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For five years, a serial rapist had terrorized the small community of Simi Valley in Southern California. By July 4th, 2001 he had added murder to his list of crimes when he shot a twenty-year-old college student, Megan Barroso with an Ak-47. The Simi Valley Police and the Ventura County Task Force did not realize that they had their man, Vincent Sanchez, locked up on a petty robbery charge. Sanchez had kept this horrible secret from his family and friends, roommates, and his girlfriend of three years. It was evident, after serving on this jury through the four-month trial that parts of this story might never be told. This is the story as it unraveled......
Collects thirty-eight articles describing how innocent men and women have been coerced into confessing to crimes they did not commit, revealing the questionable methods police officers use to get confessions from suspects.
The city of Salinas, California, is the birthplace of John Steinbeck and the setting for his epic masterpiece, East of Eden, but it is also the home of Nuestra Familia, one of the most violent gangs in America. Born in the prisons of California in the late 1960s, Nuestra Familia expanded to control drug trafficking and extortion operations throughout the northern half of the state, and left a trail of bodies in its wake. Prize-winning journalist and Nieman Fellow Julia Reynolds tells the gang's story from the inside out, following young men and women as they search for a new kind of family, quests that usually lead to murder and betrayal. Blood in the Fields also documents the history of Ope...
Now in its third edition, Criminal Profiling is established as an industry standard text. It moves evidence-based criminal profiling into a full embrace of the scientific method with respect to examining and interpreting behavioral evidence. If focuses on criminal profiling as an investigative and forensic process, helping to solve crime through an honest understanding of the nature and behavior of the most violent criminals. Throughout the text, the author outlines specific principles and practice standards for Behavioral Evidence Analysis, focusing on the application of theory and method to real cases. Criminal Profiling, Third Edition, is an ideal companion for students and professionals ...
Criminal Procedure Investigation [Connected eBook with Study Center], Fourth Edition