True crime
By: Nick Yapp
Publisher: Parragon Inc; Parragon
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9781405485401; 9781407580142
Subjects: Homicide; Case studies; Crime
Description: This volume presents the true stories of over 100 of the world's most infamous murderers, thieves and con artists. Large scale photographs and background information about the subjects provide an overview that begins with Billy the Kid and Pancho Villa and concludes with some of the most spectacular recent crimes including the saga of O.J. Simpson, Nazi war criminals, and the 2004 murder trial of Scott Peterson.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Outlaws and anarchists; title: Ill-gotten gains; title: Miscarriages of justice?; title: Mobsters and monsters; title: Serial killers; title: Assassination; title: The act of murder; title: Crimes of passion; title: Kidnappings.