Social Services & Welfare, Criminology

Federal law enforcement components used more than 16,000 confidential informants in fiscal year 2013 as part of criminal investigations. Informants...

Let's Talk Criminal Justice provides students with study aids and a bank of questions drawn from the material in each chapter.Let's Talk Criminal J...

When he retired in 2018 Pat Marry had been instrumental in solving dozens of serious crimes, including many murders.But as a newly qualified garda ...

Willem Holleeder is one of the most notorious criminals in contemporary history. Best known for his involvement in the 1983 kidnapping of Alfred He...

From sexualized selfies and hidden camera documentaries to the bouncers monitoring patrons at Australian nightclubs, the ubiquity of contemporary s...

Blackstone''s Senior Investigating Officers'' Handbook is designed specifically to meet the reference needs of any officer conducting a serious or ...

One side of me says, I'd like to talk to her, date her. The other side of me says, I wonder what her head would look like on a stick? Edmund Kemper...

At a time when mass shootings in schools and other public spaces have become commonplace, it might seem surprising that American college campuse...

You've seen Manhunt, now read Geoffrey Wansell's chilling portrait of notorious serial killer Levi Bellfield- the only man in modern British legal ...

Long the scourge of developing countries, fake pills are now increasingly common in the United States. The explosion of Internet commerce, coupled ...

Two elderly shopkeepers bludgeoned to death, the only evidence a smudged thumbprint inside a cashbox. A Quaker poisons his mistress in Slough and,...

Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. A letter arrives. Youve got an appointment with a trainee clinical psychologist on April 29, 2008. Y...

Following the 2013 revelations of Edward Snowden, Americans have come to realize that many of us may be under surveillance at any time. It all s...

The legendary Jack the Ripper murdered as many as ten women between the years of 1887 and 1891 in the East End of London. The debate over his tr...

Many well-read students, historians, and loyal aficionados of Texas Ranger lore know the name of Texas Ranger Captain Frank Jones (1856-1893), who ...

Shortlisted for the Crime Writer's Association Gold Dagger award for non-fiction.In September 1970, two boys met in the playground on their first d...

This book presents a lively history of the Arkansas State Police. From the force's origins as the 'Arkansas Rangers' to Governor Cherry's plan for ...

When Edmond Locard established the Laboratoire Intérregional de Police, the world's first crime lab, in Lyon, France, in 1910, he had only two inst...

In recent years, there has been a surge in school shootings, workplace homicides, hate violence, and deadly terrorist attacks in the United States....

DNA is the fundamental building block for an individual''''s entire genetic makeup. DNA is a powerful tool for law enforcement investigations becau...

In this second edition, historians Chuck Parsons and Donaly E. Brice present a complete picture of N. O. Reynolds (18461922), a Texas Ranger who br...

Winner of the 2022 British Academy Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. Novelist Alia Trabucco Zeran has long been fascinated not only with th...

Public mass killings are becoming more common. Though the chances of being harmed or killed in a mass shooting are slim, each incident affects t...

''A hugely impressive achievement.'' - Hadley Freeman, author of House of Glass At 8.00am on Monday 18th June ...

A New York Times Notable Book Best Books of 2021: TIME, Smithsonian New York Ti...

''A hugely impressive achievement.'' - Hadley Freeman, author of House of Glass At 8.00am on Monday 18th June ...

The No 1 Bestseller!''A triumph'' Nicola Tallant, Sunday World Crime World podcast''An incredible catalogue of mayhem ... amazing'' Pat Kenny, News...

Identity theft tax refund fraud is a persistent, evolving threat to honest taxpayers and tax administration. It occurs when an identity thief files...