Fully illustrated with 200 photos, Criminal Profiling examines the effectiveness of profiling and describes the search for the criminal personality, early criminal profiling and the latest theories of criminality, featuring the stories of Ted Bundy, Peter Sutcliffe and Andrei Chikatilo, among many others.
This book covers cases throughout history, including malign spirits and gentle ghosts, apparitions, wraiths, haunted houses and spooky urban myths. Each entry gives details of the date, location and course of events, as well as providing a historical context and analytical assessment of the phenomenon.
Fakes, Scams and Forgeries details many of the most notorious deceptions in history, describing how they were perpetrated, and how they were eventually detected. As well as describing famous forgers and legendary frauds, the text deals with many modern scientific techniques that have been developed to help counter these criminal efforts.
Forensic science - the use of scientific methods to interpret trace evidence in criminal cases - has often been controversial, and as technology advances, so do the debates over what can be deduced from the evidence presented. Using case studies from famous trials, Bodies of Evidence is a fully illustrated guide to the subject.
This book covers cases throughout history, including malign spirits and gentle ghosts, apparitions, wraiths, haunted houses and spooky urban myths. Each entry gives details of the date, location and course of events, as well as providing a historical context and analytical assessment of the phenomenon.
The inside story of 50 of the World's Serial Killers
CROOKS AND CONMEN tells the rue stories of the great confidence tricksters who stand out in the history of crime. Sometimes their 'cons' had tragic consequences, such as the great financial fraud in Paris in the 1890's which led to the suicide of ten bankers. More often, they result in embarrassment—and sometimes they cause hilarity. From Count Victor Lustig who sold the Eiffel Tower—twice!—to the forged Hitler Diaries and from Clifford Irving, who produced a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes, to Elmyr de Hory, who was the great art faker of modern times, these stories describe the fantastic lengths some people will go to pull off swindles and subterfuges that are simply breathtaking in their audacity.
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What are the Tarot cards, and where do they come from? The author makes a strong case for their origin as a medieval system of memory training, and shows how an understanding of the sources of their symbolism can provide an easy but comprehensive guide to their interpretation. A wide variety of Tarot packs are descried and analysed: original medieval designs and occultists' packs as well as the 'traditional' variety. Many different methods of divination with the Tarot and other cards are also described, and illustrated with detailed examples. With this book in hand, the amateur card-reader can quickly gain a deep understanding of the Tarot trumps, and of the many ways in which they can be used to explain the past or forecast the future. A wealth of colour illustrations complement the expert text.
Chronicles the history of torture and discusses how it has been used throughout history, what tools are used in most kinds of torture, how torture is used in modern warfare, and other related topics.