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This book shows how and why societies around the world have used juries, from ancient Athens to today. It considers the present decline of jury trials in English speaking countries, the alternatives that have been used throughout history, and anal...

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Part drug war survival handbook, part criminal law 101, BUSTED! is the bible on how to not get busted, and what to do if you find yourself in any of these (and many other) situations. What to do if: I'm whacked-out and face-to-face with the fuzz ....

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'An intricate and brilliantly written psychiatric perspective on the most perplexing of crimes' Kerry Daynes, author of The Dark Side of the Mind 'Beautifully written and very dark' Nimco Ali OBE 'Whodunnit' doesn&apo...

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RIGHT OR WRONG? Only nine criminals in the UK have been granted lifelong anonymity. Their crimes so heinous that their identities are permanently changed for their own safety. CRIMINAL OR VICTIM? Upon release, they're given a second chance: new id...

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In an extraordinary history of the criminal trial, Sadakat Kadri shows with wit, legal insight and a travel writers eye for detail, how the irrationality of the past lives on in the legal systems of the present. A bold and brilliant debut from a p...

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'As good as being in the gallery. Enthralling.' Peter Ackroyd, The Times The original transcript of the famous Wilde vs Queensberry trial, containing previously unseen details and exchanges. With extensive footnotes and a new introductio...

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The seventh classic instalment in this genre-changing series of novels featuring Detective Inspector Martin Beck.On a quiet night a high-ranking police officer, Nyland, is slaughtered in his hospital bed, brutally massacred with a bayonet. It's no...

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The rumbustious true story of the Victorian master thief who was the model for Conan Doyle's Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' arch-rival. From the bestselling author of 'Operation Mincemeat' and 'Agent Zigzag'.Adam Worth was the greatest master criminal...

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Now a major TV series'A masterpiece that reads like a thriller' Time OutA gripping and probing account of the biggest criminal manhunt in British history.It is over 40 years since Peter Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women and attacking 7...

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'I doubt whether any book of greater importance will be published in 1997.' Anthony Storr, The Times.In March, 1995, a Winchester father is imprisoned for eight years on the uncorroborated oral evidence of his daughter, who had recovered memories ...

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The true story of the Lady Detective Agency, one of the UK's most successful female private detective services. The Agency exists for one purpose: to expose the truth. Cheating husbands, bad boyfriends and guilty consciences beware...For the first...

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The classic, bestselling account of the infamous Kray twins, now a major film, starring Tom Hardy. Reggie and Ronnie Kray ruled Londons gangland during the 60s with a ruthlessness and viciousness that shocks even now. Building an empire of organis...

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?John Douglas is the FBI''s pioneer and master of investigative profiling, and one of the most exciting figures in law enforcement I''ve had the privilege of knowing? Patricia Cornwell?John Douglas knows more about serial killers than anybody in t...

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'A hugely impressive achievement.' - Hadley Freeman, author of House of GlassAt 8.00am on Monday 18th June 2001, Danielle Jones left home dressed in her school uniform - and promptly vanished.The 15-year old's body was never recovered, but Daniell...

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Nominated for the CWA Dagger Award 2023 A wonderful book - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detector Henry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency room covered in his wifes blood. But was he a grieving husband, or a ruthles...

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The feminist book they tried to ban in France'A delightful book' Roxane GayWomen, especially feminists and lesbians, have long been accused of hating men. Our instinct is to deny it at all costs. (After all, women have been burnt at the stake for ...

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The feminist book they tried to ban in France?A delightful book? Roxane GayWomen, especially feminists and lesbians, have long been accused of hating men. Our instinct is to deny it at all costs. (After all, women have been burnt at the stake for ...

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A Financial Times Best Summer Book 2023A Waterstones Best True Crime BookNagyrev, Hungary, 1929. Over 160 mysterious deaths. A group of local wives conspiring together, and one woman at the centre of it all...In 1929, a dark secret at the heart of...

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A Financial Times Best Summer Book 2023 A Waterstones Best True Crime Book Nagyrev, Hungary, 1929. Over 160 mysterious deaths. A group of local wives conspiring together, and one woman at the centre of it all In 1929, a dark secret at the heart of...

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In the tradition of "Dead Man Walking" and "The Executioner's Song" comes a harrowing first-person story of the longest-tenured death row inmate in U.S. history to be freed after a wrongful conviction led to his serving 22 year...

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When he began working on this book, Fuhrman was a firm believer in the death penalty. What he saw in Oklahoma changed his mind.

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I killed and buried my best friend today ... When authorities found Raffi Kodikian -- barely alive -- four days after he and his friend David Coughlin became lost in Rattlesnake Canyon, they made a grim and shocking discovery. Kodikian freely admi...

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In this reasoned exploration of justice, retribution, and redemption, the champion of the new monastic movement, popular speaker, and author of the bestselling The Irresistible Revolution offers a powerful and persuasive appeal for the abolition o...

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NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES. 'Terrific, fascinating, very funny' Daily Mail 'Hilarious' Sun 'Gripping' Literary Review How do we ensure that the guilty are convicted and the innocent walk free? Shortlisted for the Crime Wri...

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In this brief, accessible text, Malcolm Klein presents insights gained from his forty years of experience investigating street gangs. In Part I he reveals some of the dominant trends that have emerged over the course of his research, defining and ...

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In one way or another, we are all affected by the actions of the American judicial system. This VSI explains how and why this is -- cracking the vail that surrounds American courts and the law by translating the legal technicalities, structural co...

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What, if anything, do dreams tell us about ourselves? What is the relationship between types of sleep and types of dreams? Does dreaming serve any purpose? Or are dreams simply meaningless mental noise--"e;unmusical fingers wandering over the ...

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In this Very Short Introduction Julian V. Roberts identifies the principal objectives of the criminal justice system and the way in which it works around the world. Analysing a number of case studies about a wide variety of issues, including court...

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Market-leading and first choice for students and lecturers, Blackstone's Statutes have an unrivalled tradition of trust and quality. With a rock-solid reputation for accuracy, reliability, and authority, Blackstone's Statutes provide a careful sel...

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This new dictionary covers a wide range of terms used in the field of forensic science, touching on related disciplines such as chemistry, biology, and anthropology. Case examples, figures, and photographs make it the ideal reference for students ...

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