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The Bobbed Haired Bandit: A True Story of Crime and Celebrity in 1920s New York
ISBN: 9780814719800 / Angielski / Twarda / 394 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ripped straight from the headlines of the Jazz Age, The Bobbed Haired Bandit is a tale of flappers and fast cars, of sex and morality. In the spring of 1924, a poor, 19-year-old laundress from Brooklyn robbed a string of New York grocery stores with a -baby automatic, - a fur coat, and a fashionable bobbed hairdo. Celia Cooney's crimes made national news, with the likes of Ring Lardner and Walter Lippman writing about her exploits for enthralled readers. The Bobbed Haired Bandit brings to life a world of great wealth and poverty, of Prohibition and... Ripped straight from the headlines of the Jazz Age, The Bobbed Haired Bandit is a tale of flappers and fast cars, of sex and moral... |
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169,52 zł |
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Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City Construction Industry: The Final Report of the New York State Organized Crime Taskforce
ISBN: 9780814730348 / Angielski / Miękka / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, Corruption and Racketeering In The New York City Construction Industry: The Final Report of the New York State Organized Task Force, lays out in close and compelling detail the intricate patterns of currupt activities and relationships that for the better part of a century have characterized business as usual in the construction industry in America's largest metropolis. The book is the end product of more than five years' worth of investigation, prosecutions, and research by the New York State Organized Crime Task Force, a unique agency that has set a national... This book, Corruption and Racketeering In The New York City Construction Industry: The Final Report of the New York State Organized Task Force |
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143,79 zł |
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Terrorism as Crime: From Oklahoma City to Al-Qaeda and Beyond
ISBN: 9780814736951 / Angielski / Twarda / 271 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Car bombing, suicide bombing, abduction, smuggling, homicide, and hijacking are all profoundly criminal acts. In Terrorism as Crime Mark S. Hamm presents an understanding of terrorism from a criminological point of view, arguing that the most successful way to understand, detect, prosecute and deter these acts is to use conventional criminal investigation methods. Whether in Oklahoma City or London, Terrorism as Crime demonstrates that criminal activity is the lifeblood of terrorist groups and that there are simple common denominators at work that can remove the mystery... Car bombing, suicide bombing, abduction, smuggling, homicide, and hijacking are all profoundly criminal acts. In Terrorism as Crime Mark S. ... |
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390,42 zł |
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Gotham Unbound: How New York City Was Liberated from the Grip of Organized Crime
ISBN: 9780814742464 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cosa Nostra. Organized crime. The Mob. Call it what you like, no other crime group has infiltrated labor unions and manipulated legitimate industries like Italian organized crime families. One cannot understand the history and political economy of New York City-or most other major American cities-in the 20th century without focusing on the role of organized crime in the urban power structure. Gotham Unbound demonstrates the remarkable range of Cosa Nostra's activities and influence and convincingly argues that 20th century organized crime has been no minor annoyance at the... Cosa Nostra. Organized crime. The Mob. Call it what you like, no other crime group has infiltrated labor unions and manipulated legitimate industri... |
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529,62 zł |
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Cybercrime
ISBN: 9780814799703 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Internet has dramatically altered the landscape of crime and national security, creating new threats, such as identity theft, computer viruses, and cyberattacks. Moreover, because cybercrimes are often not limited to a single site or nation, crime scenes themselves have changed. Consequently, law enforcement must confront these new dangers and embrace novel methods of prevention, as well as produce new tools for digital surveillance--which can jeopardize privacy and civil liberties. Cybercrime brings together leading experts in law, criminal justice, and security studies... The Internet has dramatically altered the landscape of crime and national security, creating new threats, such as identity theft, computer viruses,... |
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390,42 zł |
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Cybercrime: Digital Cops in a Networked Environment
ISBN: 9780814799833 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Internet has dramatically altered the landscape of crime and national security, creating new threats, such as identity theft, computer viruses, and cyberattacks. Moreover, because cybercrimes are often not limited to a single site or nation, crime scenes themselves have changed. Consequently, law enforcement must confront these new dangers and embrace novel methods of prevention, as well as produce new tools for digital surveillance--which can jeopardize privacy and civil liberties. Cybercrime brings together leading experts in law, criminal justice, and security studies... The Internet has dramatically altered the landscape of crime and national security, creating new threats, such as identity theft, computer viruses,... |
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143,79 zł |
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Environmental Crime and Criminality: Theoretical and Practical Issues
ISBN: 9780815317562 / Angielski / Twarda / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 11 articles in this volume represent the cutting edge issues in the theory and practice of environmental criminal enforcement on the federal and state levels. The authors review EPA criminal, civil, and administrative enforcement; prosecutorial challenges and public protection; toxic dumping in
The 11 articles in this volume represent the cutting edge issues in the theory and practice of environmental criminal enforcement on the federal and s...
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770,57 zł |
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Family Crimes Against the Elderly: Elder Abuse and the Criminal Justice System
ISBN: 9780815332091 / Angielski / Twarda / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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565,09 zł |
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Notorious H.I.V.: The Media Spectacle of Nushawn Williams
ISBN: 9780816643400 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nushawn Williams, accused of deliberately infecting numerous individuals with AIDS, was subsequently dubbed an AIDS predator in the U.S. national media and is now incarcerated. His treatment by the media and the judicial system, argues Shevory (politics, Ithaca College), is unsupported by the evid
Nushawn Williams, accused of deliberately infecting numerous individuals with AIDS, was subsequently dubbed an AIDS predator in the U.S. national medi...
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118,10 zł |
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Disorder and Progress: Bandits, Police, and Mexican Development
ISBN: 9780842024396 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This reissue of Prof. Vanderwood's groundbreaking study-available again for the first time in a decade-examines bandits, police, and Mexican politics as a whole, showing how different groups used the agents of order and disorder to serve their interests. Originally published in 1981, Disorder and Progress was subsequently revised and updated in 1992. Added to the enlarged 1992 edition and included here in this reissue are the entirely new introduction, material on the period of the independence wars and on Pancho Villa, and an updated bibliography. This book also incorporates additional data...
This reissue of Prof. Vanderwood's groundbreaking study-available again for the first time in a decade-examines bandits, police, and Mexican politics ...
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221,71 zł |
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Investigating Religious Terrorism and Ritualistic Crimes
ISBN: 9780849310348 / Angielski / Twarda / 453 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The legalities of particular religious practices depend on many factors, such as the type of occult or religious activity, the current laws, and the intention of the individual practitioner. Written by the director of the Institute for the Research of Organized and Ritual Violence, Investigating Religious Terrorism and Ritualistic Crimes is the first complete resource to assist in crime scene identification, criminal investigation, and prosecution of religious terrorism and occult crime. It analyzes occult and religious terrorist practices from each group's theological perspective to...
The legalities of particular religious practices depend on many factors, such as the type of occult or religious activity, the current laws, and the i...
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667,83 zł |
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Death and Violence on the Reservation: Homicide, Family Violence, and Suicide in American Indian Populations
ISBN: 9780865690158 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is the first major attempt to systematically examine the etiology of violence in American Indian communities. Using fieldwork as well as quantitative and qualitative research, Bachman first presents an overview of American Indians from historical and contemporary perspectives, before she focuses specifically on violence and its causes. Homicide, suicide, and family violence are analyzed in depth, and the destructive impacts of alcohol and other addictive substances are documented. Dr. Bachman effectively uses personal stories and narratives given by American Indians to... This volume is the first major attempt to systematically examine the etiology of violence in American Indian communities. Using fieldwork as well a... |
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564,90 zł |
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Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike
ISBN: 9780871137029 / Angielski / Miękka / 334 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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...
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 membe...
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75,60 zł |
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Twilight of Innocence: The Disappearance of Beverly Potts
ISBN: 9780873388368 / Angielski / Miękka / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the nation's first highly publicized missing child cases Ten-year-old Beverly Potts was last seen at 9:00 p.m. the evening of August 24, 1951, at Halloran Park on Cleveland's West Side. She and her neighbor and friend Patricia Swing had gone to see the Showagon--a troupe of singers, dancers, magicians, and other performers that traveled around Cleveland's neighborhood parks during the summer, giving free performances. Patricia had to be home before dark, but Beverly's parents told her she could stay until the show was over. When she was still not home by 9:30, her... One of the nation's first highly publicized missing child cases Ten-year-old Beverly Potts was last seen at 9:00 p.m. the evening o... |
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118,69 zł |
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Going Down to the Barrio: Homeboys and Homegirls in Change
ISBN: 9780877228554 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Looks at two Chicano gangs in East Los Angeles. This book examines the changes and continuities among three generations of barrio gangs. It explores the neighborhoods to chart the development of gang behavior, especially in terms of violence and drug use, and to compare experiences of male and female gang members.
Looks at two Chicano gangs in East Los Angeles. This book examines the changes and continuities among three generations of barrio gangs. It explores t...
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148,92 zł |
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Fixed: How Goodfellas Bought Boston College Basketball
ISBN: 9780878331468 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Using extensive background research as well as interviews with the principal characters, "Fixed" provides the first in-depth reconstruction of the point-shaving scandal involving the 1978-1979 Boston College basketball team, from the genesis of the plot, through the uncovering of the scheme during an unrelated investigation, to the trial that captivated the sports world.
Using extensive background research as well as interviews with the principal characters, "Fixed" provides the first in-depth reconstruction of the poi...
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75,39 zł |
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Death Foretold
ISBN: 9780878405466 / Angielski / Miękka / 372 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Death Foretold is the tenth report prepared by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights on the Jsuit case. In this report, the Lawyers Committee seeks to summarize the crime and evaluate efforts to investigate and prosecute its perpetrators.
Death Foretold is the tenth report prepared by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights on the Jsuit case. In this report, the Lawyers Committee seeks t...
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358,81 zł |
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East Side-West Side : Organizing Crime in New York, 1930-50
ISBN: 9780878559312 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on primary source documents, this historical study establishes the interconnections between private violence and political, social, and economic life in New York from 1930 to 1950. By describing and analyzing both the social world and social system of organized crime, Block provides a new perspective on racial and ethnic stereotypes in the study of organized crime. He also provides a penetrating look at one of the most misunderstood aspects of American society. East Side-West Side is an important book for historians, criminologists, and sociologists.
Based on primary source documents, this historical study establishes the interconnections between private violence and political, social, and economic...
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236,26 zł |
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Deadly Blessings
ISBN: 9780879755805 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A young couple watched their infant son die of meningitis even as their Christian Science "practitioner" promised that prayer was all the child needed. The parents were prosecuted, leading to a six-year legal battle.
A West Coast psychotherapist's practice involved a bewildering array of drugs, New Age metaphysics, and mind control. One of her patients died after a bizarre "hot tub" treatment. The psychotherapist was taken to court. A Filipino "psychic surgeon" claimed that he could remove tumors without breaking the skin. The husband of one patient complained to his local prosecutor.... A young couple watched their infant son die of meningitis even as their Christian Science "practitioner" promised that prayer was all the child needed...
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146,96 zł |
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False Security
ISBN: 9780879759285 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Insurance is affordable protection for ourselves, our loved ones, and our belongings. As most people maintain some kind of insurance, it is also an extremely lucrative industry, generating billions of dollars annually. Investigative reporter Kenneth D. Meyers thinks that the profits have turned the insurance industry into a bad business.
In False Security, Myers chronicles numerous untold abuses of the insurance industry-exposing the inside story of bad investments, naive executives, bilked clients, collapsed companies, and staggering financial losses. He paints a frightening picture of... Insurance is affordable protection for ourselves, our loved ones, and our belongings. As most people maintain some kind of insurance, it is also an ex...
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146,96 zł |