These Strange Criminals

Author : Peter Brock
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-12-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781442657892

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These Strange Criminals by Peter Brock Pdf

In many modern wars, there have been those who have chosen not to fight. Be it for religious or moral reasons, some men and women have found no justification for breaking their conscientious objection to violence. In many cases, this objection has led to severe punishment at the hands of their own governments, usually lengthy prison terms. Peter Brock brings the voices of imprisoned conscientious objectors to the fore in These Strange Criminals. This important and thought-provoking anthology consists of thirty prison memoirs by conscientious objectors to military service, drawn from the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and centring on their jail experiences either during the first or second world wars or in Cold War America. Voices from history – like those of Stephen Hobhouse, Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, Ian Hamilton, Alfred Hassler, and Donald Wetzel – come alive, detailing the impact of prison life and offering unique perspectives on wartime government policies of conscription and imprisonment. Sometimes intensely moving, and often inspiring, these memoirs show that in some cases, individual conscientious objectors – many well-educated and politically aware – sought to reform the penal system from within either by publicizing its dysfunction or through further resistance to authority. The collection is an essential contribution to our understanding of criminology and the history of pacifism, and represents a valuable addition to prison literature.

Author : Editors of Portable Press
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781684123742

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Strange Crime by Editors of Portable Press Pdf

From dognappings to Munchausen by proxy to early forensics and hot felons, these unbelievable true crime stories will blow your mind. 2019 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Winner in Humor Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Winner—2018 BRONZE Winner for Humor (Adult Nonfiction) Loaded with dozens of entertaining and amusing articles about actual crimes, this latest book from Portable Press will definitely leave you scratching your head. Dumb crooks, celebrities gone bad, unsolved mysteries, odd laws, and more, Strange Crime has plenty of stories that will make you ask yourself, “What could they possibly have been thinking?” This easily portable ebook is ideal for readers on the go. Take it to school, to work, to jury duty! Strange Crime delves into such weirdness as . . . · The Dexter influence · Eerie similarities in the trials of Lizzie Bordon and O. J. Simpson · Bird testimony—parrots as witnesses · Cases of instant justice · Celebrities’ days in court · Mediocre masterminds · Terrible twins · Night Stalker strangeness And more

Author : Rose Sobol,Donald J. Sobol
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1992-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0780712404

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Encyclopedia Brown's Book of Strange But True Crimes by Rose Sobol,Donald J. Sobol Pdf

A collection of bizarre true stories about crimes, criminals, prisoners, and police.

Author : Matt Kindt
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781596436626

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Red Handed by Matt Kindt Pdf

Detective Gould has yet to meet the crime he can't solve, but lately there has been a rash of crimes so eccentric and random that even Gould is stumped. The compulsive chair thief, the novelist who uses purloined street signs to write her magnum opuis, and the photgrapher who secretly documents peoples' most anguished personal moments -- what can they possibly have in common? Can Detective Gould untangle the strange crimes of Red Wheelbarrow or will he finally meet his match in a shadowy criminal conspiracy aimed at discrediting the very idea of criminal justice?

Author : Christie Davies
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0765802236

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The Strange Death of Moral Britain by Christie Davies Pdf

In the last half of the twentieth century, a once respectable and religious Britain became a seriously violent and dishonest society, one in which person and property were at risk, family breakdown was ubiquitous, and drug and alcohol abuse was rising. The Strange Death of Moral Britain demonstrates in detail the roots of Britain's decline. It also shows how a society, strongly Protestant in both morality and identity, became one of the most secular societies in the world. The culture wars about abortion, capital punishment, and homosexuality, which have convulsed the United States, have little meaning in Britain where there is neither a moral majority nor any indigenous emphasis on rights. In the period when Britain had a strong national and religious identity, defense of this identity led to legal persecution of male homosexuals. As Britain's identity crumbled, homosexuality ceased to be an important issue for most people. Similarly, all the pressing questions on abortion, capital punishment, and homosexuality were settled permanently on a purely utilitarian basis in Britain, where all sources of moral argument are weak. The ending of the death penalty marked the decline of the influence of the official hierarchies of church and state, the Church of England, the armed forces, and their representative, the Conservative Party. The Strange Death of Moral Britain is a study of moral change, secularization, loss of identity, and the growth of deviant behavior in Britain in the twentieth century. Based on detailed scholarship, it is tightly argued and clearly written with a minimum of jargon. It will be of interest to scholars in religious studies and British social history, and to a general reading public concerned with timely moral controversies.

Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1551116553

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, second edition by Robert Louis Stevenson Pdf

First published in 1886 as a "shilling shocker," Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde takes the basic struggle between good and evil and adds to the mix bourgeois respectability, urban violence, and class conflict. The result is a tale that has taken on the force of myth in the popular imagination. This Broadview edition provides a fascinating selection of contextual material, including contemporary reviews of the novel, Stevenson's essay "A Chapter on Dreams," and excerpts from the 1887 stage version of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Also included are historical documents on criminality and degeneracy, the "Jack the Ripper" murders, and London in the 1880s. New to this second edition are an updated critical introduction and, in the appendices, writings on Victorian psychology by Thomas Carlyle, Richard Krafft-Ebing, and Henry Maudsley, among others.

Author : Harry Bingham
Publisher : Orion
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409140948

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The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths by Harry Bingham Pdf

A woman starved to death. A tech genius with his hands hacked off. The heist of the century. When DC Fiona Griffiths and her colleagues piece together the clues to several grim crimes, they realise they're staring at one of the world's most daring robberies. Fiona is asked to take on her toughest case yet: will she go undercover to penetrate this criminal gang from within? When Fiona says yes, she has to give up her old life entirely. She becomes Fiona Grey, a homeless woman struggling to get her life back together again. When the criminal gang adopt her as one of their own, she's totally alone, vulnerable - and dangerous as hell. Praise for the Fiona Griffiths mystery series: 'With Detective Constable Fiona 'Fi' Griffiths, Harry Bingham...finds a sweet spot in crime fiction...think Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth Salander...[or] Lee Child's Jack Reacher... The writing is terrific' The Boston Globe 'The easiest five stars I've ever awarded a book. Fiona Griffiths is by far the most original detective I've come across' Loretta Milan 'Gritty, compelling...a procedural unlike any other you are likely to read this year' USA Today 'Compelling...a new crime talent to treasure' Daily Mail 'Fiona Griffiths may be the most fascinating protagonist in fiction. She is similar to Lisbeth Salander, an intelligent but profoundly damaged young woman, but Fiona is less hostile and more curious, sort of a good guy sociopath. This is definitely one my favourite thriller series' Audrey, Top 500 Reviewer Fans of Angela Marsons, Peter James and Ann Cleeves will be gripped by the other titles in the Fiona Griffiths mystery series: 1. Talking to the Dead 2. Love Story, With Murders 3. The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths 4. This Thing of Darkness 5. The Dead House 6. The Deepest Grave (coming soon!) If you're looking for a crime thriller series to keep you hooked, then go no further: you've just found it. ** Each Fiona Griffiths thriller can be read as a standalone or in series order **

Author : David Kalat
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786423378

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The Strange Case of Dr. Mabuse by David Kalat Pdf

The Mabuse phenomenon is recognized as an icon of horror in Germany as Frankenstein and Dracula are in the United States. A study of the 12 motion pictures and five books (and some secondary films) that make up the eight decades of adventures of master criminal Mabuse, created by author Norbert Jacques in the best-selling 1922 German novel and brought to the screen by master filmmaker Fritz Lang in the same year. Both on screen and off, the story of Dr. Mabuse is a story of love triangles and revenge, of murder, suicides, and suspicious deaths, of betrayals and paranoia, of fascism and tyranny, deceptions and conspiracies, mistaken identities, and transformation. This work, featuring much information never before published in English, provides an understanding of a modern mythology whose influence has pervaded popular culture even while the name Mabuse remains relatively unknown in the United States.

Author : Thomas Byrnes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Crime
ISBN : HARVARD:HNTI1J

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Professional Criminals of America by Thomas Byrnes Pdf

Contained in the item are "36 heliotype plates with photographs of mug shots of criminals (204), and two plates; one of Inspector Byrnes, and the second a tableau of a criminal being held for his picture."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 85

Author : Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1515425576

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The Strange Crime in Bermuda by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding Pdf

Author : Janet Sorensen
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691210742

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Strange Vernaculars by Janet Sorensen Pdf

"While eighteenth-century efforts to standardize the English language have long been studied--from Samuel Johnson's 'Dictionary' to grammar and elocution books of the period--less well-known are the era's popular collections of odd slang, criminal argots, provincial dialects, and nautical jargon. 'Strange Vernaculars' delves into how these published works presented the supposed lexicons of the 'common people' and traces the ways that these languages, once shunned and associated with outsiders, became objects of fascination in printed glossaries--from 'The New Canting Dictionary' to Francis Grose's 'Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue'--and in novels, poems, and songs, including works by Daniel Defoe, John Gay, Samuel Richardson, Robert Burns, and others"--Front jacket flap.

Author : André Jansson,Amanda Lagerkvist
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0754674614

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Strange Spaces by André Jansson,Amanda Lagerkvist Pdf

Certain bizarre spaces, where disruption or disarray rule, leave us estranged and 'out of place'. This book examines such spaces, highlighting the emotional and mediated geographies of uncertainty and the state of being 'in-between'; of cognitive displacement, loss, fear, or exhilaration. It expands on why space is sometimes estranging and for whom it is strange.

Author : John Treherne
Publisher : Cooper Square Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000-08-22
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781461624233

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The Strange History of Bonnie and Clyde by John Treherne Pdf

Here is the true story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow—a young sociopathic Southern couple gunned down by authorities after a two-year crime spree that left twelve people dead.

Author : L. HAYWARD ARTHUR
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9789359952161

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LIVES OF THE MOST REMARKABLE CRIMINALS Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Vol.- III by L. HAYWARD ARTHUR Pdf

The book "Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Vol. III" by means of Arthur L. Hayward is one among a kind within the worlds of tradition and literature. Students have said that it's far essential to culture and adds to our understanding. People think of these works as vital pieces of human records, in order that they were cautiously kept and made to be had to everybody. Even although it became written a long time ago, the book is now inside the public area within the US and likely other countries as nicely. Scholars and fanatics alike assume this work is essential enough to keep up, reproduction, and make widely to be had. Because of the cultural worth of the book, it has been carefully proofread and republished. People today could have an excellent time analyzing this due to the fact the style they selected blends the unique images and text together without any troubles. "Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Vol. III" through Arthur L. Hayward is an awesome instance of ways historical testimonies can be charming and how human beings have continually been interested in exploring their pleasures, especially when they contain crime. As it comes back into the general public eye, this painting continues to add to the know-how of records and literature by way of letting readers discover the fascinating recollections of brilliant people who have died.

Author : Smithsonian Institution
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Science
ISBN : CHI:73762611

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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution by Smithsonian Institution Pdf