A study of criminal homicide in America from precolonial times to the present, drawing on accounts of witnesses, official documents, physical remains, and priva

This revised and updated edition of Murder in America presents a pragmatic examination of both common and unusual acts of homicide in the United States.

"Discusses the hundreds of murders that occur in Los Angeles each year, and focuses on the story of the dedicated group of detectives who pursued justice at any

This timely reference examines the psychological and social phenomena of mass and serial murder, bringing scholarly depth to a frequently sensationalized subjec

They call it "collateral damage," but legally and morally it is really mass murder. In Kosovo, America claimed its war was a "humanitarian intervention," in Afg