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Publisher : Ashley Books
ISBN 13 : 9780881767179
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Crimes of the 20th Century written by and published by Ashley Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jean Murley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1573567728
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (735 download)
Download or read book The Rise of True Crime written by Jean Murley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-08-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1950s and 1960s True Detective magazine developed a new way of narrating and understanding murder. It was more sensitive to context, gave more psychologically sophisticated accounts, and was more willing to make conjectures about the unknown thoughts and motivations of killers than others had been before. This turned out to be the start of a revolution, and, after a century of escalating accounts, we have now become a nation of experts, with many ordinary people able to speak intelligently about blood-spatter patterns and organized vs. disorganized serial killers. The Rise of True Crime examines the various genres of true crime using the most popular and well-known examples. And despite its examination of some of the potentially negative effects of the genre, it is written for people who read and enjoy true crime, and wish to learn more about it. With skyrocketing crime rates and the appearance of a frightening trend toward social chaos in the 1970s, books, documentaries, and fiction films in the true crime genre tried to make sense of the Charles Manson crimes and the Gary Gilmore execution events. And in the 1980s and 1990s, true crime taught pop culture consumers about forensics, profiling, and highly technical aspects of criminology. We have thus now become a nation of experts, with many ordinary people able to speak intelligently about blood-spatter patterns and organized vs. disorganized serial killers. Through the suggestion that certain kinds of killers are monstrous or outside the realm of human morality, and through the perpetuation of the stranger-danger idea, the true crime aesthetic has both responded to and fostered our culture's fears. True crime is also the site of a dramatic confrontation with the concept of evil, and one of the few places in American public discourse where moral terms are used without any irony, and notions and definitions of evil are presented without ambiguity. When seen within its historical context, true crime emerges as a vibrant and meaningful strand of popular culture, one that is unfortunately devalued as lurid and meaningless pulp.
Author : Howard Ball
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Prosecuting War Crimes and Genocide written by Howard Ball and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining history, politics, and critical analysis, he revisits the killing fields of Cambodia, documents the three-month Hutu "machete genocide" of about 800,000 Tutsi villagers in Rwanda, and casts recent headlines from Kosovo in the light of these other conflicts."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Kirk Wilson
Publisher : Running PressBook Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780786710225
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Unsolved Crimes written by Kirk Wilson and published by Running PressBook Pub. This book was released on 2002 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extended edition of an award-winning book investigates such events as the Lord Lucan murder, the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, the assassination of President Kennedy, and the coma of Sunny von Bnlow, citing the author's view on why such crimes remain significant. Reprint.
Author : Gilbert Geis
Publisher : Northeastern University Press
ISBN 13 : 1555538681
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Crimes Of The Century written by Gilbert Geis and published by Northeastern University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In compelling narrative, the authors probe the sensational cases of Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., and Richard A. Loeb, the Scottsboro "boys," Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Alger Hiss, and O.J. Simpson, highlighting significant lessons about criminal behavior and the administration of criminal justice. Each case study details the crime, the police investigation, and the court proceedings, profiles the major players, and examines the outcome and aftermath of the trial. The authors untangle the perplexities surrounding the cases and illuminate the many mysteries that remain unsolved today. These celebrated trials reveal issues of overzealous prosecution, sloppy police work, judicial bias, race, class, and ethnic struggles, and the role of wealth in securing a competent defense. They also show how the temper of the times and frenzied media coverage heightened the intensity of drama in the cases.
Author : Alan Marzilli
Publisher : Chelsea House Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780791067888
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (678 download)
Download or read book Famous Crimes of the 20th Century written by Alan Marzilli and published by Chelsea House Pub. This book was released on 2002-08-01 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes some of the major crimes committed in the United States during the twentieth century and discusses the social impact of these criminal acts and the trial and punishment of the perpetrators.
Author : Jay R. Nash
Publisher : Marlowe & Company
ISBN 13 : 9781569248720
Total Pages : 693 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (487 download)
Download or read book World Encyclopedia of 20th Century Murder written by Jay R. Nash and published by Marlowe & Company. This book was released on 1994-04-01 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over one thousand entries present a sociologically informative portrait of the men and women who kill.
Author : Edward Jay Epstein
Publisher : Melville House
ISBN 13 : 1612190499
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)
Download or read book The Annals of Unsolved Crime written by Edward Jay Epstein and published by Melville House. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America’s most acclaimed investigative journalists re-investigates some of the most notorious and mysterious crimes of the last 200 years The beloved head of the UN dies in a tragic plane crash . . . witnesses unearthed years later suggest it wasn’t an accident. Theories behind the mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe change yearly, and some believe Jack the Ripper was a member of the royal family. History books say Hitler burned down the Reichstag—but did he? And who really organized the conspiracy to kill Abraham Lincoln? Acclaimed investigative journalist Edward Jay Epstein cut his teeth on one of the most notorious murder mysteries of the 20th century in his first book, Inquest: The Warren Commission and the Establishment of Truth, one of the first books on the assassination and an instant bestseller. His conclusion? The Commission left open too many questions. He examines those questions here, as well as some of the most famous “unsolved” or mysterious crimes of all time, coming to some startling conclusions. His method in each investigation is simple: outline what is known and unknown, and show the plausible theories of a case. Where more than one theory exists, he shows the evidence for and against each. And when something remains to be proved, he says as much. In The Annals of Unsolved Crime, Epstein re-visits his most famous investigations and adds dozens of new cases. From the Lindbergh kidnapping to the JonBenet Ramsey murder case, from the Black Dahlia murder to anthrax attacks on America, from the vanishing of Jimmy Hoffa to the case of Amanda Knox—Epstein considers three dozen high-profile crimes and their tangled histories and again proves himself one of our most penetrating journalists.
Author : Stephen R. Fox
Publisher : William Morrow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Blood and Power written by Stephen R. Fox and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1989 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author has a Ph.D in American Civilization from Brown U. but works without a university affiliation. This book represents five years of research on organized crime from the 1920s to the 1980s. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Peter Arnold
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ISBN 13 : 9780600585077
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (85 download)
Download or read book Great Crimes and Trials of the 20th Century written by Peter Arnold and published by . This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark J. Phillips
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1633881962
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (338 download)
Download or read book Trials of the Century written by Mark J. Phillips and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In every decade of the twentieth century, there was one sensational murder trial that riveted public attention and at the time was called "the trial of the century." This book tells the story of each murder case and the dramatic trial—and media coverage—that followed. Starting with the murder of famed architect Stanford White in 1906 and ending with the O.J. Simpson trial of 1994, the authors recount ten compelling tales spanning the century. Each is a story of celebrity and sex, prejudice and heartbreak, and all reveal how often the arc of American justice is pushed out of its trajectory by an insatiable media driven to sell copy. The most noteworthy cases are here--including the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the Sam Sheppard murder trial ("The Fugitive"), the "Helter Skelter" murders of Charles Manson, and the O.J. Simpson murder trial. But some cases that today are lesser known also provide fascinating glimpses into the tenor of the time: the media sensation created by yellow journalist William Randolph Hearst around the murder trial of 1920s movie star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle; the murder of the Scarsdale Diet guru by an elite prep-school headmistress in the 1980s; and more. The authors conclude with an epilogue on the infamous Casey Anthony (“tot mom”)trial, showing that the twenty-first century is as prone to sensationalism as the last century. This is a fascinating history of true crime, justice gone awry, and the media often at its worst.
Author : Paul Begg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781858680187
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)
Download or read book Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century written by Paul Begg and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Douglas Skelton
Publisher : Mainstream Publishing Company Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781851586110
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (861 download)
Download or read book No Final Solution written by Douglas Skelton and published by Mainstream Publishing Company Limited. This book was released on 1994 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text contains descriptions of the unsolved crimes of the 20th century.
Author : Dawn Rothe
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739126717
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)
Download or read book State Criminality written by Dawn Rothe and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2009-08-13 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State crimes are historically and contemporarily ubiquitous and result in more injury and death than traditional street crimes such as robbery, theft, and assault. Consider that genocide during the 20th century in Germany, Rwanda, Darfur, Albania, Turkey, Ukraine, Cambodia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and other regions claimed the lives of tens of millions and rendered many more homeless, imprisoned, and psychologically and physically damaged. Despite the gravity of crimes committed by states and political leaders, until recently these harms have been understudied relative to conventional street crimes in the field of criminology. Over the past two decades, a growing number of criminologists have conducted rigorous research on state crime and have tried to disseminate it widely including attempts to develop courses that specifically address crimes of the state. Referencing a broad range of cases of state crime and international institutions of control, State Criminality provides a general framework and survey-style discussion of the field for teaching undergraduate and graduate students, and serves as a useful general reference point for scholars of state crime.
Author : Annette Weinke
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1789201063
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)
Download or read book Law, History, and Justice written by Annette Weinke and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the nineteenth century, the development of international humanitarian law has been marked by complex entanglements of legal theory, historical trauma, criminal prosecution, historiography, and politics. All of these factors have played a role in changing views on the applicability of international law and human-rights ideas to state-organized violence, which in turn have been largely driven by transnational responses to German state crimes. Here, Annette Weinke gives a groundbreaking long-term history of the political, legal and academic debates concerning German state and mass violence in the First World War, during the National Socialist era and the Holocaust, and under the GDR.
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ISBN 13 : 9781644650950
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Crimes of the Century written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Omer Bartov
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ISBN 13 : 9781565846548
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (465 download)
Download or read book Crimes of War written by Omer Bartov and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking and controversial look at the question of wartime atrocities, by an all-star group of historians. How do societies remember, or forget, the wartime atrocities their soldiers and citizens may have committed? In The Crimes of War leading historians explore this difficult, troubling question. Offering valuable comparative insight, the book includes original essays on the United States in Vietnam and Korea, the Germans during World War II, and the Japanese in China. Citing recent admissions of the killing of unarmed Koreans by American troops at No Gun Ri, newly unearthed evidence of atrocities committed by German soldiers (who were not affiliated with the Nazi SS) on the Russian front, and a new spate of information on Japanese barbarity in China during World War II, the essays sketch a distinctive, repeated pattern from country to country, which typically includes a half-century of denial before a given society is prepared to confront these kinds of grizzly truths about the behavior of its citizens and soldiers. Sure to cause a stir, The Crimes of War delineates a whole new area of inquiry and reveals fascinating patterns of human emotion and behavior. Contributors include distinguished European and American historians such as Saul Friedlander, Omer Bartov, John Dower, Christopher Browning, and Marilyn Young.
