Social Science - Criminology

What Lizzie Borden Knew: The Murders on Second Street and the Verdict Nobody BelievedOn a sweltering Thursday morning in August 1892, two people were murdered inside a locked house in Fall River, Massachusetts. The killer left no witnesses, no confession, and almost no physical...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-FictionLong-listed for the National Book AwardLos Angeles Times Book Prizes Finalist New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the Year"A beautiful book, written so well, that gives us the origins and consequences of where we...

A MAJOR NEW STUDY OF THE MANSON MURDERS, SITUATING THE INFAMOUS CRIMINAL CASE AT A FULCRUM MOMENT IN HISTORY In August 1969, members of charismatic leader Charles Manson's countercultural "family" mur­dered some of Hollywood's "beautiful people," most famously Sharon Tate, eight and a half...

A leading sociologist's groundbreaking three-decade study challenges outdated views of crime and character, revealing that traditional risk factors alone poorly predict children's futures. Between 1970 and 2020, the United States experienced a dramatic rise in crime and incarceration, followed by an unexpected decline. Along...

Now a Netflix original series Discover the classic, behind-the-scenes chronicle of John E. Douglas' twenty-five-year career in the FBI Investigative Support Unit, where he used psychological profiling to delve into the minds of the country's most notorious serial killers and criminals. In chilling detail,...

"An eye-opening account of the criminal justice system's often overlooked creaky gears."--Sam Roberts, New York Times In the early 1990s, New York City launched an initiative under the banner of Broken Windows policing to dramatically expand enforcement against low-level offenses. Misdemeanorland is the first...

An urgent examination of the invisibility of Black women and girls as victims of targeted killings, and the lack of police intervention and media coverage When Black women and girls are targeted and murdered their cases are often categorized by police officers as "N.H.I."...

Say their names, learn their stories An urgent examination of the invisibility of Black women and girls as victims of targeted killings, and the lack of police intervention and media coverage When Black women and girls are targeted and murdered their cases are often...

The world watched in horror in April 2007 when Virginia Tech student Seung-Hui Cho went on a killing rampage that resulted in the deaths of thirty-two students and faculty members before he ended his own life. Former Virginia Tech English department chair and distinguished...

"POLICING IS ON THIN ICE. It's up to us to reimagine what happens next." -Jeff WenningerOn Thin Ice delivers an unflinching look inside the American law enforcement from a voice who's lived it. With over 30 years in the LAPD and direct oversight of...

"POLICING IS ON THIN ICE. It's up to us to reimagine what happens next." -Jeff WenningerOn Thin Ice delivers an unflinching look inside the American law enforcement from a voice who's lived it. With over 30 years in the LAPD and direct oversight of...

A powerfully moving book that "could make graspable why today's prisons are contemporary slave plantations" (Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple), giving voice to the poorest among us and laying bare the cruelty of a penal system that too often defines their lives.Pulitzer...

The dangers of "progressive policing" as told through a study of Portland, Oregon.Policing the Progressive City tells the story of how Portland's "law and order" has been shaped for over two hundred years by business interests, political climbers, and social campaigners--as well as its...

In the vein of the bestselling I'll Be Gone in the Dark, this compelling work of true crime explores the aftershocks of "Killer Clown" John Wayne Gacy's crimes with a uniquely intimate slant, as the daughter of a key witness probes her mother's personal...

"These recipes make me smile and laugh out loud with joy, memory, and awe at their total culinary genius. All born from a bond of pure hunger?"--Samuel L. Jackson, from the Foreword When you're in prison, a little money in the commissary can mean...

An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms individuals. The United States incarcerates more of its residents than any other nation. Though home to 5% of the global population, the United...

An "admirable, courageous, and meticulously fair and honest book" (New York Times Book Review) in which "one of our most important and perceptive writers on race" (The Washington Post) takes on a highly complex issue in a way that no one has before. "This...

A groundbreaking compilation of actual restorative justice dialogues, with a foreword by Howard Zehr, author of the bestselling Little Book of Restorative Justice "America's best-kept secret of what justice should look like." --Howard Zehr, author of The Little Book of Restorative Justice The use...

"A fascinating and at times wrenching" (New Yorker) history of how police forces have become militarized, both in equipment and mindset, and what that means for American democracy The last days of colonialism taught America's revolutionaries that soldiers in the streets bring conflict and...

What drives someone to commit the unthinkable? Paul E. Mullen, one of the world's pre-eminent forensic psychiatrists, examines the complex workings of the lone multiple murderer - a spectre haunting modern societies. With unflinching clarity, Mullen draws on his decades assessing massacre perpetrators first-hand,...