Presents a collection of twenty stories, essays, and articles chosen by the editors as the best examples of American true-crime writing to be published in 2004, including selections from James Ellroy, Bruce Porter, Peter Landesman, and others.
A collection of six true crime stories, with photographs, chronicling the cases of convicted murderers Randy Roth, Charles Rodman Campbell, Cynthia Marler, Ken Burke, Richard Marquette, and Sherwood Knight.
The title case is an account of the life and crimes of Dr. Anthony Pignataro, a cosmetic surgeon with a penchant for forged credentials, botched surgeries, to the attempted arsenic poisoning of his wife. Four other true cases follow.
Contains twelve articles in which the authors provide various perspectives on alternatives to prisons, debating whether incarceration reduces crime, and discussing different types of courts, prison overcrowding, electronic monitoring, and other topics.
Macy and Danny, two teenage boys who have both grown up under difficult circumstances, turn out very differently--one becomes a hero, the other a murderer.
Examines the debate over whether rehabilitation should be the goal of punishment for crime in the United States, looking at various theories of crime deterrence, and discussing specific prison populations, and the death penalty.
Contains over 450 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of the Mafia, covering people, places, schemes, crimes, and culture.
