The CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction Award winning true story behind GoodfellasBy the son and daughter of Henry Hill - immortalised in the book Wiseguy and the Martin Scorsese film Goodfellas - On The Run is the harrowing account of a childhood spent coping with an explosive father whilst dodging Mafia payback.
In Tears From Heaven; Voices From Hell capital punishment issues are discussed from the viewpoint of the victims of violent crime and from those condemned to die on America's death rows.
'Extraordinary' Daily MailAs seen on BBC BreakfastHorrifying, heartbreaking and eye-opening, these are the stories, the patients and the cases that have characterised a career spent being a doctor behind bars.
While many lawyers are honest, for Gangland figures, the best lawyer is often corrupt a shyster who will act as a go between with the police, provide false alibis, bribe and intimidate witnesses, jurors and judges and occasionally organise robberies and burglaries.
Fans of Suzanne Brockmann, Maya Banks, Christy Reece, Julie Ann Walker and Cindy Gerard will adore Pamela Clare's expertly plotted romantic suspense series, which sets the pages alight with sizzling chemistry.
As British ex-pats, author Penny White and her husband, Harry, had been living the Florida dream for several years until, through no fault of their own, they found themselves on the wrong side of the law.
Heres a call to colleges and universities to consider implementing restorative practices on their campuses, ensuring fair treatment of students and staff while minimizing institutional liability, protecting the campus community, and boosting morale.
A true crime memoir taking the reader on a journey from his early years investigating some of the notorious counterfeiters and bank fraud masterminds of Las Vegas, Nevada, to personal interactions with presidents and first ladies and a US Supreme Court decision preserving the methods utilized by the Secret Service to protect the life of the president of the United States.
This gripping novel is about former Providence Police Officer Robert Hamlin Jr and a police scandal that made national news and shook the City of Providence, the Providence Police Department and the State of Rhode Island to its core.
This book provides a rare glimpse into the lives of some adult male prisoners in a high-security prison in England together with the infrastructure behind the prison service for safer custody, well-being, and personal development of the inmates.
From the legendary Famous Trials series of real-life courtroom dramas, two classic murder trials abridged and refreshed as Penguin Specials for modern readers, selected and introduced by Alex McBride, author of Defending the GuiltyNineteen year-old Madeleine Smith may have been charged in 1857 with poisoning her lover, Emile L'Angelier, but her real sin was having sex - a lot of sex - out of wedlock.
Muchos años después del advenimiento de las democracias en nuestros países de América Latina y el Caribe, y ya sin gobiernos militares, continúan habiendo masacres, violaciones masivas de derechos humanos en el corazón mismo de los sistemas de justicia penal, cuya función es, paradójicamente, hacer justicia.