18 books like Safety crimes

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The Tale of Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter · 1900 · ★ 4.2 · 58p · ≈ 1h · Challenging One of the best known and loved children's stories is the story of naughty Peter Rabbit and his misadventures as he is chased around a garden. Shares: Community pick

Breaking and entering Paul F. Cromwell · 1990 · 130p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Shares: Crime & criminology, Criminology, Sociology, Social Science Shares: Crime & criminology, Criminology, Sociology, Social Science

Environment and crime among residents in urban areas Olof Dahlbäck · 2012 · 204p · ≈ 6h · Moderate This groundbreaking book by Olof Dahlbäck analyzes the direct effects of the environment and the indirect effects of geographical differentiation of individuals on the offender rates of different urban areas. In order to do this, relationships between crime and independent factors are analyzed in various ways - by considering cross-sectional and longitudinal aspects, linear and non-linear… Shares: Criminology, Social Science, True Crime

Dark Secrets of the Black Museum : 1835-1985 Gordon Honeycombe · 2014 · 498p · ≈ 16h · Moderate 'EXCELLENT WRITING AND RESEARCH' - RUTH RENDELLThe Crime Museum of New Scotland Yard - invariably known as 'the Black Museum' - houses a remarkable collection of exhibits, photographs and documents connected with some of the most notorious crimes in this country's history. Although the museum is closed to the general public, Gordon Honeycombe was granted privileged access to its classified… Shares: Criminology, Social Science, True Crime

Life Means Life Nick Appleyard · 2009 From sex-crazed fiends to cold-eyed professional assassins, only those convicted of the most terrible murders are told they will die behind bars.This book tells the stories of those most depraved killers whose crimes outraged society and demanded the harshest penalty available to a British court. Among a UK prison population of close to 100,000, fewer than 40 men and women have been told they… Shares: Criminology, Social Science, True Crime

Organized crime Howard Abadinsky · 1981 · ★ 3.9 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate xiii, 417 pages ; 24 cm Shares: Criminology, Sociology, True Crime

Cass Cass Pennant · 2001 · 340p · ≈ 11h · Moderate He arrived to rally the troops, the main man in the Inter City Firm and his greeting passed into football fan history. 'Afternoon, gentlemen, the name's Bill Gardner.' That introduction alone was often enough to provoke sheer terror in his opponents. He is a genuine legend to anyone who's ever stood proud on a football terrace. No serious book on the culture would be complete without at least one… Shares: Criminology, Social Science, True Crime

Predator John McShane · 2011 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The powerfully-built nightclub bouncer kidnapped and murdered 13 year old Milly Dowler as she walked home from school in broad daylight. She had stopped for a bag of chips with friends at a railway station cafe. The case horrified the nation when six months later her body was found 25 miles away by mushroom pickers in a quiet wood in the Hampshire countryside. Her abduction and death was… Shares: Criminology, Social Science, True Crime

Once upon a Crime Jimmy Cryans · 2012 · 288p · ≈ 9h · Moderate ''Once upon a Crime'' (1992 film), 1992 American black comedy mystery film Shares: Criminology, Social Science, True Crime

By the Fire We Carry Rebecca Nagle · 2024 · ★ 4.4 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "No part of the judiciary exposes the chasm between American ideals and institutional practice like federal Indian law. In By the Fire We Carry, Nagle, a Cherokee journalist, turns a case most Americans haven’t heard of into a legal thriller." —New York Times Book ReviewNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe New Yorker’s Best Books of 2024 • Publishers Weekly Top 10 Book of the Year • NPR 2024 "Books We Loved"… Shares: Social Science, True Crime

Genocidal crimes Alex Alvarez · 2009 · 12p · ≈ 24m · Moderate Genocide has emerged as one of the leading problems of the twentieth century. While many individuals are familiar with the term, few people have a clear understanding of what genocide is and how it is carried out. Discusses the concept of genocide and dispels the widely held misconceptions about how these crimes occur and the mechanisms necessary for its perpetration. Relies upon the… Shares: Criminology, True Crime

Parents Who Kill Carol Anne Davis · 2009 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Why would two young boys abduct, torture and kill a toddler? What makes a teenage girl plot with her classmates to kill her own father? Society regards children as harmless - but for some the age of innocence is shortlived, messy and ultimately murderous.Mary Bell, Robert Thompson and Jon Venables are infamous for their crimes against other children, but many of the less familiar studies here are… Shares: Criminology, Social Science, True Crime

Hate crime Neil Chakraborti · 2009 · 204p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Hate crime has become an increasingly familiar term in recent times as problems of bigotry and prejudice continue to pose complex challenges for societies across the world. Although greater recognition is now afforded to hate crimes and their associated harms, the problem is still widespread and many key questions remain unanswered. Are we doing enough to protect vulnerable members of society?… Shares: Criminology, Social Science, True Crime

A good month for murder Del Quentin Wilber · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "Twelve homicides, three police-involved shootings and a furious hunt for an especially brutal killer--February 2013 was a good month for murder in suburban Washington, D.C. After gaining unparalleled access to the homicide unit in Prince George's County, which borders the nation's capital, Del Quentin Wilber begins shadowing the talented, often quirky detectives who get the call when a body… Shares: Criminology, Social Science, True Crime

El Narco Ioan Grillo · 2011 · ★ 4.1 · 321p · ≈ 10h · Moderate "The world has watched stunned at the bloodshed in Mexico. Forty thousand murdered since 2006; police chiefs shot within hours of taking office; mass graves comparable to those of civil wars; car bombs shattering storefronts; headless corpses heaped in town squares. And it is all because a few Americans are getting high. Or is it? The United States throws Black Hawk helicopters, DEA assistance,… Shares: Criminology, Social Science, True Crime

It's Not about the Truth Don Yaeger · 2007 · 321p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Mike Pressler walked into the bottomfloor meeting room of the Murray Building and, as he had done hundreds of times over a sixteen-year career at Duke University, prepared to address his men's lacrosse team. Forty-six players sat in theater-style chairs, all eyes riveted forward. It was 4:35 P.M. on Wednesday, April 5, 2006. The program's darkest hour had arrived in an unexpected and explosive… Shares: Criminology, True Crime

Understanding Violence Elizabeth Kandel Englander · 1997 · 210p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "In this book, Elizabeth Kandel Englander sorts, structures, and evaluates violence hypotheses. She draws on contemporary research and theory in varied fields - clinical and social psychology, sociology, criminology, psychiatry, social work, neuropsychology, behavioral genetics, and education - to present a uniquely balanced, integrated, and readable summary of what we currently know about the… Shares: Criminology, Sociology, True Crime

Why we kill Nancy Loucks · 2009 · 221p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Capital punishment, serial killings, war, terrorism, abortion, honour killings, euthanasia, suicide bombings, war, and genocide: all involve the taking of life. Put most simply, all involve killing other people. However, cultural context heavily influences heavily how people perceive these acts, and most people reading this paragraph will likely disagree on the extent to which these "count" as… Shares: Criminology, Social Science

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