| CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (non illustrated)
| Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student from St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her money. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless parasite. This murder he also commits to test Raskolnikov's hypothesis that some people are naturally able to and also...More
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| The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
| "Jarvious Cotton's great-great-grandfather could not vote as a slave. His great-grandfather was beaten to death by the Klu Klux Klan for attempting to vote. His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation; his father was barred by poll taxes and literacy tests. Today, Cotton cannot vote because he, like many black men in the United States, has been labeled a felon and is currently on parole."As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of...More
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| Die Trying (Jack Reacher, No. 2)
| In a Chicago suburb, a dentist is met in his office parking lot by three men and ordered into the trunk of his Lexus. On a downtown sidewalk, Jack Reacher and an unknown woman are abducted in broad daylight by two men - practiced and confident - who stop them at gunpoint and hustle them into the same sedan. Then Reacher and the woman are switched into a second vehicle and hauled away, leaving the dentist bound and gagged inside his car with the woman's abandoned possessions, two gallons of gas...More
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| THE ADVENTURE OF THE DYING DETECTIVE (non illustrated)
| Dr. Watson is called to 221B Baker Street to tend Holmes, who is apparently dying of a rare Asian disease contracted while he was on a case at Rotherhithe. Watson is shocked, having heard nothing about his friend’s illness. Mrs. Hudson says that he has neither eaten nor drunk anything in three days.Upon arriving, Watson finds Holmes in his bed looking very ill and gaunt indeed, and Holmes proceeds to make several odd demands of Watson. He is not to come near Holmes, for the illness is highly c...More
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| The Innocent Man
| In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a young cocktail waitress named Debra Sue Carter was savagely murdered. The investigation led nowhere. Until, on the flimsiest evidence, it led to Ron Williamson. The washed-up small-town hero was charged, tried, and sentenced to death—in a trial littered...More
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| Last Statements and Case Files of Executed Death Row Inmates - Lubbock County- Texas (Last Statments)
| This Book contains the Final Last Statements of Death Row Inmates before they were Executed. This information was researched from the records of the Texas Department of Public Safety. This non fiction murder and criminal justice book includes information and facts on inmates found guilty and executed for crimes committed from Lubbock County and in the State of Texas. Inside this Booklet you will get a brief summary of each case. You will learn the crimes that the inmate was found guilty of and...More
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| On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
| The good news is that most soldiers are loath to kill. But armies have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. And contemporary civilian society, particularly the media, replicates the army's conditioning techniques, and, according to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's thesis, is responsible for our rising rate of murder among the young.Upon its initial publication, ON KILLING was hailed as a landmark study of the techniques the military uses to overcome the powerful reluctan...More
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| Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
| If the conscious mind—the part you consider to be you—is just the tip of the iceberg, what is the rest doing? In this sparkling and provocative new book, the renowned neuroscientist David Eagleman navigates the depths of the subconscious brain to illuminate surprising mysteries: Why can your foot move halfway to the brake pedal before you become consciously aware of danger ahead? Why do you hear your name being mentioned in a conversation that you didn’t think you were listening to? What...More
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| Once Upon A Time, A True Story of Memory, Murder and the Law
| Once Upon A Time, A True Story of Memory, Murder and the Law. By Harry N. MacLean In 1989, Eileen Franklin, a young California housewife, claimed to recover a repressed memory of her father killing her playmate 20 earlier. In a landmark trial, the father was charged and convicted of first-degree murder, based solely on his daughter’s testimony. This book chronicles the trial, explores the remarkably dysfunctional Franklin family and delves into the credibility of repressed memories as evidenc...More
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| Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three
| "Free the West Memphis Three." Maybe you've heard the phrase. But do you know why their story is so alarming? Do you know the facts? The guilty verdicts handed out to three Arkansas teens in a horrific capital murder case were popular in their home state -- even upheld on appeal. But after two HBO documentaries called attention to the witch-hunt atmosphere at the trials, artists and other supporters raised concerns about the accompanying lack of evidence. Now, award-winning journalist...More
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| Last Statements and Case Files of Executed Death Row Inmates - Dallas County- Texas (Criminal Justice-Death Penalty)
| This Criminal and Law Book contains the Final Last Statements of Death Row Inmates from Dallas County, Texas before they were Executed. This Criminal Justice Book is Part One of Two. This information was researched from the records of the Texas Department of Public Safety. This Book contains 15 case files and Last Statement Records if the inmate made a statement. This non fiction murder and criminal justice book includes information and facts on inmates found guilty and executed for crimes comm...More
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| THE ADVENTURE OF THE RED CIRCLE (non illustrated)
| The book is about Sherlock Holmes. He is a detective in London and he dissolves mysteries with his friend mr Watson.On day, when Sherlock was at ms Warren`s place, ms Warren told him about her mysterious new lodger.First Sherlock didn`t wanted to know anything about it because she hadn`t got facts enough. But when she told some more things, Sherlock changed his mind. Now he thought he had to look at it.The thing ms Warren told were very strange. She told that her lodger never came out of the roo...More
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| Men in Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America
| The bestselling Men in Black-first time in paperback! Lawyer and hugely popular radio talk show host Mark Levin throws the book at out-of-control liberal judges who ignore the Constitution, dismantle the rights of American citizens, and make up their own coercive law from the bench.
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| Understanding Criminal Law
| This comprehensive and clearly written Understanding treatise is frequently cited by scholars and courts in their analysis of substantive criminal law. Understanding Criminal Law is designed to be taught in conjunction with any casebook. The topics covered are those most often raised in criminal law casebooks, and coverage of these subjects is meant to complement professors' classroom discussions. The text focuses on the basic elements of, and defenses to, specific crimes such as homicide...More
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| TOP CASES of The FBI - (Jonestown Massacre, 1986 FBI Miami Shootout, Ruby Ridge, D.C.Beltway Snipers, Oklahoma City Bombing, And More.)
| One of the most fascinating Law Enforcement Agencies in the world is the FBI. From the J. Edgar Hoover days to present, the Bureau has investigated the most famous cases, including, mobsters, gangs, bank robbers, and terrorism. They have also received a few black eyes including, Waco Siege, and Ruby Ridge.In Top Cases of The FBI, I captured twelve of those cases and prepared backgrounds on the criminals up to and including their sentencing or demise.These cases include:John Dillinger and his Gan...More
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| The Collapse of American Criminal Justice
| The rule of law has vanished in America’s criminal justice system. Prosecutors now decide whom to punish and how severely. Almost no one accused of a crime will ever face a jury. Inconsistent policing, rampant plea bargaining, overcrowded courtrooms, and ever more draconian sentencing have produced a gigantic prison population, with black citizens the primary defendants and victims of crime. In this passionately argued book, the leading criminal law scholar of his generation looks to history f...More
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| FATAL VOWS: The Tragic Wives of Sergeant Drew Peterson
| Drawing upon exclusive interviews with Stacys friends and family and even Drew himself, Chicago area reporter Joseph Hosey presents the most researched account of the Stacy Peterson case yet. Still, as the charges against Drew Peterson mount, one haunting question remains: Where on earth is Stacy… In October 2007, 23 year old Stacy Peterson vanished from the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, leaving behind her husband and children. Retired Police Sergeant Drew Peterson, thirty years Stacys senior...More
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| Criminology: The Core
| Did you know that the best text for your criminology class is also very affordably priced? CRIMINOLOGY: THE CORE, Third Edition is the field's top-selling concise paperback-and the right text to help you excel in the criminology course. Author Larry Siegel guides you through the fast-paced field of criminology, its most current research, and the fascinating examples that help you understand criminological theory. In new "Profiles in Crime" features, you'll study the crimes of real-life men and w...More
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| Hellhound On His Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt In American History
| NATIONAL BESTSELLEREdgar Award NomineeOne of the Best Books of the Year: O, The Oprah Magazine, Time, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, San Francisco ChronicleWith a New AfterwordOn April 4, 1968, James Earl Ray shot Martin Luther King at the Lorraine Motel. The nation was shocked, enraged, and saddened. As chaos erupted across the country and mourners gathered at King's funeral, investigators laun...More
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| Under and Alone: The True Story of the Undercover Agent Who Infiltrated America's Most Violent Outlaw Motorcycle Gang
| In 1998, William Queen was a veteran law enforcement agent with a lifelong love of motorcycles and a lack of patience with paperwork. When a “confidential informant” made contact with his boss at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, offering to take an agent inside the San Fernando chapter of the Mongols (the scourge of Southern California, and one of the most dangerous gangs in America), Queen jumped at the chance, not realizing that he was kicking-starting the most extensive underc...More
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