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Description edit
Nash traces the history of crime about as far back as the records go, looking at how crimes change over time, examining why organized crime is big in one decade and serial murder in another. He highlights famous crimes of the past.
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First Sentence edit
Those sinister-sounding monikers umbilically attached to criminals do not, as popularly thought, evolve through weird canniballistic rites.
Table of Contents edit
Aliases and Monokers
Arson
Assassination
Bombings
Burglary
Capital Punishment
Courts and Trials
Criminals
Drugs
Female Criminals
Fraud
Kidnapping
Law Enforcement
Looting
Murder
Organized Crime
Prisons
Prostitution
Public Reaction
Robbery
Terrorism
Underwold Lingo
Bibliography
Index
Series & Lists edit
This book is in True Crime: Overviews. (standard series)
This book is in True Crime: Anthologies. (community list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jay Robert Nash (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: New York : Bonanza Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1986
ISBN: 051762530X
Page Count: 452
Publisher: New York : Bonanza Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1986
ISBN: 051762530X
Page Count: 452
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