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Describes how Christa Worthington, a critically acclaimed fashion writer, sought refuge and a simpler life as a single mother on Cape Cod, only to become the victim of a brutal, still unsolved murder on January 6, 2002, in Truro, Massachusetts, in a close-up look at the victim's life, the crime tha

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A detailed and meticulously researched encyclopedia on all aspects of Jack the Ripper, one of the world's most famous, and mysterious, serial killers.

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Its success is rooted in Japanese culture and dependent on the Japanese psyche.

Without competition, this comparative volume provides the first overall view of the Japanese criminal justice system.

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Looks at the origins of crime in New Zealand, the way offenders are punished, the effectiveness of prison, for both men and women, parental responsibility, the role of drugs, where education comes in, the role of state institutions.

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As her parent's slept on Friday 13, 1973, 17-month old Diedre Kennedy was snatched from her cot. Dressed in women's underwear her chubby thigh showed bruising from bite marks, she had been bashed, sexually assaulted and strangled.

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A study of juvenile delinquency and the treatment practice of the courts in different areas of England and Wales.

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Despite the fact that media bombard the public with the notion that sex offenders are everywhere-and could be just next doorofficial sources show that official sex offense rates have been steadily declining over the past 10 years.

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Despite the fact that media bombard the public with the notion that sex offenders are everywhere-and could be just next doorofficial sources show that official sex offense rates have been steadily declining over the past 10 years.

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This unique compilation of essays and entries provides critical insights into the Latino/a experience with the U.S. criminal justice system.

Concerns about immigration's relationship to crime make accurate information and critical analysis of the utmost importance.

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In this interdisciplinary study, Sedgwick first assesses the value of applying economic models to the social problem of crime. He compares economic models to sociological ones and then addresses the question of whether economic models are compatible with the values of a liberal political order.

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A thorough examination of criminal justice and policing practices in England and Wales.

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Covering figures ranging from Catherine Monvoisin to Vlad the Impaler, and describing murders committed in ancient aristocracies to those attributed to vampires, witches, and werewolves, this book documents the historic reality of serial murder.

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This timely book illustrates in convincing detail what needs to be done to prevent crime and keep people out of prison.

Here, Waller shows that hiring public health nurses and investing in helping youth at risk to complete school and get job training is better than hiring more police;

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In the third and final section, Stephen Stanko, an inmate in the South Carolina correctional system, provides a detailed look at prison life from the inside.

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Based upon a qualitative study of the prison adjustment of advantaged offenders, this book challenges the "special sensitivity" hypothesis and concludes that these offenders adjust well to incarceration.

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In a book that confronts our society's obsession with sexual violence and the image of the violated female corpse in our collective consciousness, Harvard culturist Maria Tatar examines images of sexual murder and studies how art and murder have intersected in sexual culture from Weimar Germany to the present. 44 photos.

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Organized crime is spreading like a global virus as mobs take advantage of open borders to establish local franchises at will. That at least is the fear, inspired by stories of Russian mobsters in New York, Chinese triads in London, and Italian mafias throughout the West. As Federico Varese explains in this compelling and daring book, the truth is

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This book provides readers and researchers with a critical examination of mass shootings as told by the media, offering research-based, factual answers to oft-asked questions and investigating common myths about these tragic events.