Criminal Investigation & Detection

For courses in basic and advanced criminal investigation A Guide to Effective Criminal Investigations Drawing upon the authors 50 plus years of ...

'This masterly investigation, spanning 30 years, into the assassination of a cold war dissident, Georgi Markov, in London in 1978 exposes an assass...

'This masterly investigation, spanning 30 years, into the assassination of a cold war dissident, Georgi Markov, in London in 1978 exposes an assass...

America's greatest crime writer investigates his mother's murder. On 21 June 1958, Geneva Hilliker Ellroy left her home in California. She was foun...

'There are so many questions over this case. It is one of the most astounding and mysterious I have ever come across' - Professor Jason Payne James...

Exploring the experiences of both male clients and female sex workers, Chinas Commercial Sexscapes expands upon the complex dynamics of sex worker ...

Human trafficking has emerged as one of the top international and domestic policy concerns, and is well covered and often sensationalized by the me...

Human trafficking has emerged as one of the top international and domestic policy concerns, and is well covered and often sensationalized by the me...

In 1960 a mysterious car crash killed Albert Camus and his publisher Michel Gallimard, who was behind the wheel. Based on meticulous research, Giov...

Individuals who have committed a number of crimes over their lifetimes have had complex, multi-faceted life experiences often characterized by extr...

The National Rifle Association (NRA) is an important actor in the American gun debate. While popular explanations for the groups influence often fo...

Second edition of an established text on common procedures for the identification and processing of evidence at scenes of crime  Includes chapters...

Ten percent of the worlds population lives on islands, but until now the place and space characteristics of islands in criminological theory have n...

The social, economic and technological developments of the late modern society have radically changed policing approaches both at national and supr...

AS FEATURED IN BBC TWO'S BILLION DOLLAR DOWNFALL: THE DEALMAKER DOCUMENTARYTwo Wall Street reporters investigate the man entrusted with millions to...

Digul was an internment colony for political prisoners that was established in 1926 in West Papua. This book argues that Digul is the key to unders...

Master modern investigative principles and practices using the field-based approach strongly grounded in current research with Hess/Hess Orthmann/C...

In 1974, Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace. In 2020, Donald Trump was impeached. Both were investigated by the FBI, an agency under their control....

Law today is incomplete, inaccessible, unclear, underdeveloped, and often perplexing to those whom it affects. In The Legal Singularity, Abdi Aidid...

The process of controlling criminal investigations is a complex matter, yet it has frequently been minimized or neglected in police management publ...

How do you trap someone in a lie? For centuries, all manner of truth-seekers have used the lie detector. In this eye-opening book, Geoffrey C. Bunn...

Is it revenge or is it justice?DI Gravel is supposed to be on mandatory leave, but when a severed head washes up on the estuary beach his holiday i...

Its different when its your daughter.DI Gravels daughter Emily has landed her dream job working for high profile solicitor Charles Turner. But the ...

Hes inside her home. Successful novelist Mia is being stalked. Photos of her and her four-year-old daughter arrive in untraceable emails that dema...

Home is where the heart is. But home is also the most common site for murder. The grimly fascinating new book from the UK's leading criminologist D...

In After Homicide, the author explores what the families of murder victims confront as they encounter the multiple members of the criminal justice ...

One young woman missing, two found murdered -- the gripping true story of Australia's longest-running homicide investigation ** Winner of the Ned K...

This book, now in its second edition, is the first and most exhaustive text covering the still growing popularity of cold case investigations which...

'Oliver Harris's Ascension is a stunner. What a pleasure it is to read a book with a powerful story, an unusual and fully realised setting, a convi...

Indicting the 45th President is a sequel to Criminology on Trump in real time, continuing the criminological investigation into the former US presi...

An undercover detective is a buyer, and their commodity is intelligence. But what is the real price of justice?'A compelling and powerful account f...

The New York Times BestsellerWith the future of American democracy in the balance, this is a detailed and forensic account of what really happened ...

Fundamentals of Medical Practice Investigation fills an important gap in the resources for criminal investigators. Appropriate for novice medical i...

It's hard to live when you think you deserve to die When a tired old inmate is found dead in his cell, the prison is obligated to investigate and s...