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Written for students and based on over 15 years' worth of teaching,
this book provides students with both a very accessible
introduction to crime and punishment in early modern England and
the necessary tools to encourage discussion and debate about some
of the key sources from the period. An updated bibliography to
include historiography from the last six years provides students
with an entry point into further reading and knowledge for essays
and seminars on popular courses on crime and justice in Tudor and
Stuart England. The introduction has been revised and questions
have been added to encourage more discussion about the sources and
help students question the sources' historical context and
decisions made by authors; this is perfect for students with little
experience of primary sources from this period.
'Michael is living proof that love always has the power to bring
you home.' Charlie Mackesy 'A cracking read. Really gets to the
bottom of the madness of a man fighting his demons.' Ray Winstone
'His life may have had its ups and downs, but it is wonderful
example of God's transforming power.' Nicky Gumbel, Vicar of HTB
& pioneer of ALPHA 'Take it from me, Michael got up to some
mischief. And to find some peace at the end of it all! You really
need to hear this story.' Former London Crime Boss Growing up,
Michael wanted nothing more than to follow in his dad's footsteps
and join the family business. Aged 18, he did just that and entered
into the glamourous, dangerous world of organised crime. Michael's
father, a career criminal and contemporary of the infamous Krays,
was a wayward role model. Soon Michael's criminal activities were
funding a reckless lifestyle of drugs, sex, and violence. But the
high couldn't last. In 1993 both men were arrested for their
involvement in a GBP13-million smuggling operation. Michael was
sentenced to twelve years, serving time in the same prison as his
dad. Inside HMP Exeter, Michael found something he had never
expected: answers. A chance encounter in the prison chapel led to
an experience that would shake the foundations of his life. This is
a true story of trauma and transformation, one man's search for
redemption, and the struggle to become the father he never had.
In 1981 ten men starved themselves to death inside the walls of
Long Kesh prison in Belfast. While a stunned world watched and
distraught family members kept bedside vigils, one soldier after
another slowly went to his death in an attempt to make Margaret
Thatcher's government recognize them as political prisoners rather
than common criminals. Drawing extensively on secret IRA documents
and letters from the prisoners smuggled out at the time, David
Beresford tells the gripping story of these strikers and their
devotion to the cause. An intensely human story, Ten Men Dead
offers a searing portrait of strife-torn Ireland, of the IRA, and
the passions -- on both sides -- that Republicanism arouses.
The thirteenth entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series
from the "prolific and talented" (Publishers Weekly) Ann Rule
focuses on crime victims who had no idea they were in
life-threatening danger, often from the very people they trusted
the most. In this collection's featured case, a family man
dedicated to naturopathic healing embarks on a passionate affair
with a flight attendant, but his jealous rages frighten her. When
she finally leaves after a brutal attack, she has no idea that her
tormentor would reappear in her life-with deadly consequences.
Other cases include: a woman who masterminds her husband's murder
just to gain his inheritance; the sadistic criminal whose prison
release damages a presidential campaign and ends in a bitter double
tragedy; the shocking DNA link between a horrifying crime and a
cold case; and finally, the man who crisscrosses the world in
deadly pursuit of a beautiful woman. Once again, the country's best
true crime writer brings her "absolutely riveting...psychologically
perspective" (Booklist) insight to a chilling look how sometimes
those we love the most can be the most dangerous.
The "New York Times" bestselling, authoritative account of the life
of Charles Manson, filled with surprising new information and
previously unpublished photographs: "A riveting, almost Dickensian
narrative...four stars" ("People").
More than forty years ago Charles Manson and his mostly female
commune killed nine people, among them the pregnant actress Sharon
Tate. It was the culmination of a criminal career that author Jeff
Guinn traces back to Manson's childhood. Guinn interviewed Manson's
sister and cousin, neither of whom had ever previously cooperated
with an author. Childhood friends, cellmates, and even some members
of the Manson family have provided new information about Manson's
life. Guinn has made discoveries about the night of the Tate
murders, answering unresolved questions, such as why one person
near the scene of the crime was spared.
"Manson" puts the killer in the context of the turbulent late
sixties, an era of race riots and street protests when authority in
all its forms was under siege. Guinn shows us how Manson created
and refined his message to fit the times, persuading confused young
women (and a few men) that he had the solutions to their problems.
At the same time he used them to pursue his long-standing musical
ambitions. His frustrated ambitions, combined with his bizarre
race-war obsession, would have lethal consequences.
Guinn's book is a "tour de force of a biography..."Manson" stands
as a definitive work: important for students of criminology, human
behavior, popular culture, music, psychopathology, and
sociopathology...and compulsively readable" (Ann Rule, "The New
York Times Book Review").
'OMG THAT ENDING!!!!' Reader Review 'Oh my! I thought The Serial
Killer's Wife was good but Alice Hunter has really turned up the
heat for The Serial Killer's Daughter. Reader Review Is murder in
the blood? In a sleepy Devon village, a woman is taken from the
streets. Local vet Jenny is horrified. This kind of thing doesn't
happen here. But it's not the first time she's been so close to a
crime scene. The daughter of a prolific serial killer, she's spent
her whole life running from who she really is. And the crime is
harrowingly similar to those her father committed all those years
ago... But she's not her father's daughter. Is she? Readers are
LOVING The Serial Killer's Daughter! 'A tense, taut
thriller...pulls you along with it right to the last page.' 'I
loved this book. Once I picked this novel up, I didn't put it
down.' 'The twist at the end is so clever that I was left thinking
about it for days after.' 'Such an addictive read!' 'I was
completely hooked, I even took it to the toilet with me!' 'Intense,
gripping, twisty and unpredictable, I loved it.' 'Totally gripped
from the first page to the last, suspicious of everyone and
everything. A tense, faced paced thriller that will keep you up at
night.' 'A fast-paced book with a great storyline. I tore through
the pages and thoroughly enjoyed it.' 'The world could've ended
when I was reading this book and I wouldn't have noticed.'
'Brilliant book. So worth the read. Absolutely kept me rapt right
to the end. I loved it.' 'Really pacey and suspenseful - I devoured
it!' NetGalley review
Crime investigation is not always a matter of gathering hard
evidence. Just as police officers sometimes follow a "hunch",
people with psychic abilities have often supplied invaluable leads
to help crack the most baffling cases. Through dreams, visions,
telepathy, and a host of other means, psychics have also predicted
and tried to prevent many serious crimes. Psychic Detectives allows
you to enter their world, revealing their astounding experiences
and the often heavy price they pay for sharing what they know.
Police agencies are generally reluctant to admit to the use of
psychics during or even after the completion of an investigation
for fear of ridicule from the public and other members of the law
enforcement community. Despite this, psychics have often become
involved in a large number of highly publicised investigations into
serial murders conducted over the last 20 years or more. Featured
cases include: the Kennedy assassinations * Jack the Ripper *
Charles Manson murders * Uri Geller's diamond find * David
Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") * Los Angeles Olympic Games bombing *
Moors murders * Peter Sutcliffe ("The Yorkshire Ripper") * IRA
bombing, Manchester * disappearance of Lord Lucan * Patty Hearst
kidnapping * and many more ...
Independence Day weekend, 1960: a young police officer is murdered,
shocking his close-knit community in Stamford, Connecticut. The
killer remains at large, his identity still unknown. But on a beach
not far away, a young Army doctor, on leave from his post at a
research lab in a maximum-security prison, faces a chilling
realisation. He knows who the shooter is. In fact, the man—a
prisoner out on parole—had called him only days before. By
helping his former charge and trainee, the doctor, a believer in
second chances, may have inadvertently helped set the murder into
motion. And with that one phone call, may have sealed a
policeman’s fate. Alvin Tarlov, David Troy and Joseph DeSalvo
were all born of the Great Depression, all with grandparents
who’d left different homelands for the same American Dream. How
did one become a doctor, one a police officer and one a convict? In
Genealogy of a Murder, journalist Lisa Belkin traces the paths of
each of these three men—one of them her stepfather. Her canvas is
large, spanning the first half of the 20th century: immigration,
the struggles of the working class, prison reform, medical
experiments, politics and war, the nature/nurture debate,
epigenetics, the infamous Leopold and Loeb case and the history of
motorcycle racing. It is also intimate: a look into the workings of
the mind and heart. Following these threads to their tragic outcome
in July 1960, and beyond, Belkin examines the coincidences and
choices that led to one fateful night. The result is a brilliantly
researched, narratively ingenious story, which illuminates how we
shape history even as we are shaped by it.
A bizarre, rollicking trip through the world of fringe medicine,
filled with leeches, baking soda IVs, and, according to at least
one person, zombies. It's no secret that American health care has
become too costly and politicized to help everyone. So where do you
turn if you can't afford doctors, or don't trust them? In this
book, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling examines the growing universe of
non-traditional treatments -- including some that are really
non-traditional. With costs skyrocketing and anti-science sentiment
spreading, the so-called "medical freedom" movement has grown. Now
it faces its greatest challenge: going mainstream. In these pages
you'll meet medical freedom advocates including an international
leech smuggler, a gold miner-turned health drink salesman who may
or may not be from the Andromeda galaxy, and a man who says he can
turn people into zombies with aerosol spray. One by one, these
alternative healers find customers, then expand and influence,
always seeking the one thing that would take their businesses to
the next level--the support and approval of the government. Should
the government dictate what is medicine and what isn't? Can we have
public health when disagreements over science are this profound?
No, seriously, can you turn people into flesh-eating zombies? If It
Sounds Like a Quack asks these critical questions while telling the
story of how we got to this improbable moment, and wondering where
we go from here. Buckle up for a bumpy ride...unless you're against
seatbelts.
'Exceptional . . . This thoughtful and engrossing book is as much
about law as it is about minds' THE TIMES What drives someone to
commit murder? What makes some people lash out on those that they
love? Can we predict whether a child will grow into a violent
adult, and what can we do to prevent it? These are just some of the
questions that forensic psychiatrist Dr Taj Nathan interrogates
every day in his work with violent offenders. Stories about violent
or deviant behaviour are the subject of sensational headlines or
inflated dramatic portrayals, but infinitely more complex and
intriguing are the real people behind labels like 'psychopath',
'sex offender' or 'serial killer'. Taking us from secure hospital
wards to high-security prisons to courtrooms, Dangerous Minds
offers compelling and deeply compassionate accounts of ten people
whose lives have been shaped by violence. From the impact of
traumatic events in childhood to the evolutionary and cultural
influences on the emergence of the social mind, this book is an
insider's account of the origins of violence that asks its readers
to re-evaluate all that they think they know about the people
society deems most dangerous.
In this chilling volume of New York Times bestselling author Ann
Rule's Crime Files, discover unforgettable cases of a spouse,
lover, family member or helpful stranger who is totally
trusted-until it's too late. Whether driven to extreme violence by
greed or jealousy, passion or rage, the calculating sociopaths in
this true crime collection targeted those closest to them-unwitting
victims whose last disbelieving words could well have been "but I
trusted you...." Headlining this page-turning anthology is the case
of middle-school counselor Chuck Leonard, found shot to death
outside his Washington State home on an icy February morning. A
complicated mix of family man and wild man, Chuck played hard and
loved many...but who crossed the line by murdering him in cold
blood? And why? The revelation is as stunning as the shattering
crime itself, powerfully illuminating how those we think we know
can ingeniously hide their destructive and homicidal designs. Along
with other shocking cases, immaculately detailed and sharply
analyzed by America's #1 true crime writer, this fourteenth Crime
Files volume is essential reading for getting inside the mind of
the hidden killers among us.
In this cold case murder investigation from "a powerful, confident
voice in the new true crime memoir genre" (James Renner, author of
True Crime Addict), one of America's most notorious sprees is
cracked open. With a foreword by Catherine Broad, sister of victim
Timothy King, this is a deftly crafted true story set amid the
decaying sprawl of Detroit.Four children were abducted and murdered
outside of Detroit during the winters of 1976 and 1977, their
bodies eventually dumped in snow banks around the city. J. Reuben
Appelman was only six years old when the murders began and even
evaded an abduction attempt during that same period, fueling a
lifelong obsession with what became known as the Oakland County
Child Killings. Autopsies showed that the victims had been fed
while in captivity, reportedly held with care. And yet, with equal
care, their bodies had allegedly been groomed post-mortem,
scrubbed-free of evidence that might link to a killer. There were
few credible leads, and equally few credible suspects. That's what
the cops had passed down to the press, and that's what the city of
Detroit, and Appelman, had come to believe. When the abductions
mysteriously stopped, a task force operating on one of the largest
manhunt budgets in history shut down without an arrest. Although no
more murders occurred, Detroit remained haunted. Eerily overlaid
upon the author's own decades-old history with violence, The Kill
Jar tells the gripping story of Appelman's ten-year investigation
into buried leads, apparent police cover-ups, con men, child
pornography rings, and high-level corruption saturating Detroit's
most notorious serial killer case. "Always deft, often sublime,
Appelman uses his investigation to draw us into his personal
journey through darkness, to light and life" (Chip Johannessen,
producer of Dexter).
In a ranch south of Texas, the man known as The Executioner dumps
five hundred body parts in metal barrels. In Brazil's biggest city,
a mysterious prisoner orders hit-men to gun down forty-one police
officers and prison guards in two days. In southern Mexico, a
crystal meth maker is venerated as a saint while imposing Old
Testament justice on his enemies. A new kind of criminal kingpin
has arisen: part CEO, part terrorist, and part rock star,
unleashing guerrilla attacks, strong-arming governments and taking
over much of the world's trade in narcotics, guns and humans. Who
are these new masters of death? What personal qualities and life
experiences have made them into such bloodthirsty leaders of men?
What do they represent and stand for? What has happened in the
Americas to allow them to grow and flourish? Author of the
critically acclaimed El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency,
Ioan Grillo has covered Latin America since 2001, and gained access
to every level of the cartel chain-of-command in what he calls the
new battlefields of the Americas. Moving between militia-controlled
ghettos and the halls of top policy-makers, Grillo provides a new
and disturbing understanding of a war that has spiralled out of
control - one that people across the political spectrum need to
confront now. Gangster Warlords is the first definitive account of
the crime wars now wracking Central and South America and the
Caribbean.
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