criminals

"Ikebukuro, Tokyo. A place full of fires waiting to be lit and plenty of people ready to light a match. Twins who are the perfect opposite of each other. An idol who's nothing like her older brother. A girl with a crush on her senior in the Dollars. And a headless rider with a bounty on her...uh, head. Keeping the peace is probably not gonna happen"--Back cover.

A collection of clumsy and inept at love characters gather in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, where a mysterious serial slasher is on the loose.

Contains eight stories of some of history's most exciting captures, including the apprehension of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, and the arrest of Saddam Hussein, each with a time line, definitions of key words, and related facts.

Readers learn both how ballistics research is performed and how law enforcement officials use these findings to solve crimes.

All famous prisons have special features, stories of dramatic riots, exciting escapes, and heartrending stories lurking behind their dark walls. Alcatraz, perched dramatically on a rock in San Francisco Bay was supposedly (3z(Bescape-proof(3y (Band yet several deadly prisoners broke free. New York’s Sing Sing Correctional Facility became notorious for the 614 men and women executed in the electric chair. The English prison, Dartmoor, had menacing mists and swirling fogs, which made escape from this prison a terrible risk; while the peach-colored San Quentin, set on California’s golden shores, contrasts with the darkness of its Death Row and the violence of its inmates. Mountjoy Prison figures prominently in Ireland’s troubled past and its literature. The massive circular buildings of Stateville Penitentiary provide the best example of the once-revolutionary panoptic on prison design.

When crime scene investigators (CSIs) are called to the location of a murder, they document what they see in detail and carefully collect the evidence. Evidence isn't always obvious to the untrained eye. Readers of this remarkable book, which includes dynamic photographs, will become trained to know what to look for at a crime scene as they tag along with scientists on an intriguing case. They'll learn about various kinds of evidence as well as how it's analyzed to provide essential clues about what happened at the scene and how to find the killer.

Criminal profilers have the challenging task of building a profile, or description, of an unknown criminal offender. Using clues left behind at a crime scene and various investigative processes, they can discover what the culprit was feeling, planning, and perhaps even their next move. This is especially important when the perpetrator is a serial killer who will likely strike again. Readers will be engrossed in this account of a criminal profiler on a case. Vivid on-the-job photographs and images perfectly match the action of the story and support key attributes of this important career.

"An in-depth look at how crime scene investigators use evidence found at crime scenes to identify victims and suspects, employing real-life examples such as The Nightstalker case"--Provided by the publisher.

"A children's book about the famous Great Depression criminal duo, Bonnie and Clyde"-- Provided by publisher.

Recounts the misdeeds of Nebraskan outlaws, including bank robberies and murders.