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Jack Knife

Jack Knife

Author : Diane Capri
Publisher : Augustbooks
Release Date : 2021-10-26
Category : Uncategorized
Excerpts : The next gripping Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller from Diane Capri!"Make some coffee. You'll read all night." Lee ChildLee Child Gives Diane Capri Two Thumbs Up!"Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character - I love her." -Lee Child, #1 ...
Gifts from the Dark

Gifts from the Dark

Author : Joni Schwartz
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-05-15
Category : Law
Excerpts : Without minimizing the systemic injustices and disparities of mass incarceration, Gifts from the Dark challenges the mindset of incarceration as a solely one dimensional, deficit event. Instead, this book argues that the prison experience can potentially be one of transformational learning....
The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne

The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne

Author : Jonathan Stroud
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2021-10-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Excerpts : "Originally published in paperback by Walker Books Ltd., London, in 2021"--Title page verso....
CBT with Justice Involved Clients

CBT with Justice Involved Clients

Author : Raymond Chip Tafrate
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Release Date : 2018-05-15
Category : Medical
Excerpts : Grounded in science and clinical experience, this treatment planner provides essential tools for conducting cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with justice-involved clients in a wide range of settings. Guidelines are presented for assessment, case formulation, and intervention to alter criminogenic thinking and destructive lifestyle patterns. With a focus on reducing recidivism, the ...
The Criminal Crowd and Other Writings on Mass Society

The Criminal Crowd and Other Writings on Mass Society

Author : Scipio Sighele
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2018-11-08
Category : History
Excerpts : Containing a comprehensive introduction by Nicoletta Pireddu, this volume includes Sighele's seminal work, The Criminal Crowd, as well as his formative studies on group behaviour....
Killing Your Neighbors

Killing Your Neighbors

Author : Jon Holtzman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2016-10-25
Category : Social Science
Excerpts : "One of the most disturbing spectacles of recent decades has been brutal acts of genocidal violence committed among neighboring communities who once lived together in peace: ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia; the slaughter of Tutsis in Rwanda; or the Sunni versus Shia violence in today's Iraq. As these cases ...
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Author : Catherine Anderson
Publisher : Harlequin
Release Date : 2015-08-18
Category : Fiction
Excerpts : A KIDNAPPED CHILD. A DEADLY ENEMY. Bud Mac Phearson's job is to protect Mallory Christiani and her young daughter, Emily--not to get personally involved with either. But after Emily disappears and the trail leads directly to a well-known crime boss, Mac can't refuse the beautiful single mother's pleas for help. ...
Death Row Chaplain

Death Row Chaplain

Author : Earl Smith
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-05-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Excerpts : A riveting, behind-the-bars look at one of America's most feared prisons: San Quentin-- by a minister to the lost souls sitting on death row. Himself a former criminal, Smith shares the most important lessons he's learned from years of helping inmates discover God's plan for them. Their stories show us ...
Corruption Officer

Corruption Officer

Author : Gary L. Heyward
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-03-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Excerpts : An ex-Marine turned corrections officer at New York's Riker's Island describes in gritty detail how his life on one side of the law led him into a life on the other, smuggling drugs and other contraband inside the jail for a large profit. Original....
The Goon Volume 13 for Want of Whiskey and Blood

The Goon Volume 13 for Want of Whiskey and Blood

Author : Eric Powell
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Release Date : 2014-10-21
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Excerpts : The return of the Zombie Priest, a Latin-tongued Godzilla, drunk sailors and a Halloween visit from Billy the Kid are just a few of the special tricks and treats for Goon and company in this new collection from Eric Powell, which Comic Book Resources calls, the product of a contentedly ...
The Boundless

The Boundless

Author : Kenneth Oppel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2014-04-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Excerpts : Aboard "The Boundless," the greatest train ever built, on its maiden voyage across Canada, teenaged Will enlists the aid of a traveling circus to save the train from villains....
Inside the Criminal Mind

Inside the Criminal Mind

Author : Stanton E. Samenow
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Release Date : 2014
Category : Psychology
Excerpts : Long-held myths defining the sources of and cures for crime are shattered in this ground-breaking book--and a chilling profile of today's criminal emerges....