Providing examples from specific cases, this book discusses the responsibilities of homicide detectives, including investigating violent deaths, identifying killers, and bringing murderers to justice.
This book describes a criminal case that has never been solved: starting in 1968 a mysterious killer named the Zodiac targeted victims in the San Francisco area. Then, in 1974 the killings stopped and although police interviewed many suspects no one was ever charged.
Providing examples from specific cases, this book describes how professional artists who sketch composites, sculpt facial reconstructions, conduct age progression of old photos, and sharpen blurry images can help forensic teams solve crimes.
Providing examples from specific cases, this book discusses blackmail and bribery crimes that involve a web of relationships and require investigations involving years of police surveillance and interviews of witnesses.
Providing examples from specific cases, this book discusses the studies of human body decomposition in body farms that determine postmortem interval, the period of time between death and discovery of the body.
Examines a number of acts of terrorism around the world including the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City in 1995, the 1988 crash of Pan American Flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland, and the 2001 attacks on the United States; and describes how government and law-enforcement agencies responded.
Examines criminal cases involving white collar crime and explores the laws and techniques used to capture criminals in commercial or business settings.
Chronicles the history of organized crime in the U.S., explaining what organized crime is and how it works, and examining the methods used by law enforcement officials in their efforts to combat organized crime.
