Police, forensics, and detective stories dominate our TV screens and bookshelves - from fictional portrayals such as Silence of the Lambs and Law and Order to lurid accounts of real-life super-criminals like Pablo Escobar and Al Capone. As well as being horribly fascinating, knowledge of what makes criminals tick is crucial to governments, who spend billions of dollars each year trying to keep their people safe. Criminology brings disciplines like...

WITH A FOREWORD BY NIGEL McCRERY, CREATOR OF SILENT WITNESS Going beyond the popular TV show, this is the true story of forensic science from those who solve crimes without witnesses. How do you identify a serial killer? What are the tell-tale signs of guilt? Can we now solve the unsolvable? Since even before the first season of Silent Witness in 1996, forensic science has played an increasingly important role in the investigation of violent crimes....

Gangsters, hitmen, murderers and terrorist - Kate Kray has met them all. Using her unrivalled links to the criminal underworld, she has asked the questions many would be too terrified to utter. From seasoned hard man Roger Shaw to feared detainee Charles Bronson, Kate lifts the lid on the crimes they committed, and speaks to the men themselves to find out what exactly makes them tick. Infamous criminals, now seen as legends of British crime, open...

Hidden among us live some of the most depraved and dangerous individuals one could ever imagine. Their enthusiasm for killing knows no bounds and their violent rampages often consume many victims before they are finally brought to justice. In 'Monsters Who Murder', crime writer Al Cimino explores the twisted motivations and horrifying crimes of some of the most evil men and women that have walked the Earth.

Bestselling author and criminologist Christopher Berry-Dee takes readers deep inside the dark minds of some of the most pitiless and dangerous people alive. Having spent years interviewing imprisoned criminals - including notorious serial killers - he discovered that the lack of remorse these people showed was in many ways even more terrifying than the crimes they had committed. Yet in the course of these conversations, the author also had the chance...

How do you become a human mole, a forensic genius with a bloodhound's nose for clues? Recovering bodies, finding discarded remains, identifying unmarked graves and saving people from locations and situations too dangerous for the normal emergency services are all in a day's work for Peter Faulding. So how did a boy with a love of unmapped systems of ancient disused mines under South-East England find himself, years later, as one of the UK's most prolific...

Filled with terrifying tales of murders, theft and kidnappings, this compendium is guaranteed to chill the blood. Spanning criminal activity from across the world, this book will take you on a journey to the darkest reaches of human nature. From white-collar criminals and con artists to kidnappers and killers, there's plenty to shred your nerves.

These men and women are our eyes. Our ears. Our protectors. Those who wear a badge, doing their best to help people. These cops serve their communities. They serve their country. They're in the business of saving lives - even at the risk of their own. These patrol officers and K9 handlers, sheriffs and detectives, reveal what it's really like to wear the uniform, to carry the weight of the responsibility they've been given. This is a calling. This...

?Above all else, I?m a storyteller and I am most often inspired by real life. The crimes in this book are 100% real. As terrifying as they are on the page, as shocking as it is to watch them come to life in the television series, there?s something to remember: the bad guy always gets caught.? - James Patterson Murder of Innocence, with Max DiLallo: Andrew Luster is rich, good-looking and dozens of women have been charmed by him. But there?s a very...

For eleven years, Neil Samworth worked as a prison officer in perhaps the most notorious of all prisons: Strangeways, now HM Prison Manchester. He left in 2016 and, having kept a diary for many years, is ready to tell his story.