McFadden's last novel was a hit with book clubs, and this new novel should have an even stronger reception. McFadden has a strong appeal to African American women, while also appealing to a broader literary audience. Prominent reviews expected. ...
A middle-aged carpenter beats his 91-year old mother to death and goes to work the following day, leaving the body for his wife to find. An 82-year old woman is jailed for 10 months for stealing fried chicken. Like nearly all defendants in Japan, they both plead guilty. <br><br>What happens between plea and sentencing is the subject of True Crime Japan. In this fascinating crime book journalist and longtime Japan resident Paul Murphy ...
Listening to Killers offers an inside look at twenty years' worth of murder files from Dr. James Garbarino, a leading expert psychological witness who listens to killers so that he can testify in court. The author offers detailed accounts of how killers travel a path that leads from childhood innocence to lethal violence in adolescence or adulthood. He places the emotional and moral damage of each individual killer within a larger scientifi ...
In 1969, the world was shocked by a series of murders committed by Charles Manson and his “family” of followers. Although the defendants were sentenced to death in 1971, their sentences were commuted to life with parole in 1972; since 1978, they have been regularly attending parole hearings. Today all of the living defendants remain behind bars.   Relying on nearly fifty years of parole hearing transcripts, as well a ...
В учебном пособии изложены основы частной криминалистической теории предупреждения преступлений (правонарушений), ее место в системе криминалистики, показаны роль и значение средств и методов криминалистического обеспечения предупреждения преступлений. Соответствует актуальным требованиям Федерального государственного образовательного стандарта высшего образования. Для магистрантов, обучающихся по направлению подготовки 40.04.01 Юриспруденция, к ...
В работе рассматриваются основные проблемы становления и развития относительно молодой отрасли криминологических знаний ? российской политической криминологии. Соответствует актуальным требованиям Федерального государственного образовательного стандарта. Учебное пособие предназначено в первую очередь для студентов (магистрантов) юридических и политологических вузов и факультетов высших учебных заведений, изучающих курсы «Криминология», «Политоло ...
This revised and expanded edition of Medieval Outlaws gathers twelve outlaw tales, introduced and freshly translated into Modern English by a team of specialists. Accessible and entertaining, these tales will be of interest to the general reader and student alike. ...
In the 1970s, a mysterious man captivated and terrorized a small Alabama town. He was elegant and handsome, a charismatic pastor and leader in the African American community. But rumors swirled. Preaching on Sunday , people would say, killing on Monday. Far away in New York City, one of America’s most beloved writers was about to get caught up in the strange and violent tale of Reverend Willie J. Maxwell. Harper Lee, author of the modern-day ...