case studies

"This . . . book introduces young readers to the Reign of Terror against the Osage people--one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes"--Provided by publisher.

"Learning Centers for School Libraries contains detailed, step-by-step instructions and reproducible templates for over 20 learning centers"--Provided by publisher.

"Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists inspire a new generation of investigative reporters as they offer tips and advice for writing stories that can make a difference"--BTCat.

"Framed around one salacious trial in 1891 London, a . . . true-crime narrative about the hunt for one of the first known serial killers, whose poisoning spree in the US, Canada, and England coincided with the birth of forensic science as well as the public's growing appetite for crime fiction such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes novels"--Provided by publisher.

A memoir that discusses Jennifer Thompson's rape at knifepoint in her apartment, subsequent escape, and identification of Ronald Cotton as her assailant before a DNA test eleven years later proved Ronald's innocence, which led to an unlikely friendship between the innocent man and the victim.

"A chilling journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of the most dangerous serial killers (FBI Agent) Douglas confronted, and the desperate effort to identify and catch him."--.

"Rick Telander, a photojournalist and former high school basketball player, spent part of the summer of 1973 and all of the summer of 1974 in Brooklyn living the playground life with his subjects at Foster Park in Flatbush. He slept on the floor of a park regular's apartment, observing, questioning, traveling, playing with, and eventually coaching a ragtag group of local teenagers whose hopes of better lives were often fanatically attached to the transcendent game itself. Telander introduces us to Fly Williams, a playground legend with incredible leaping ability and self-destructive tendencies that threatened to keep him earthbound. Another standout was Albert King, a fifteen-year-old phenom whose shy, quiet demeanor masked an otherworldly talent that eventually took him to the NBA. This edition also includes a new introduction, along with Telander's updated commentary, footnotes, and perspectives on the arrival of an NBA team in Brooklyn"--Publisher.

Presents the unsolved case of how inmates Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.

An account of a serial murderer, Jerry Brudos, who killed four women in 1968 and 1969 in Portland, Oregon.

Fractured skulls. Gas masks. Brain buckets. Vats of acid. Pickled body parts. Not the usual tools of trade, but for Chief Forensic Medical Scientist Derek and Forensic Secretary Pauline they were just part of a normal day in the office inside the world-famous Department of Forensic Medicine at Guy's Hospital in London. Derek has played a pivotal role in investigating some of the UK's most high-profile mass disasters and murder cases. Derek's . . . work on murder cases, in particular, has seen him credited as a pioneer of forensic medical science, after developing . . . techniques that make it easier to secure a conviction and also identify a serial killer. . . . These . . . revelations will open your eyes to the dark world inhabited by those who investigate death and murder (typically most horrid), and unveil the secrets of how each case is solved.