Criminal System

Unlock the intricacies of modern law enforcement with "The Criminal Justice System," a comprehensive guide that delves into every facet of policing today. This indispensable eBook takes you on a detailed journey through the roles, challenges, and evolving paradigms that shape law enforcement across the globe. Begin with a rich historical backdrop and see how policing has transformed through various modern models. Understand the critical Constitutional protections that officers must navigate daily. Whether you are an aspiring police officer or simply passionate about criminal justice, our ...

In this bestselling thriller, after DNA evidence frees a sadistic killer, defense attorney Mickey Haller and LAPD Detective Harry Bosch must put him behind bars before he strikes again. Inspiration for the #1 Netflix series The Lincoln Lawyer.​ Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is...

From CSI to Forensic Files to the celebrated reputation of the FBI crime lab, forensic scientists have long been mythologized in American popular culture as infallible crime solvers. Juries put their faith in “expert witnesses” and innocent people have been executed as a result. Innocent people are still on death row today, condemned by junk science.

From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Gilbert King comes a chilling exploration of one of America’s most haunting wrongful conviction cases. Based on the hit podcast, Bone Valley dives into the dark heart of rural Florida, where a young man’s life was upended by a tragic miscarriage of...

In 14 Years a Prisoner, Léo Maruin delivers a gripping, unflinching memoir of survival inside Thailand’s most notorious prisons. From the suffocating cells of Pattaya to the feared Bangkok Hilton, he takes you deep into a hidden world of violence, corruption, and humanity at its rawest. Condemned to over fourteen years in a brutal foreign justice system, Léo survives amid filth, overcrowding, and despair—finding strength in instinct, music, and rare human connection. With searing honesty, dark humor, and chilling detail, he exposes the merciless machinery of a world few would dare to ...

From the fearless defense attorney and civil rights lawyer who rose to fame with Netflix’s The Staircase comes a “bracing account of abuses of power and corruption in the criminal justice system.” (The Guardian) “A fine companion to Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy and Emily Bazelon’s...

In 2014, adult film star Marsha May stood accused of crimes so serious that they carried the possibility of decades behind bars. She never served a day in jail. How does that happen? In Pretty Privilege: The Dark Descent of Marsha May, industry insider Kelli Roberts investigates one of the most disturbing and controversial cases to emerge from the adult entertainment world. At the center is Bianca Byndloss, better known as porn star Marsha May, whose meteoric rise from troubled teenager to award-winning adult performer ended in an arrest involving crimes against three children and fourteen ...

"Copaganda" is a special kind of propaganda employed by police, prosecutors, and news media. It stokes fear of police-recorded crime and distorts society’s responses to it. As the United States incarcerates five times more people per capita than it did in 1970—despite record low crime rates—a sprawling and profitable punishment bureaucracy spends a lot of time and money to manipulate what we think that bureaucracy does and why.

The disclosure already happened. You just haven't read it yet. The public record shows that a man with no college degree gained legal control over a billion-dollar fortune. That the largest private residence in Manhattan was transferred to him for zero dollars. That a federal sex trafficking investigation was buried through a secret deal granting immunity to every unnamed co-conspirator. That a federal judge ruled the deal broke the law. That intelligence agencies responded to questions about this man using the legal standard reserved for classified operations. This is not conspiracy theory...

From award-winning sociologist Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve comes the first account of mass wrongful conviction in America, indicting a system purposefully designed to ensnare Black youth in order to close cases “A must-read reckoning with past and present alike.”—Heather Ann Thompson...

The rain washes away the evidence, but the timber never forgets. In the dark, isolated corners of the upper left coast, the landscape is more than just a backdrop—it is an active accomplice. Murder Land - Pacific Northwest unearths twenty of the most brutal, deeply unsettling, and heavily obscured cases to ever plague the region. From the transient, mud-soaked waterfronts of 1910s Aberdeen where itinerant workers vanished without a trace, to the shocking 2009 ambush of four police officers in a Lakewood coffee shop, this meticulously researched volume strips away the idyllic veneer of the...

A former public defender takes us behind the closed doors of America's criminal courts, revealing how the institutions that claim to protect us are doing the exact opposite—and offering a blueprint for finally fixing it. “A searing, compassionate, and utterly necessary book that pulls back...

The War on Cops exposes the truth about officer use of force and explodes the conceit of "mass incarceration". A rigorous analysis of data shows that crime, not race, drives police actions and prison rates. The growth of proactive policing in the 1990s, along with lengthened sentences for violent crime, saved thousands of minority lives. In fact, Mac Donald argues, no government agency is more dedicated to the proposition that "black lives matter" than today's data-driven, accountable police department.

Amanda Knox spent four years in a foreign prison for a crime she did not commit, as seen in the Netflix documentary Amanda Knox. In the fall of 2007, the 20-year-old college coed left Seattle to study abroad in Italy, but her life was shattered when her roommate was murdered in their apartment...

Alec Karakatsanis doesn't think people who have gone to law school, passed the bar, and sworn to uphold the Constitution should be complicit in the mass caging of human beings - an everyday brutality inflicted disproportionately on the bodies and minds of poor people and people of color. Usual Cruelty is a profoundly radical reconsideration of the American "injustice system" by someone who is actively, wildly successfully, challenging it. 

A fae assassin must infiltrate the ranks of a nefarious crime syndicate to restore peace in her city in the fourth book of this epic portal fantasy series. After saving Killic from its greatest peril to date, fae assassin SJ is ready for some much-needed rest, but the call to duty soon comes...

More people than ever are getting arrested - usually for petty offenses against laws that rarely used to be enforced. This eye-opening book tells you everything you need to know about how cops operate, the little things that can get you in trouble, and how to stay free from the hungry jaws of the criminal justice system. It is now updated with new and important information on the right of the police to search your car; on guns, knives, and self-defense; and on changes in surveillance methods. 

In "Forensic Psychology: Bridging the Gap Between Law and Psychology," Ali Muattar offers a comprehensive guide to the principles, practices, and applications of forensic psychology. This third edition presents updated research, practical strategies, and real-world examples that empower professionals to navigate the complex interface between psychology and the legal system. Ali delves into the multifaceted role of forensic psychology, offering readers a deep understanding of how psychological principles can inform criminal investigations, legal proceedings, and interventions. Through ...

The American legal system changed dramatically when the OJ Simpson trial became a television-ratings bonanza. Now it's all crime, all the time, from tabloid news to police procedurals. Americans now know more about the criminal justice system than ever before. Or do they?

James Comey, former FBI Director and New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Loyalty, uses his long career in federal law enforcement to explore issues of justice and fairness in the US justice system. James Comey might best be known as the FBI director that Donald Trump fired in 2017, but...