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The Innocence Commission

Author : Jon B. Gould
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814732267
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book The Innocence Commission written by Jon B. Gould and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Exonerating the Innocent: Author on WAMU Radio Convicted Yet Innocent: The Legal Times Review Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2008 DNA testing and advances in forensic science have shaken the foundations of the U.S. criminal justice system. One of the most visible results is the exoneration of inmates who were wrongly convicted and incarcerated, many of them sentenced to death for crimes they did not commit. This has caused a quandary for many states: how can claims of innocence be properly investigated and how can innocent inmates be reliably distinguished from the guilty? In answer, some states have created “innocence commissions” to establish policies and provide legal assistance to the improperly imprisoned. The Innocence Commission describes the creation and first years of the Innocence Commission for Virginia (ICVA), the second innocence commission in the nation and the first to conduct a systematic inquiry into all cases of wrongful conviction. Written by Jon B. Gould, the Chair of the ICVA, who is a professor of justice studies and an attorney, the author focuses on twelve wrongful conviction cases to show how and why wrongful convictions occur, what steps legal and state advocates took to investigate the convictions, how these prisoners were ultimately freed, and what lessons can be learned from their experiences. Gould recounts how a small band of attorneys and other advocates — in Virginia and around the country — have fought wrongful convictions in court, advanced the subject of wrongful convictions in the media, and sought to remedy the issue of wrongful convictions in the political arena. He makes a strong case for the need for Innocence Commissions in every state, showing that not only do Innocence Commissions help to identify weaknesses in the criminal justice system and offer workable improvements, but also protect society by helping to ensure that actual perpetrators are expeditiously identified, arrested, and brought to trial. Everyone has an interest in preventing wrongful convictions, from police officers and prosecutors, who seek the latest and best investigative techniques, to taxpayers, who want an efficient criminal justice system, to suspects who are erroneously pursued and sometimes convicted. Free of legal jargon and written for a general audience, The Innocence Commission is instructive, informative, and highly compelling reading.

Southside Strangler

Author : Natalie Marshall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781386814092
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Southside Strangler written by Natalie Marshall and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timothy Wilson Spencer has the distinction of being the first American serial killer to be convicted on the basis of DNA evidence--evidence that also exonerated a man who had been in prison after being wrongly convicted of committing one of Spencer's murders. A troubled adolescent from Arlington, Virginia, with a deep hatred of women, Spencer utilized his cat-burglar skills, strength, and agility to gain entry into his victims's homes, lay wait, and then bind, rape, torture, and murder them. In total, Spencer had been linked to five murders and at least nine rapes in both Richmond and Arlington, Virginia. He was convicted of the murders of four of his victims and sentenced to death. Spencer was ultimately executed in the electric chair on 27 April 1994.

The Complete Patricia Cornwell Companion

Author : Glenn Louis Feole
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780425201312
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Patricia Cornwell Companion written by Glenn Louis Feole and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive guide to the works of the best-selling creator of the Kay Scarpetta thrillers supplies book-by-book synopses, along with excerpts, trivia, character portraits, descriptions of settings, analyses of the real-life forensic science behind the fiction, a biography of Cornwell, and more. Original.

Southern Nightmare

Author : Richard Foster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692193549
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (935 download)

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Download or read book Southern Nightmare written by Richard Foster and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years ago, the South Side Strangler serial killer terrorized the city of Richmond, Virginia, brutally raping and murdering women in their homes. This gripping, epic true-crime tale is one the most important chapters in the history of forensic science and the modern American criminal justice system, marking the first time in U.S. history that a murderer was brought to justice using DNA evidence. An adaptation of the popular true-crime podcast Southern Nightmare, this book is based on interviews with retired homicide detectives, FBI profilers, prosecutors, defense attorneys and friends and family of the victims.

Whores on the Hill

Author : Colleen Curran
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307430227
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Whores on the Hill written by Colleen Curran and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The girls of Sacred Heart Holy Angels eye the good dancers at the all-ages club Metropolis. They waste afternoons at the mall, check out parties on the lake, burn through candid, casual sex. Everybody calls them the Whores on the Hill, but they don't care. It is the mid-'80s and they go to the last all-girls' school in Milwaukee, where innocence is scarce and happiness is something to grabbed at in the backseat of a fast car. Meet exuberant, uninhibited Astrid, her nervy, troubled friend Juli and Thisbe, the shy, ascetic newcomer. They are fifteen years old. And they believe they can take on the world, no matter what it calls them. But when euphoric promiscuity mixes with a series of dangerous, deadly pranks, their world at Sacred Heart Holy Angels can never be the same.

Stalking Justice

Author : Paul Mones
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671002015
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Stalking Justice written by Paul Mones and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Mones is a nationally prominent attorney whose knowledge of DNA evidence brought about appearances on 60 Minutes, 20/20, 48 Hours, Oprah Winfrey and interviews in the New York Times, Newsweek, People and more. Here, Mones tells the riveting story of teh first time DNA was used in a capital case--and how it permanently altered the American justice system.

Nightwatcher

Author : Wendy Corsi Staub
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062070290
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Nightwatcher written by Wendy Corsi Staub and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Nightwatcher, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub delivers a ripped-from-the-headlines masterwork of suspense. New York City, September 11, 2001. In the chaotic wake of America’s worst national nightmare, a serial killer plies his bloody trade following the terrorist attacks, operating unnoticed by everyone . . . except for one frightened woman who has seen his face. And now Allison Taylor has become a target for a merciless predator stalking the denizens of a city on the edge . . . Praise for Wendi Corsi Staub and the Nightwatcher novels “Solid gold suspense . . . this one is a wild ride.” —#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child “If you like Mary Higgins Clark, you’ll love Wendy Corsi Staub!” —#1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson “Staub is boss when it comes to relaying fictionalized accounts of revulsion . . . Suspenseful, powerful, tense and—as usual—wonderfully written with an ending that will leave you guessing . . . A great read!” —Suspense Magazine “The thrills are near constant and combined with the waking nightmare state of 9/11, result in a high-tension and deeply visceral tale that will leave readers in a crippling state of uncertainty. The fear, the paranoia, the desperation—it leaps right off the page and gets under your skin.” —Criminal Element Nightwatcher Nightwatcher Sleepwalker Shadowkiller

Mid-Atlantic American Creepy Buildings and Paranormal Spaces

Author : Marques Vickers
Publisher : Marquis Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mid-Atlantic American Creepy Buildings and Paranormal Spaces written by Marques Vickers and published by Marquis Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-29 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition showcases the sites and structures where paranormal activity has occurred due to the often unexplainable and/or consequence of human depravity. Many of the showcased and photographed appear nondescript and ordinary, masking their significance with notoriety and infamy. These locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic sector of the United States include: ANNAPOLIS, MD: McDowell Hall, Reynolds, Middleton, Dock Street Taverns, Whitehall Creek Farm, Shiplap, Governor Calvert, Brice-Jennings, James Brice, Brooksby-Shaw Houses, Maryland Inn, Cornhill Street, Maryland State House, Camp Parole, Robert and Kathryn Swartz Murders, Capital Gazette Newsroom Massacre, Sacred Heart Burial Grounds ARLINGTON/ALEXANDER, VA: Vincent Foster Suicide, Serial Killers Timothy Spencer and Charles Severance Killing Sites, Arlington’s Forgotten Cemeteries, Yates Garden House, Gadsby’s Female Stranger, Devil Bat, Bruin Slave Jail, Wilkes Street Tunnel, Marshall and Schafer Houses, Alexandria Bank Building, Clem’s Stalking, Elton Hummer, Donita Cutts, George Lincoln Rockwell, Carol Ann Dodd, Constance Mellon, William Hall, Elizabeth Elliott and Karl von Lewinski Murders BALTIMORE, MD: Edgar Allan Poe’s Mysterious Death, Captain’s House Brothel, Clifton Mansion, Patterson Park, Peale Museum, Underground Railroad, Max’s Taphouse, John Wilkes Booth Grave, Body Snatching, Admiral Fell Inn, Belvedere and Lord Baltimore Hotels, Gayety Theatre, Emma Kefalos Murder, Charles Hopkins Rampage, Leakin Park Burials, Joseph Palczynski Abduction CHARLESTON, WV: General Lewis Inn, MacFarland-Hubbard House, Lewisburg Confederate and Hatfield Family Cemeteries, Greenbrier County Courthouse, Whipple Company Store, Juliet Staunton Clark, Cynthia Miller, Tammy Jean Daniel, Gary Carrier Jr., Jeanie Patton and Okey Meadow’s Murder Sites, King’s Inn and Roaring Twenties Nightclubs, Dollar Store Murder Site CHARLOTTE, NC: Copeland House, Albright Residence Hall, Confederate Cemetery, Stonewall Jackson Youth Center, Fire Station #4, Reesa Trexler, Taco Bell Murders, Ri Ra Irish Pub, Former Buckhead Saloon, Heritage USA Hotel DURHAM AND CHAPEL HILL, NC: Gimghoul Castle, Duke University Chapel Tower, Kathleen Peterson Murder, Killers Craig Hicks and Tailei Qi FAIRFAX/FREDERICKSBURG, VA: Pagans Motorcycle Club, Christmas Tree Lady, Chatham Manor, Beltway Sniper’s Virginia Sites, Grace Mann’s Murder GREENSBORO/WINSTON SALEM, NC: Korner’s Folly, Lydia’s Bridge, Lawson Family Museum, Biltmore Hotel, Reynolda House, Carolina Theatre, Bitter Blood Feud, Carolina Mill Fire HUNTINGTON, WV: Ritter Park, Alex Cox House, Huntington High School, Charles Manson Formative House, Samantha Burns Abduction, Prom Night Murder Site PITTSBURGH, PA: Chatham University Woodland Hall, Frick Mansion, Donnelly Building, Eleonora Duse, Mob Contract Killings, Jazz Age Performance Venues, Lobianco Brothers Grocery Store, Empire Yeast Company Site, Commuter Bandit Store, Langley Hall, McKees Rocks Sanitation Department, Serial Killer Sidney Brinkley and Richard Baumhammer, Pitt’s Brackenridge Hall, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church School, Clinton Apartments, Ricardo Tobia Murder, Tree of Life Synagogue RALEIGH, NC: Mordecai House, Page-Walker Hotel, Dr. Elbert Smith Murder, Etta Rebecca White’s Angel Monument, Fabius Page’s Graveyard RICHMOND, VA: Richmond Theatre, Confederate White House, Hollywood Cemetery, Virginia Governor’s Mansion, The Block WASHINGTON DC: Old Stone House, Halcyon House, Mary Ann Hall’s Brothel, Ford’s Theatre, Mary Surratt Boarding House, Hay-Adams Hotel, Adams Morgan Plaza, Blair House, Reagan Assassination Attempt, Drug Cartel Headquarters, DC Beltway Sniper Target Sites, Robert Wone, Joyce Chiang and Viola Herms Murders

Welcome to Arkham: An Illustrated Guide for Visitors

Author : AP Klosky
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1839082267
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Welcome to Arkham: An Illustrated Guide for Visitors written by AP Klosky and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-03-28 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the town of Arkham, setting for the beloved Arkham Horror series of tabletop games, in this comprehensive, full-color, hardcover guide to its people, places and strange goings on… Witness Arkham like you’re walking its streets, peering into its shadows… It is the height of the Roaring Twenties. Flappers and young fellas dance the Charleston at raucous jazz clubs gleaming bright with electric lights. Beneath this gilded glamour, bloody turf wars rage, funded by gangsters and crooked cops who frequent rival speakeasies and gambling dens. Amid these changing times, old New England towns hold their secrets close. Off the Aylesbury pike, in reclusive Dunwich, rolling hills hide decrepit farms and witch-haunted hollows. Past Cape Ann, the remote fishing village of Innsmouth rots from within. At the mouth of the Miskatonic River, mist-shrouded Kingsport lies dreaming. All the while, historic Arkham broods on the upper banks of the Miskatonic, its famed university delving into the world’s darkest, most ancient mysteries. Welcome to Arkham invites you to venture deeper than ever before into this legend-haunted city, inspired by H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos and made famous by the Arkham Horror series of tabletop games. Welcome to Arkham is a complete guide to the city of Arkham and the neighboring towns of Dunwich, Innsmouth and Kingsport, detailing 115 fabled locations and featuring more than 500 illustrations. Walk the streets of Arkham, ride the Essex County Express, hitch a ride to Innsmouth (and pray you can find a way out), or take a ferry down the Miskatonic River, and read between the lines to discover what other mysteries lurk deeper still in the pages of this tattered old book… The definitive guide to the world of Arkham Horror.

Bearing Witness to Evil

Author : Steve Neal
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
ISBN 13 : 1662909551
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Bearing Witness to Evil written by Steve Neal and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serial Killers, Murderers, Abductors, Rapist, Bank Robbers, Sniper Terrorists, Home Invasion Burglars, Death Row Escapees, Bearing Witness to Evil has them all. The real-life crime stories include first-hand accounts and insider tidbits that can only come from those who were at the scene of the crime. The Story Behind the Story segments that follow each crime case highlight and honor real world heroes. Steve Neal (Lawman) and Jon Burkett (Crime Reporter) masterfully blend reverence for victims and loved ones with a fervent quest for justice. Book Review 1: "Serial Killers, Murderers, Abductors, Rapist, Bank Robbers, Sniper Terrorists, Home Invasion Burglars, Death Row Escapees, Bearing Witness to Evil has them all. The real-world crime stories are compelling, yet maddeningly sorrowful at the same time. I was awe-struck by the Stories Behind the Story” segments. Steve Neal (Lawman) and Jon Burkett (Crime Reporter) masterfully blend reverence for victims and loved ones with a fervent quest for justice." -- Mike Wade - Henrico County Sheriff (Ret.) Book Review 2: "It’s FANTASTIC!! A real page-turner with stories behind the stories! Jon Burkett and Steve Neal have a winner with this piece!!" -- Jeff Katz - Chief of Police, Chesterfield County, Va. Book Review 3: "15 crime cases that are truly dreadful. Steve Neal (Lawman) and Jon Burkett, (Crime Reporter), give the reader first-hand accounts and insider tidbits that can only come from someone who was at the scene of the crime. The Story Behind the Story segments that follow each crime case highlight and honor real world heroes whose experiences are interesting, informative, and inspiring. If you like true crime stories, and real-life heroes, Bearing Witness to Evil is a must read." -- Patrick Yoes- FOP National President Book Review 4: "Steve and Jon are truly Warriors, Servants, Leaders – from protecting and serving their community in their respective careers, to now, sharing the stories of those who were the least, the last, and the lost, forgotten by many. Thank you for your compassion, and for Bearing Witness to Evil." -- Pat Welsh - Founder and CEO of PJ Welsh and Associates, Author, Speaker, Trainer

The Skeleton Crew

Author : Deborah Halber
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451657595
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book The Skeleton Crew written by Deborah Halber and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In America today, upwards of forty thousand people are dead and unaccounted for. These murder, suicide, and accident victims, separated from their names, are being adopted by the bizarre online world of amateur sleuths. It's DIY CSI. The web sleuths pore over facial reconstructions (a sort of Facebook for the dead) and other online clues as they vie to solve cold cases and tally up personal scorecards of dead bodies. The Skeleton Crew delves into the macabre underside of the Internet, the fleeting nature of identity, and how even the most ordinary citizen with a laptop and a knack for puzzles can reinvent herself as a web sleuth.

An Introduction to the Work of a Medical Examiner

Author : John J. Miletich
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0275995097
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Work of a Medical Examiner written by John J. Miletich and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-02-26 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medical examiners play an increasingly important role in society as unexpected and violent deaths increase, not only due to crime, but also due to new toxins in the environment, emerging diseases crossing from animals to humans, bizarre suicides, sadistic sexual practices, and other non-natural causes. John Miletich and Tia Lindstrom take us into the world of these medical detectives. Biological clues from bite marks and skin abnormalities to blood chemical levels and brain oxygenation are just some factors exposed in their quest for truth and justice. We learn the basics of death determination from rigor and livor mortis to signs of death by design, drug use, disease, suicide, and more. We also come to understand the tools of this work, from the Stryker's Saw to the grocer's scale, and tests that reveal factors from DNA evidence to toxins from insect bites. Each case begins with a biological mystery and ends with a conclusion that can provide loved ones with relief, or shock. Miletich, who trained at the Alberta Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, teams with Lindstrom to introduce readers to the medical examiner's role, including autopsy techniques and analysis. Twists and turns emerge as what was initially thought to be a murder proves to be suicide; what was suspected to be a natural death proves to be murder or environmental poisoning; or what was thought to be an accidental death proves to be something more sinister. This work includes appendices with guides to Medical Examiner organizations, seminars, and conventions.

Taryn Simon

Author : Taryn Simon
Publisher : Hatje Cantz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3775746285
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Taryn Simon written by Taryn Simon and published by Hatje Cantz Verlag. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was wir wahrnehmen, nehmen wir auch für wahr. Keinem Organ wird hierbei mehr Evidenz zugesprochen als dem Auge. Dabei ist das Sehen keineswegs unvoreingenommen. Perspektive, Wissen und Intuition prägen die Visualität. Was Realität ist und was Einbildung lässt sich hier kaum noch auseinanderhalten. Eindrücklicher Beleg hierfür ist Taryn Simons neue Fotoserie The Innocents. Zu sehen sind Menschen an unterschiedlichen Orten, die eint, irrtümlich anhand von Zeugenaussagen und Fotografien für Gewaltverbrechen verurteilt und inhaftiert worden zu sein. Wenn sie für die Aufnahmen nun an die Orte ihrer Verhaftung, des Verbrechens, der falschen Bezichtigung oder ihres Alibis zurückkehren, dann werden sie selbst Zeugen. An Kreuzungen, an denen Realität zu Fiktion und Einbildung zu Wahrheit erklärt wurde, blicken sie fragend in die Weite oder in die Kamera, um der lebende Beweis für die vermeintliche Objektivität und die Ambivalenz der Sinne zu sein.

Exile and Embrace

Author : Anthony Santoro
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 1555538177
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book Exile and Embrace written by Anthony Santoro and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the religious debates and dimensions of the death penalty in America

Data Mining and Predictive Analysis

Author : Colleen McCue
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 0128004088
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Data Mining and Predictive Analysis written by Colleen McCue and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Data Mining and Predictive Analysis: Intelligence Gathering and Crime Analysis, 2nd Edition, describes clearly and simply how crime clusters and other intelligence can be used to deploy security resources most effectively. Rather than being reactive, security agencies can anticipate and prevent crime through the appropriate application of data mining and the use of standard computer programs. Data Mining and Predictive Analysis offers a clear, practical starting point for professionals who need to use data mining in homeland security, security analysis, and operational law enforcement settings. This revised text highlights new and emerging technology, discusses the importance of analytic context for ensuring successful implementation of advanced analytics in the operational setting, and covers new analytic service delivery models that increase ease of use and access to high-end technology and analytic capabilities. The use of predictive analytics in intelligence and security analysis enables the development of meaningful, information based tactics, strategy, and policy decisions in the operational public safety and security environment. - Discusses new and emerging technologies and techniques, including up-to-date information on predictive policing, a key capability in law enforcement and security - Demonstrates the importance of analytic context beyond software - Covers new models for effective delivery of advanced analytics to the operational environment, which have increased access to even the most powerful capabilities - Includes terminology, concepts, practical application of these concepts, and examples to highlight specific techniques and approaches in crime and intelligence analysis

Why They Kill

Author : Richard Rhodes
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101972033
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Why They Kill written by Richard Rhodes and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do some men, women and even children assault, batter, rape, mutilate and murder? In his stunning new book, the Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Rhodes provides a startling and persuasive answer. Why They Killexplores the discoveries of a maverick American criminologist, Dr. Lonnie Athens -- himself the child of a violent family -- which challenge conventional theories about violent behavior. By interviewing violent criminals in prison, Dr. Athens has identified a pattern of social development common to all seriously violent people -- a four-stage process he calls "violentization": -- First, brutalization: A young person is forced by violence or the threat of violence to submit to an aggressive authority figure; he witnesses the violent subjugation of intimates, and the authority figure coaches him to use violence to settle disputes. -- Second, belligerency: The dispirited subject, determined to prevent his further violent subjugation, heeds his coach and resolves to resort to violence. -- Third, violent performances: His violent response to provocation succeeds, and he reads respect and fear in the eyes of others. -- Fourth, virulency: Exultant, he determines from now on to utilize serious violence as a means of dealing with people -- and he bonds with others who believe as he does. Since all four stages must be fully experienced in sequence and completed to produce a violent individual, we see how intervening to interrupt the process can prevent a tragic outcome. Rhodes supports Athens's theory with historical evidence and shows how it explains such violent careers as those of Perry Smith (the killer central to Truman Capote's narrative In Cold Blood), Mike Tyson, "preppy rapist" Alex Kelly, and Lee Harvey Oswald. Why They Kill challenges with devastating evidence the theory that violent behavior is impulsive, unconsciously motivated and predetermined. It offers compelling insights into the terrible, ongoing dilemma of criminal violence that plagues families, neighborhoods, cities and schools.

Paradise City

Author : Elizabeth Day
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1620408368
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Paradise City written by Elizabeth Day and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four disparate characters find themselves linked together in Paradise City. Howard Pink is a wildly successful businessman still struggling to cope fifteen years after his nineteen-year-old daughter disappeared. Beatrice Kizza fled persecution from Uganda where homosexuality is illegal. She now works as a maid at a hotel Howard frequents. Esme Reade, an ambitious staff reporter on a Sunday tabloid, is desperate to get the Howard Pink interview for which all London reporters froth at the mouths. Carol Hetherington, a widow who has time to keep an eye on her neighbors' actions, makes an astonishing discovery. Paradise City explores what a city means to those who come seeking their fortune or a better life. It is also a story of absence and loss, of how we shape ourselves around the spaces that people leave behind.