Atlas of True Crime
by Hajeski, Nancy J
Published by : Firefly Books (Buffalo, New York) Physical details: 224 pages illustrations (chiefly color), color maps 29 cm ISBN:9780228104759.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 300 - 399 | Book Cart | 364.30922 Haj (Browse shelf) | Available | GO Bond | 115052 |
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Includes index.
Introduction -- Crimebusters -- Feature: the advent of forensic science -- Bootleggers and bank robbers -- The rise of organized crime -- Feature: top crime bosses of the past century -- Murder most foul -- Feature: Hollywood homicides -- Romance gone wrong -- Feature: Black widows -- The mind of a serial killer -- Feature: profiling: portraits of psychopaths -- Feature: the Yorkshire Ripper: the one that almost got away -- Ramage killers -- Feature: crime goes to the movies -- Cannibals in our midst -- Kidnappers -- Feature: kidnappings that created change -- The big heist -- Feature: stealing masterpieces -- Con men and white-collar criminals.
"Offers a wide-ranging perspective of the criminal underworld from the 1850s to the present, providing illustrated histories of dozens of infamous individuals who have left their mark on society -- in the darkest ways possible."--
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