind'Honest, shocking and funny' - Barbara Machin, creator of Waking the DeadWhen Jackie Malton joined the police force in 1970, male recruits were given a truncheon and female recruits were given a handbag.

For most of human history, sudden and unexpected deaths of a suspicious nature, when they were investigated at all, were examined by lay persons without any formal training.

A modern, stylish and practical exploration of the traditional craft of block printing.

Charles 'Lucky' Luciano was a vicious mobster who rose to become the multimillionaire king of the New York underworld.

For almost four decades, Margaret 'Mags' McGraw was a keeper of secrets.

WITH EXCLUSIVE DEATH ROW INTERVIEWYears after Richard Ramirez left thirteen dead and brought the city of Los Angeles to a standstill, his name is still synonymous with fear, torture and sadistic murder.

Philip Carlo's successful and acclaimed books reveal the truth about notorious characters such as LA serial killer Richard Ramirez, Mafia contract killer Richard Kuklinski and crime-family boss Anthony Casso.

Written by the bestselling author of The Ice Man, The Butcher is a gripping and disturbing fly-on-the-wall account of the US Drug Enforcement Administration's four-year hunt to bring down Tommy 'Karate' Pitera, a drug-dealing, murderous capo in the Bonanno crime family.

True Storey is the compelling autobiography of notorious 1970s football legend Peter Storey, dubbed 'the bastard's bastard', who gained a reputation for ultra-violence on the pitch and had a capacity to find even greater trouble off it - a fact borne out by a string of criminal convictions and several jail sentences.

Expelled Mossad agent, Ronen, has disappeared following a failed assassination attempt on the life of the Hezbollah operative responsible for suicide bombings in Israel.

This is the story of the most successful cocaine dealers in the world: Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Jorge Luis Ochoa Vasquez, Carlos Lehder Rivas and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha.

I took some good shots from him and then I opened up my arsenal and we traded toe to toe.

Human freedom has one last hope to survive the information revolution in the epic, apocalyptic sequel to the international bestseller Daemon.

30 inside stories of the American Mafia, Sicilian Cosa Nostra, Camorra and 'NdranghetaImages of life in the Mob pervade our film and TV screens, some glamorous, some horrific - what is the reality?

Legal Highs are without doubt the biggest drug scourge to blight the world since recreational drugs first hit the streets more than 100 years ago.

'With well-rounded characters, a terrific sense of time and place and masterful plotting, this solid police procedural is a 24-carat holiday read' Guardian'A fast-moving thriller .

Cocaine is the world's most notorious narcotic.

For 33 years Betty Purcell worked behind the scenes as an award-winning producer in RTE Radio and Television, with presenters such as Marian Finucane, John Bowman, Pat Kenny and John Kelly.

A book of tips, advice and encouragement for writers at all levels.

WINNER OF THE CUNDHILL HISTORY PRIZE 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2017, THE PUSHKIN HOUSE RUSSIAN BOOK PRIZE 2017 AND THE LONGMAN-HISTORY TODAY BOOK PRIZE 2017THE TIMES, SPECTATOR, BBC HISTORY and TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR'An absolutely fascinating book, rich in fact and anecdote.

Alexander Shannon escaped a shady past to enjoy a glittering career in the army, only to end up back in the thick of criminal activity.

It was a time of hope and desperation, a time of reckoning .

Restlessly vital and possessed of great physical strength, Jos Beyaert lived many lives.