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Sub-Categories of Social services & welfare, criminology
Social services & welfare, criminology titles - 31,710 results
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Wakool Crossing: A Modern-day Investigation into the Mysterious Death of...
Mike Richards
Biography; Biography: general; True crime; Crime & criminology
Paperback
A cold-case forensic investigation into the mysterious death of a young woman in 1916 -- conducted by her great-nephew. In... [more]
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The Chamberlain Case: The Legal Saga That Transfixed the Nation
Ken Crispin
Biography; Biography: general; True stories; Crime & criminology
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The Crown offered no eyewitnesses, no body, no confession and no motive. So why did it take seven years, two inquests, one... [more]
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Lockdown: Inside Brazil's Most Dangerous Prison
Drauzio Varella
Autobiography: general; Memoirs; History; Prisons
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Dr Drauzio Varella's account of ten years spent treating inmates in the Casa de Detencao, Brazil's largest and harshest prison... [more]
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Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong
Brandon L. Garrett
Biography; Forensic science; Courts & procedure; Criminal law & procedure; Criminal procedure
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DNA exonerations have shattered confidence in the criminal justice system by exposing how often we have convicted the innocent... [more]
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Pablo Escobar: El Patron del Mal
Alonso Salazar J
Autobiography: general; True crime; Organised crime; Languages & ESL
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Originally published under title: La parabola de Pablo. [more]
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Cops and Crooks: Hilarious Tales on the Beat
Tim Priest
Biography; Police & security services; Humour
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Street cops inhabit a secretive world that few outsiders get to see. Beyond the high-speed pursuits, the shoot-outs and bloody... [more]
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Hands Through Stone: How Clarence Ray Allen Masterminded Murder from Behind...
James A Ardaiz
Biography; True crime; Organised crime
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This fascinating and gripping portrayal is the only book-length account ever written about the illicit career of Clarence... [more]
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Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
Andrew Solomon
Disability: social aspects; Social welfare & social services; Psychology; Central government policies; Health & Self-Help; Family & relationships; Child care & upbringing
Hardback
rom the National Book Award-winning author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression comes a monumental new... [more]
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Killing Mr Rent-a-kill: The Life and Death of Notorious Hitman Christopher...
Duncan McNab
Biography; Biography: general; True crime; Crime & criminology
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The true story behind the life, crimes and disappearance of one of Australia's most notorious hitmen, Mr Rent-A-Kill. Christopher... [more]
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The True Story of Ned Kelly's Last Stand
Paul Terry
History; Australasian & Pacific history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Crime & criminology
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When Ned Kelly fought his Last Stand at Glenrowan, he made his suit of armour and a tiny bush pub part of Australian folklore.... [more]
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A Copper in the Jungle Greens: Service with the NSW Police and the Australian...
Bruce Elder
Biography; Biography: general; Police & security services; Land forces & warfare
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The author had a distinguished career with the New South Wales and with 5RAR (5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment)... [more]
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K9 Cops: Police Dogs of the World
Nigel Allsopp
Biography; Crime & criminology
Paperback
In this fascinating book, Nigel Allsopp lifts the lid on the world of police dogs, examining the vital roles they play both... [more]
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The Black Widower: The Life and Crimes of a Sociopathic Killer
Charles Lavery
Biography; True crime; Crime & criminology
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Examines the life and crimes of Malcolm Webster, the nurse who killed for money and attempted to cover his tracks with drugs... [more]
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Convicts: New Zealand's Hidden Criminal Past
Matthew Wright
History; Australasian & Pacific history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Penology & punishment
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New Zealand's Pakeha origin as a bolt-hole for convicts escaping Australia, a place where former convicts joined whaling and... [more]
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The Mammoth Book of New CSI: Forensic Science in Over Thirty Real-life Crime...
Nigel Cawthorne
Biography; True crime; Forensic science
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Features accounts of over 30 contemporary cases, or older cases reopened as a result of advances in forensic science. This... [more]
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Missing You: Australia's Most Mysterious Unsolved Missing Persons' Cases...
Justine Ford
Biography; True crime; Crime & criminology
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Every 15 minutes, someone in Australia goes missing. Most are found, but some have met with misadventure or murder. In an... [more]
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Band-aid for a Broken Leg: Being a Doctor with No Borders (and Other Ways...
Damien Brown
Biography; Memoirs; Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy
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Damien Brown is a twenty-nine-year-old Australian doctor, inexperienced but motivated by a strong desire to help, when he... [more]
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One Life, Two Stories: Nancy De Vries' Journey Home
Nancy de Vries
Biography; Biography: general; Indigenous peoples; Child welfare
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Nancy tells her story in an unusual and challenging collaboration with Dr Gaynor Macdonald (Anthropology) of the University... [more]
$31.95 $28.75
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Watergate, the Hidden Story: Nixon, the Mafia, and the CIA
Lamar Waldron
History; History of the Americas; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Organised crime; Espionage & secret services
Paperback
While Richard Nixon's culpability for Watergate has long been established, it is remarkable that - after almost 40 years -... [more]
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Crucial Errors in Murder Investigations
Ted Duhs
Biography; Crime & criminology
Paperback
Why is it that some people are convicted of murders that they did not commit, while others are not convicted of murders that... [more]
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A Just Defiance: The Bombmakers, the Insurgents and a Legendary Treason...
Peter Harris
True stories; History; Crime & criminology; Politics & government; Political activism
Paperback
A riveting courtroom drama worthy of Grisham or Turow that is also a real-life political thriller that captures the moral... [more]
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Deception: The True Story of the International Drug Plot That Brought Down...
Charles Miranda
Biography; True crime; Drugs trade & trafficking
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The extraordinary tale of how an officer in the highest echelons of Australian policing was caught coordinating an international... [more]
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True Blue: 150 Years of Service and Sacrifice of the NSW Police Force
Patrick Lindsay
History; History: specific events & topics; Police & security services
Hardback
From humble beginnings as a transplanted band of convict felons to today's finest, responsible for protecting 7 million people,... [more]
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The Australian Crime File
Paul B. Kidd
Biography; True crime; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Crime & criminology
Paperback
Finally, the third and final collection of true crime from Paul B. Kidd's Crime Files. There are hours of more entertaining... [more]
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Detective Piggott's Casebook: True Tales of Murder, Madness and the Rise...
Kevin Morgan
Biography; True crime; Forensic science
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Welcome to hell, a world at war. The streets of Melbourne no longer a tidy grid but fractured with laneways like cracks in... [more]
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