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Crimes sans cadavres: enquêtes (Documents)
By Roger-Louis Bianchini. 2011
L'auteur, journaliste spécialiste des questions judiciaires, a repris des enquêtes tombées dans l'oubli concernant les histoires énigmatiques de crimes sans…
cadavre, allant de Jacques Viguier à Jean Maurice Agnelet. Il a rencontré des témoins négligés et apporte un éclairage nouveau sur ces affaires criminelles.Laëtitia, ou, La fin des hommes (La librairie du XXIe siècle.)
By Ivan Jablonka. 2016
Dans la nuit du 18 au 19 janvier 2011, Laetitia Perrais a été enlevée à 50 mètres de chez elle,…
avant d'être poignardée et étranglée. Il a fallu des semaines pour retrouver son corps. Elle avait 18 ans. Ce fait divers s'est transformé en affaire d'État : Nicolas Sarkozy, alors président de la République, a reproché aux juges de ne pas avoir assuré le suivi du présumé coupable , précipitant 8000 magistrats dans la rue. Ivan Jablonka a rencontré les proches de la jeune fille et les acteurs de l'enquête, avant d'assister au procès du meurtrier en 2015. Il a étudié le fait divers comme un objet d histoire, et la vie de Laëtitia comme un fait social. Car, dès sa plus jeune enfance, Laëtitia a été maltraitée, accoutumée à vivre dans la peur. Ce parcours de violences éclaire à la fois sa fin tragique et notre société tout entière : un monde où les femmes se font harceler, frapper, violer, tuer. 2016.Corps infirmes et sociétés: essais d'anthropologie historique (Action sociale : vieillesse handicap)
By Henri-Jacques Stiker. 2013
Remarquable approche historique et anthropologique du handicap, des "origines" à nos jours. Du mythe d'Oedipe (le boiteux) à la nouvelle…
loi pour l'égalité des droits et des chances, la participation et la citoyenneté des personnes handicapées, se trouve discutée et éclairée toute la problématique de l'intégration des handicapés, qui constitue à l'heure actuelle l'une des priorités de l'action sociale. 2013.Handicaps et sexualités: le livre blanc (Action sociale)
By Marcel Nuss. 2008
Gomorra: dans l'empire de la camorra
By Roberto Saviano, Vincent Raynaud. 2007
Roberto Saviano a enquêté pendant plusieurs années sur les activités de la Camorra, l'organisation criminelle qui règne sur Naples et…
toute la Campanie. Une organisation moins connue que la mafia sicilienne mais bien plus dangereuse, car la mafia se pose comme un 'contre-État', a un code d'honneur et respecte certaines règles, alors que la Camorra est une forme 'd'entreprenariat' criminel dont le seul but est de maximiser ses profits, ses membres étant prêts à tout pour atteindre cet objectif. Elle constitue pour l'auteur l'avant-garde de l'économie mondialisée, dont elle pousse les mécanismes jusqu'à leurs conséquences les plus extrêmes. Les rapports avec la Chine et le rôle du port de Naples, l'importance du textile en Italie et au-delà, le trafic d'armes et de drogue, les activités de construction et l'immobilier. Passant en revue tous ces dossiers, Saviano présente des faits, des chiffres et des éléments concrets sur la portée de la criminalité au sein du 'Système', le véritable nom de la Camorra. 2007.Chroniques du crime: articles de presse, 1984-1992
By Michael Connelly, Robert Pépin. 2006
Avant que son personnage de Harry Bosch ne l'ait rendu célèbre, Michael Connelly a exercé la profession de chroniqueur judiciaire…
au "Los Angeles Times" de 1984 à 1992. Le volume réunit une vingtaine de ses reportages: meurtres et autres agressions que l'auteur rapporte en privilégiant déjà le point de vue humain, que ce soit celui de la victime et de ses proches, du détective ou du criminel. 2006. Titre uniforme: Crime beat.Justice denied: the law versus Donald Marshall
By Michael Harris. 1986
In 1971, Donald Marshall was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. This book tells of his trial, the 11 years…
he spent in prison before being acquitted, and the reactions of the Canadian government when Marshall was found to be innocent. 1986.I, monster: serial killers in their own chilling words
By Tom Philbin. 2010
What goes through the dark minds of notorious killers such as Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, David Berkowitz ('Son of Sam'),…
John Wayne Gacey, and Dennis Rader (the 'BTK Killer')? In this book, you'll read exactly what they were thinking as they committed their horrible crimes. Using court transcripts and police interviews, veteran crime writer Tom Philbin has compiled the testimony of twenty of the world's most infamous serial killers - nineteen men and one woman. In each case, Philbin provides readers with a background profile of the killer and their crimes, offering a macabre glimpse into the most awful side of human nature. Includes strong language, sex and violence. 2010.Invisible darkness: The Strange Case Of Paul Bernardo And Karla Homolka
By Stephen Williams. 1996
The author chronicles the case of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, from Bernardo's crimes as the Scarborough Rapist to their…
arrest for the murders of three young women, including Homolka's sister. Using court documents and interviews with people involved in the cases and others who knew the couple, Williams presents their backgrounds and character, the police hunt and the evidence, and Homolka's deal with the Crown. Warning: Contains graphic scenes of sexual violence. Strong language, descriptions of violence and explicit descriptions of sex. 1996.I'll be gone in the dark: one woman's obsessive search for the Golden State Killer
By Gillian Flynn, Patton Oswalt, Michelle McNamara. 2018
For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south,…
where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then in 1986 he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area. Three decades later, true crime journalist Michelle McNamara was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer." Michelle pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was. This book that McNamara was writing at the time of her sudden death offers an atmospheric snapshot of a moment in American history and a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the wreckage he left behind. Bestseller. 2018.In the still of the night: the strange death of Ronda Reynolds
By Ann Rule. 2010
Details Barb Thompson's eleven-year crusade to determine the true cause of her thirty-three-year-old daughter Ronda Reynolds's death in 1998, which…
had been ruled a suicide. Discusses the precedent-setting 2009 hearing to determine if the Lewis County, Washington, coroner's office mishandled the case. 2010.In the sleep room: the story of the CIA brainwashing experiments in Canada
By Anne Collins. 1988
In the 1950s and 1960s, an eminent Canadian psychiatrist was funded by the CIA to use his patients in brainwashing…
experiments. In 1977, when his work was exposed, nine Canadians sued the CIA. A story of misuse of medical power, unchecked ambition and undercover skulduggery. Winner of the 1988 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 1988.In the name of love: And Other True Cases (Ann Rule's crime files. #4.)
By Ann Rule. 1998
After falling in love and marrying wealthy California businessman Jerry Harris, Susan is devastated when he doesn't return home one…
night in 1987. The title story of her lengthy search for him and four other true crime cases make up this sequel to "A Fever in the Heart." Some violence. 1998. (Ann Rule's crime files ; 4)Illusion of justice: inside making a murderer and America's broken system
By Jerome F Buting. 2017
Not since The Thin Blue Line has there been a true crime saga as engrossing as Making A Murderer. Captivating…
audiences across demographic lines, it made Steven Avery a household name and thrust defense attorney Jerome F. Buting--and his fight against America's dysfunctional criminal justice system--into the spotlight. Buting uses the Avery case as a springboard to examine the shaky integrity of our law enforcement and legal systems, which he has witnessed firsthand for nearly four decades. From his early career as a public defender to his success overturning wrongful convictions, his story provides a compelling insider's view into the high-stakes world of criminal defense, and suggests that while in principle the law presumes innocence, in practice it more often than not presumes guilt. Combining narrative reportage with critical commentary and personal reflection, Buting explores his professional motivations, the high-profile cases that defined his career, and the path to much-needed criminal justice reform. 2017.Honour on trial: the Shafia murders and the culture of honour killings
By Paul Schliesmann. 2012
A black car is pulled from the Rideau Canal near Kingston, Ontario, containing the bodies of three girls - sisters…
Zainab, Sahar, and Geeti Shafia - along with their presumed aunt, Rona Amir Mohammad. Later in the day, after family members report the women missing, Kingston police become suspicious - the stories told by parents Tooba Mohammad Yahya and Mohammad Shafia, and their eldest son, Hamed, don't match up with the rapidly gathering evidence. An extensive investigation unfolds, revealing a troubling story of physical and emotional abuse in the Shafia home, including threats of murder. Includes strong language and violence. 2012.Duped!: true stories of the world's best swindlers (It actually happened series ; #1)
By Andreas Schroeder. 2011
Schroeder uncovers the facts behind eight of the most outrageous scams of all time. Read about a Stone Age tribe…
discovered in the jungles of the Philippines, lost documents written by Shakespeare, and a 1938 radio broadcast that reported that something strange has crashed into a field in New Jersey – and that hostile Martians then started attacking! Grades 4-7. c2011. (It actually happened series ; 1)Hot art: chasing thieves and detectives through the secret world of stolen art
By Joshua Knelman, Trena White. 2011
Knelman spent four years immersing himself in the mysterious world of international art theft, travelling from Cairo to New York,…
London, Montreal and Los Angeles. He befriends the slippery Paul, a master art thief; and meets Donald Hrycyk, a detective working on a shoestring budget to recover stolen art. His investigation finds there are only a handful of detectives, FBI agents and lawyers fighting a global battle against the thriving black market of international art theft, estimated to be one of the largest in the world. Includes strong language. c2011.Crimes of passion: an unblinking look at murderous love
By Howard Engel. 2001
From France and England to Canada and the United States, Engel explores more than twenty-five classic, infamous and still unresolved…
cases of passion and murder. As he discovers, le crime passionnel, a concept originating in France, has a special place in many legal codes around the world. Someone who has suddenly or unexpectedly been betrayed by a loved and trusted partner, even in an illicit relationship, is rarely treated as a common murderer. 2001.Ballad of the anarchist bandits: the crime spree that gripped Belle Époque Paris
By John M Merriman. 2017
Home sweet murder (Murder is forever. #2.)
By James Patterson. 2018
Here are two true-crime thrillers as seen on Discovery's Murder Is Forever TV series. In Home Sweet Murder, a lawyer…
and his wife are tortured and killed by a man claiming to be an SEC agent, while two others will fare worse. In Murder on the Run, a housekeeper and a little boy are victims of a bloody double homicide in Omaha, Nebraska, where a detective promises the boy's parents he will catch the killer, no matter how long or far he runs. Sequel to "Murder, interrupted", followed by "Murder beyond the grave". 2018. Home sweet murder-- Murder on the run.