Perfect Victims
eBook - ePub

Perfect Victims

Slaughter, Sensation and Serial Killers: An American Criminal Odyssey

  1. 496 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Perfect Victims

Slaughter, Sensation and Serial Killers: An American Criminal Odyssey

About this book

The Black Dahlia case. The Manson murders. The Zodiac Killer. The slaughter of JonBenet Ramsay. These killings, among many others in Bill James's astonishing chronicle of the history of American crime, have all created a frenzy of interest and speculation about human nature. And while many of us choose to avoid the news about gruesome murders, Bill James contends that these crime stories, which create such frenzy (and have throughout history), are as important to understanding our society, culture and history as anything we may consider to be a more 'serious' subject. The topic envelopes our society so completely, we almost forget about it. James looks at the ways in which society has changed by examining the development of how crimes have been committed, investigated and prosecuted. The booktakes on such issues as the rise of an organized police force, the controversial use of the death penalty, the introduction of evidence such as fingerprinting and DNA, and the unexpected ways in which the most shocking crimes have shaped the criminal justice system and our perceptions of violence.

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Information

Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780857203908
eBook ISBN
9780857203922

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Also by Bill James
  4. Title page
  5. Copyright page
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. I
  9. II
  10. III
  11. IV
  12. V
  13. VI
  14. VII
  15. VIII
  16. IX
  17. X
  18. XI
  19. XII
  20. XIII
  21. XIV
  22. XV
  23. XVI
  24. XVII
  25. XVIII
  26. XIX
  27. XX
  28. XXI
  29. XXII
  30. XXIII
  31. XXIV
  32. XXV
  33. XXVI
  34. XXVII
  35. XXVIII
  36. XXIX
  37. XXX
  38. XXXI
  39. XXXII
  40. XXXIII
  41. XXXIV
  42. Acknowledgments
  43. Index
  44. Plates