Treason, witchcraft, robbery and murder, just a few of the crimes that could incur the penalty of death in the early days of Britain's justice system. Domestic violence was rife and alcohol was often the fuel that culminated in the murders of a wife or sweetheart. DNA, blood grouping & fingerpinting are now used to place a person at the scene of a crime. Before the use of forensics, evidence was often circumstantial and there is no doubt that in some cases an innocent person would have been han...
At the turn of the twentieth century, thousands of Italian immigrants left their home country for the United States and, particularly, New York City. A small minority of the immigrants were members of a criminal syndicate that largely victimized fellow immigrants. The most common crime was a type of extortion known as "Black Hand." The methods of extortion were particularly violent, and included kidnapping, arson, and murder. The New York Police Department, unable to speak the language and unawa...
Prevention of child recruitment and exploitation by terrorist and violent extremist groups
The present Manual presents practical approaches and measures that can be put in place, particularly in the justice system and in collaboration with other sectors, to prevent child recruitment and exploitation by terrorist and violent extremist groups. Pursuing the common goal of preventing child recruitment by terrorist and violent extremist groups involves working together, not only within the justice system but also with other systems such as child protection, education and health, to design...
True Crime Stories (True Crime, True Crime Stories, Serial Killers, Serial Killers True Crime, #1)
by Travis S Kennedy
Nobody Cares and What I Did About It! The Red Wemette Story of the Chicago OIutfit
by Red Wemette
The Criminalization of the State in Africa (African Issues)
by Jean-Francois Bayart, Stephen Ellis, and Beatrice Hibou
This text examines the growth of fraud and smuggling in African states, the plundering of natural resources, the privatization of state institutions, the development of an economy of plunder and the growth of private armies. It suggests that the state itself is becoming a vehicle for organized criminal activity. The authors propose criteria for gauging the criminalization of African states and present a novel prognosis: they distinguish between the corruption of previous decades and the criminal...
Avoid Leaks
by U S Military, Department of Defense (Dod), and Christian Capistrano
True Murder Mysteries of Southwestern Pennsylvania
by A Parker Burroughs