Perfect Victims

Perfect Victims
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 672
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ISBN-10 : 9780857203922
ISBN-13 : 0857203924
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Perfect Victims by : Bill James

The Black Dahlia case. The Manson murders. The Zodiac Killer. The slaughter of JonBenet Ramsay. These killings, among many others in Bill James's astonishing chronicle of the history of American crime, have all created a frenzy of interest and speculation about human nature. And while many of us choose to avoid the news about gruesome murders, Bill James contends that these crime stories, which create such frenzy (and have throughout history), are as important to understanding our society, culture and history as anything we may consider to be a more 'serious' subject. The topic envelopes our society so completely, we almost forget about it. James looks at the ways in which society has changed by examining the development of how crimes have been committed, investigated and prosecuted. The booktakes on such issues as the rise of an organized police force, the controversial use of the death penalty, the introduction of evidence such as fingerprinting and DNA, and the unexpected ways in which the most shocking crimes have shaped the criminal justice system and our perceptions of violence.

Incognito - Volume 1 - Perfect Victims

Incognito - Volume 1 - Perfect Victims
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Publisher : Europe Comics
Total Pages : 56
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ISBN-10 : 9791032802762
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Incognito - Volume 1 - Perfect Victims by : Mardon

This is the story of an invisible man. He's a man that no one ever notices. He is transparent, whatever he does. This is rather a difficult cross to bear! One night, the man who so wants to be seen loses it. He's had enough. He wants to feel things too! His outburst costs him an ankle injury, which in turn leads him to Berenice, the lovely young physiotherapist. She soon sets him straight: we are all victims in one way or another! Gregory Mardon develops a narrative based on the infernal spiral of human relationships, in which love is manipulation, kindness is selfishness and cruelty is an art.

Perfect Victim

Perfect Victim
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 357
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ISBN-10 : 9780062284525
ISBN-13 : 0062284525
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Perfect Victim by : Christine McGuire

A true story of riveting psychological intensity by the assistant D.A. who prosecuted the captor of "the girl in the box". Called the "sex slave," and "the girl in the box" case, this is the story behind Colleen Stan's terrifying, seven-year-long imprisonment by Cameron Hooker as told by the district attorney who tried the case. Too bizarre to be anything but true, it is a tale of riveting intensity and gripping courtroom drama.

Child Sexual Abuse Victims in the Courts

Child Sexual Abuse Victims in the Courts
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105110737124
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Child Sexual Abuse Victims in the Courts by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice

A Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Protect Crime Victims

A Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Protect Crime Victims
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : PSU:000046297884
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis A Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Protect Crime Victims by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9781442643505
ISBN-13 : 1442643501
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Dressed to Kill by : Elizabeth Rhodes

The noble wives in María de Zayas's Desengaños suffer terrible fates: one is beheaded, another poisoned, one is cemented into a chimney, while yet another is locked into a tiny wall closet where she dies. The hallmark of Zayas's aesthetics, these characters are the central reason why her fiction has increased in popularity through the ages. Yet their stories pose an apparent contradiction between the author's pro-female rhetoric and her gusto for killing model women, then beautifying their mutilated cadavers. Dressed to Kill reconciles Zayas's Desengaños with the age in which it was written, contextualizing the book in baroque poetics, the Spanish honour code, and fifteenth-century martyr saints' lives. Elizabeth Rhodes elegantly uncovers Zayas's intention to reform the Spanish nobility by displaying noble misbehaviour and its deadly consequences. Her book concludes by detailing the Desengaños' intriguing influence on the aesthetic base of Gothic literature by revealing that its authors were avid readers of Zayas.

From Crime Policy to Victim Policy

From Crime Policy to Victim Policy
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 337
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ISBN-10 : 9781349083053
ISBN-13 : 1349083054
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis From Crime Policy to Victim Policy by : Ezzat A. Fattah

The Satanism Scare

The Satanism Scare
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 327
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ISBN-10 : 9781351474672
ISBN-13 : 1351474677
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis The Satanism Scare by : Joel Best

Although there is growing concern over Satanism as a threat to American life, the topic has received surprisingly little serious attention. Recognizing this, the editors of this volume have selected papers from a wide variety of disciplines, broadly covering contemporary aspects of Satanism from the vantage points of studies in folklore, cults, religion, deviance, rock music, rumor, and the mass media.All contributors are skeptical of claims that a large, powerful satanic conspiracy can be substantiated. Their research focuses instead on claims about Satanism and on the question of whose interests are served by such claims. Several papers consider the impact of anti-Satanism campaigns on public opinion, law enforcement and civil litigation, child protection services, and other sectors of American society.The constructionist perspective adopted by the editors does not deny the existence of some activities by 'real' Satanists, and two papers describe the workins of satanic groups. Whatever the basis of the claims examined and analyzed, there is growing evidence that belief in the satanic menace will have real social consequences in the years ahead.

Earthdivers

Earthdivers
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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 9781452902890
ISBN-13 : 1452902895
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Earthdivers by : Gerald Robert Vizenor

These narratives compare earthdivers in myths who brought dirt up from the watery earth to form land, with present-day earthdivers, mixed bloods, who dive into urban areas connecting dreams to the earth

The Whitest of Roses

The Whitest of Roses
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Publisher : Clever Fox Publishing
Total Pages : 66
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ISBN-10 :
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Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis The Whitest of Roses by : Ankita Ajay

Born in the 1960s, little Belladonna Blanchet is mothered by misfortune and fathered by cruelty. Blood is spilled, horrible things are said, and the price Belladonna's wrong-doers have to pay is a matter of life and death. For this sinister child does not hold back, and her past certainly wasn't kind. With a mother who kills and a grandmother who takes her from America, Belladonna is not happy. A class thriller, with just a hint of psychological horror, this book will leave you on the edge of your seat. Innocence is everywhere at first glance, but you'll find that white roses aren't always white.