Very little advancement in the treatment of delinquents or criminals can be expected if typical characteristics and their bearings on behavior are not understood.
The diminutive Joaquin Guzman Loera, known universally by his nickname of 'El Chapo' ('Shorty' in Spanish), is the highest-profile narco-terrorist since the demise of Pablo Escobar in the 1990s.
Sent to Reformatory at the age of 10, Sicilian-American Sam Giancana lived a gilded life as mobster and mob boss at a pivotal point in history when the mafia decided who ruled America, who lived and who died.
'Funny, twisty, bloodthirsty' JULIE MAE COHEN 'An absolute joy of a thriller' SARAH BONNERKirby Cornell needs a break from everything:- Her crumbling flat in the sleepy town of Crowhurst (famous for its award-winning sausage rolls and a second-rate serial killer from the 90s).
Liars and Thieves is an exclusive e-novella featuring characters from Karen Maitland's much-loved Company of Liars, set against the backdrop of the plague outbreak of 1348.
'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater' (1821) is an autobiographical account written by Thomas De Quincey, about his laudanum (opium and alcohol) addiction and its effect on his life.
New York Times Bestseller: This groundbreaking tell-all by a mob hit man is "e;chilling and compelling-a must-read"e; (Former FBI agent Joe Pistone, aka Donnie Brasco).
Picturing the Invisible presents different disciplinary approaches to articulating the invisible, that which is not known or that which is not provable.
How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books outlines effective ways of using digital books in early years and primary classrooms, and specifies the educational potential of using digital books and apps in physical spaces and virtual communities.
Modern scientific research has changed so much since Isaac Newton's day: it is more professional, collaborative and international, with more complicated equipment and a more diverse community of researchers.
Archaeologists in Print is a history of popular publishing in archaeology in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a pivotal period of expansion and development in both archaeology and publishing.
Fraud costs the United Kingdom a reported GBP198 billion per year and the Crime Survey for England and Wales (March 2016) estimates that there are over 5 million incidents of fraud and 2 million cyber-related crimes committed annually.
Moving backwards from the murders thirty-one men committed, through their adult lives, relationship histories, and their childhoods, David Adams sought to understand what motivated these men to kill.
This book follows a law enforcement career through the turbulent era of the '70s and '80s, the outreach of the '90s, and into the twenty-first century.
This collection represents years of struggle in both transgender, gender variant, and queer liberation movements, and the movement against the prison industrial complex.
America's leading writer about the law takes a close, incisive look at one of society's most vexing legal issuesScott Turow is known to millions as the author of peerless novels about the troubling regions of experience where law and reality intersect.