Murder in America: a history
by Roger Lane
Publisher: The Ohio State University Press 1997
ISBN/ASIN: 0814207324
ISBN-13: 9780814207321
Number of pages: 399
Description:
This book is the first serious study of the history of criminal homicide in America, reaching from precolonial times to the age of the O. J. Simpson trial. Noted historian Roger Lane provides this much-needed overview of the history of murder and our culture's responses to it.
Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(33MB, PDF)
Similar books
Fatal Flaw: A True Story of Malice and Murder in a Small Southern Townby Phillip Finch - Booktrope
Fatal Flaw examines an unsolved murder of four that occurred on Christmas Eve, 1975, at a furniture shop. The person convicted of the murders remains on Death Row despite evidence that emerged post-trial that casts doubt on his guilt.
(11520 views)
In Jail with Charles Dickensby Alfred Trumble - Suckling & Galloway
Readers of Charles Dickens must have remarked the deep interest he took in that grim accessory to civilization, the prison. He not only went jail hunting whenever opportunity offered, but made a profound study of the rules of these institutions.
(9050 views)
Courts and Criminalsby Arthur Train - Project Gutenberg
It is unquestionably a generally accepted principle that it is better that ninety-nine guilty men should escape than that one innocent man should be convicted. This book presents a guide to procedures and practices in criminal courts.
(14990 views)
A Book of Remarkable Criminalsby Henry Brodribb Irving - Project Gutenberg
Greed, lust, idleness, anger, hatred, revenge, these are the chief causes of crime. These passions and desires are shared by rich and poor alike, by the educated and uneducated. They are inherent in human nature; the germ is in every man.
(13638 views)