Facts on File crime library

Presents profiles of the nearly five hundred criminals who have appeared on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List from the 1950s to the 1990s, some with photographs, and includes information on how the list originated.

Defines the words and phrases that crooks and felons use to describe themselves, their associates, their victims, and their crimes.

A reference guide to the American prison system, past and present, that presents more than two centuries of U.S. penal history, providing information on famous and infamous prison wardens, prisoners, prisons, escapes, riots, fires, convict labor, prison society, reformers, and prison technology.

Presents a collection of alphabetically arranged entries related to aspects of international organized crime, including notorious crime leaders, crime groups, and countries with crime enterprises. Includes photographs.

Contains over five hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about true conspiracies and conspiracy theories from throughout history and around the world, and includes photographs, a bibliography, and an index.

Contains over four hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about crimes, criminals, and crime-fighting techniques, covering topics such as airport security, DNA evidence, Internet fraud, and weapons, and includes a glossary.

Presents a comprehensive survey of over eight hundred unsolved crimes of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including robberies, murders, serial killings, kidnappings, and more, with updates on the status on each case and other details.

Contains over six hundred alphabetized, cross-referenced articles on topics in American law enforcement and its history, covering federal agencies, state and city police departments, individuals, tools, techniques, codes and jargon, crime types, social issues, and other aspects, and includes a bibliography, list of Web sites, and directory of police academies.