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  • Sex Crimes
    Alice Vachss
    'NOBODY KNOWS RAPISTS BETTER'  After being fired from her post as Chief of the Special Victims Unit for refusing to 'go along to get along,' Alice Vachss published the incendiary Sex Crimes, described as 'a stark, passionate closing argument in [her] broader case against the criminal justice system' by the NY Times, which named it as a Notable Book of the Year. Nick (Goodfellas...
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    11,59 €

  • Speaking Out
    Alan Berman / Berman Alan / Shirleene Robinson
    Based on the largest survey of gay, lesbian, bisexual, intersex, transgender and queer reactions to violence and harassment ever undertaken in Australia, this book gives voice to the many victims who have suffered in the state once recognised as Australia’s most homophobic. It tells of the barriers people face in dealing with the legal system, the reasons why some do not report...
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    41,71 €

  • Sonrisa tras las rejas
    J. I. Varela
    Múltiples circunstancias pueden cambiar la vida de una persona, pero pasar diez años en la cárcel es probablemente una de las más extremas. J.I. Varela pasó la mayor parte de su condena rodeado por muros de agua, sin que la brisa marina y la vida playera en las Islas Marías pudieran evitar las sensaciones de abandono, soledad y reclusión: el carcelazo.En «Sonrisa tras las rejas...
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    11,44 €

  • Ayotzinapa, la falacia del crimen de Estado
    Gustavo Hirales Morán
    Es básicamente una investigación periodística sobre el caso Ayotzinapa, desde la llamada “verdad histórica” de Murillo Karam hasta el “Crimen de Estado” de Obrador/Encinas. Como miembro del Grupo Asesor de la CNDH, participé desde el inicio en la investigación del caso. Analizo cómo la suspicacia de la izquierda y los errores de la PGR propiciaron el surgimiento de la consigna ...
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    15,08 €

  • El indicio hemático
    Jesús Alberto Jiménez Ochoa
    La sangre suele ser considerada como el indicio más frecuente e importante en la investigación criminal; particularmente en aquellos hechos en los que se atenta contra la vida o la integridad corporal de las personas. Ante este tipo de eventualidades, la criminalística se ha apropiado de una selecta serie de conocimientos de la física, la química y la medicina para dar lugar a ...
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    40,04 €

  • ¡Al llamado del barco!
    Elizabeth García Pérez
    «¡Al llamado del barco!» es el testimonio íntimo y revelador de Elizabeth García Pérez, quien, como trabajadora social, vivió entre 1993 y 1995 en la Colonia Penal Federal de las Islas Marías. A través de una narración honesta, sensible y profundamente humana, la autora nos conduce por la vida cotidiana de colonos, familias y empleados que habitaron este singular modelo peniten...
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    14,04 €

  • The US Criminal Justice System
    Ryan J. Williams / Sarah Koon-Magnin
    A RUSA Outstanding Reference Source 2025This wide-ranging resource provides an authoritative overview of the criminal justice system in America, including its history, legal and philosophical foundations, dimensions of racial and economic inequality, and insights into daily life inside America’s complex court and correctional systems.Explore the origins and evolution of America...
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    37,79 €

  • Advances in Smart Heterogeneous Networks for Policing and Crime Prevention
    The evolution of communication technologies from Beyond 5G (B5G) to 6G is transforming how societies connect, interact, and operate. These next-generation smart heterogeneous networks enable ultra-low latency, massive connectivity, and intelligent automation. At the same time, they introduce complex challenges related to cybersecurity, cybercrime, and public safety. As digital ...
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    338,98 €

  • THE CLIENT
    AJR
    In 2004, Emma Caldwell was murdered, leaving behind a grieving family and a community desperate for answers. What followed was not only a difficult murder investigation, but also a disturbing story of missed opportunities, institutional failures, and a justice system that struggled to confront the truth.THE CLIENT examines the murder of Emma Caldwell and the long investigation ...
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    14,00 €

  • Your Criminal Mind
    Harrison Rose Tate
    A STANDARD THATAPPLIES ONLY SOMETIMESIS NOT MUCH OF A STANDARD AT ALLWhy do some people do terrible things?Why do good people hurt the people they love?Why do I keep making the same mistakes?Why is someone I care about so difficult to understand?Ever wonder why these questions continue to elude us, despite all our advances in psychology, neurology, artificial intelligence and p...
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    24,88 €

  • What’s Going On In There?
    Jonathan C. Tetherly
    WHAT IS THE CULTURE OF A JAIL? What are the relationships between correctional staff and the inmates? How do teachers, clergy, counselors, and volunteers fit into the picture? Besides Sunday worship, what does a progressive chaplain do in a jail with its rapid turnover of inmates? What are their nationalities and races, their status in society, their sadness, hopes, fears, and ...
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    18,06 €

  • Crímenes que el sistema dejó pasar
    C. Sanz De La Hera
    ¿Fue realmente imposible preverlo? ¿O es que el sistema no quiso verlo? Crímenes que el sistema dejó pasar no es un libro más sobre asesinos. Es una investigación profunda y escalofriante sobre los fallos institucionales que convierten lo evitable en inevitable. A través de casos emblemáticos como los de Jeffrey Dahmer, el tiroteo de Southport o los femicidios en Argentina, est...
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    32,84 €

  • The Weight of Someone Else’s Sin
    Jeff Hood
    Clarance Goode, Jr. has been on Oklahoma’s death row for nearly nineteen years for three murders he did not commit.No DNA. No fingerprints. No weapons. No physical evidence of any kind placing him at the Thompson house on the night of August 25, 2005. What the state had was the word of a woman who had threatened her brother’s life and was never charged, the word of a man who to...
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    7,95 €

  • Not Assessed
    Ella Anderson
    He told them he had proof. He kept photographs in his pocket and showed them to doctors, to police, to anyone who would sit still long enough. Nobody ever looked.He had been a boy sent away to a children’s home. A young man who did his growing up in Texas prisons. A father who lost his daughter. At the end he was living in a shed, telling one emergency room after another that p...
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    16,72 €

  • North Philadelphia
    Maya Royal Davis
    North Philadelphia: Black Echoes Unchained is a powerful exploration of Black life in Philadelphia told through history, research, lived experience, family stories, and an uncompromising call for accountability.Born and raised in North Philadelphia, Maya Royal-Davis examines the forces that have shaped Black communities across generations. She addresses segregation, racial ineq...
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    23,42 €

  • L’Homme criminel
    Cesare Lombroso
    Œuvre fondatrice de l’anthropologie criminelle, ce traité de Cesare Lombroso avance la thèse controversée selon laquelle certains individus seraient prédisposés au crime par des caractéristiques physiques et biologiques identifiables, jetant les bases d’une nouvelle approche scientifique de la criminalité. Bien que largement remise en question depuis, cette œuvre du criminologu...
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    22,34 €

  • LEADING UP
    Jameel D Davis
    How do you keep your soul intact when you spend your life behind steel doors?Working in corrections requires a thick skin, but it shouldn’t require losing your voice. In an environment defined by high-stakes pressure, volatile residents, and demanding leadership, the greatest challenge isn’t just maintaining security-it’s maintaining you.In LEADING UP: Finding Peace in the Chao...
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    20,52 €

  • The Eruption of Possible
    Dr. Kevin H Abdur-Rahman
    What happens when a man refuses to be defined by his environment-or confined by his past?The environment doesn’t just shape lives-it cages potential.In The Eruption of Possible, Dr. Kevin H. Abdur-Rahman delivers an unforgettable narrative of resilience, transformation, and the audacity to imagine a different future. With the clarity of lived experience and the wisdom of a comm...
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    16,57 €

  • A Case For Belief
    John Dayse
    'A Case for Belief' is a powerful memoir of redemption and transformation. John Dayse shares his journey from a life shaped by poverty, addiction, crime, and incarceration to one rebuilt through faith, accountability, and perseverance. Growing up in Beaumont, Texas, Dayse faced hardship early on, leading to decades of struggle and wrong choices. A lengthy prison sentence became...
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    15,76 €

  • Navigating the Road to Redemption
    Joe Denman
    Rebuild Your Life After Incarceration-One Step at a TimeFreedom is only the first step-what matters next is learning how to build a life you never have to run from again.Building a stable life after incarceration requires more than good intentions. It requires a clear plan, one with action steps and an understanding of the reentry challenges every former inmate faces. The desir...
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    21,47 €

  • The Death of Mica Miller
    Vickie R. Metcalf
    'Some stories end with an official conclusion, but the search for truth begins when the unanswered questions refuse to disappear.'The death of Mica Miller became a case that captured national attention, raising difficult questions about love, faith, marriage, public image, and the search for answers after an unimaginable loss.In 'The Death of Mica Miller,' readers will explore ...
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    21,06 €

  • Proxenetismo y trata de personas en el Perú
    Juan Carlos Aguilar Puente
    Un análisis jurídico y criminológico que estudia la eficacia del Derecho Penal peruano para prevenir el proxenetismo y la trata de personas, proponiendo mejoras para fortalecer la protección de las víctimas y combatir la explotación. 10 ...
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    15,60 €

  • Secure Your Home
    T.S Avini
    Are your home’s safety measures keeping up with modern threats? 'Secure Your Home: Simple Systems to Protect What Matters Most' is your essential guide to creating a safe haven in a world full of uncertainties. This comprehensive resource not only equips you with practical solutions and cutting-edge technologies but also helps you build a sustainable culture of security around ...
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    14,11 €

  • The Abolition Classics
    Jeff Hood
    Locked out of the statehouse, the argument went looking for a reader. Four novels, a poem written in a prison cell, the first English translation of a Catalan address, and the study that went looking for deterrence in the returns and came back empty.After the Civil War, the American abolition movement lost the floor it had spent thirty years winning. The scaffold went behind th...
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    23,05 €

  • The Abolition Classics
    Jeff Hood
    The decade the argument almost won. A systematic American theology of abolition, the most quoted journalism ever written against the gallows, Frederick Douglass tying the scaffold to the auction block, and a novel that makes a murderer’s soul the reader’s problem.Between 1844 and 1869 the movement produced everything it would need. Charles Spear made abolition a system and wrot...
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    23,08 €

  • The Chinese Tea Route
    Dedy Tabrani / Kamaruzzaman Bustamam Ahmad
    At dawn on the estuaries of Aceh’s east coast the same scene recurs. A boat comes alongside, sacks are lowered onto the sand, and someone unties the knots. Inside lie packets of branded Chinese tea, neatly sealed as though lifted straight from a shop shelf, filled with crystal methamphetamine.The Chinese Tea Route follows that packaging along one of the busiest methamphetamine ...
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    40,61 €

  • The Abolition Classics
    Jeff Hood
    Every state in history has killed people. For most of that history, nobody thought it needed defending.The argument against it is supposed to begin in 1764. That year, an Italian named Cesare Beccaria published a short book saying the state had no right to take a life, and Europe began to listen. Every history of the death penalty starts there.This volume exists because that da...
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    17,69 €

  • The Abolition Classics
    Jeff Hood
    In a study in Florence around 1760, a thirty-year-old nobleman named Giuseppe Pelli worked out the argument that would make Cesare Beccaria famous - and then put the manuscript in a drawer, where it stayed for two hundred and fifty years. Four years later, Beccaria published substantially the same case in Livorno. Within a decade, Tuscany had abolished the death penalty outrigh...
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    17,21 €

  • The Architecture of Crime
    Alba Longa
    Crime fiction is more than a sequence of crimes, clues, and solutions. It is an architecture of knowledge: a system that controls what characters and readers know, when they know it, and how that knowledge changes everything that came before.The Architecture of Crime presents a comprehensive narratology of twenty-first-century crime fiction, examining focalization, narrative vo...
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    43,67 €

  • Essays on the Punishment of Death
    Jeff Hood / Kat Bodrie
    In 1844 a Boston minister sat down to end the death penalty by argument alone.Charles Spear gave sixteen essays to the task. He went at the gallows from every side. He counted the jurors who would not convict because conviction meant a hanging. He counted the men who watched an execution in the morning and killed someone by nightfall. He counted the innocent...the farmer hanged...
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    14,13 €