Brutal murders. Bizarre crimes. Eccentric crooks. & Scotlands toughest gangsters. Bryan Mc Laughlin faced the challenge of tackling crime on Glasgows mean streets & throughout Scotland for more than 30 years finding himself involved with nearly 300 killings. He started as a bobby on the beat worked in the elite Serious Crime Squad & later headed up the forces Criminal Intelligence Branch. When he retired he became a private eye helping free the victim of one of Scotlands most notorious miscarriages of justice. Now Bryan Mc Laughlin lifts the lid on his dealings with notorious godfather Arthur Thompson tells of his satisfaction at nailing slippery gangster Tam Mc Graw with an Al Capone-style tax sting looks back on the bomb attack on Glasgows High Court & reveals remarkable information about the legendary Bible John murders. As well as these notorious cases Bryan also looks back at the human side of policing as he encountered it including the touching tale of the old lady who grew a tree in her living room the madman who killed a boy for throwing snowballs & reveals how a million-dollar heist in Germany was cracked because a Glasgow ned stole a video recorder. & who could forget the crooked businessman who had a lie-detecting elephant in his office & a teddy bear as his advisor? Or the strange encounters with murder victims who ended up in bizarre situations
- up a tree frozen to the spot & even one taking part in a game of cards. This is an astonishing memoir from one of our top police officers sometimes shocking sometimes hilarious or macabre but always utterly fascinating.
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The past will always find you. A woman is found brutally murdered in a sordid Atlanta apartment. Her blood-soaked body bears a startling similarity to a woman found dead almost 40 years earlier. Soon Special Agent Will Trent finds himself returning to the home he grew up in. & a past that could hold the clue to the killings.. . ...

The past will always find you. A woman is found brutally murdered in a sordid Atlanta apartment. Her blood-soaked body bears a startling similarity to a woman found dead almost 40 years earlier. Soon Special Agent Will Trent finds himself returning to the home he grew up in. & a past that could hold the clue to the killings... ...

Westminster London 22 June 1836. It is a fine fresh morning that will become hot as the day progresses. Crowds are gathering at the Court of Common Pleas. On trial is Caroline Sheridan a beautiful & clever young woman who had been manoeuvred into marrying the Honourable George Norton when she was just nineteen. Ten years older he is a dull violent & controlling lawyer but Caroline is determined not to be a traditional wife. By her early twenties Caroline has become a respected poet & songwriter clever mimic & outrageous flirt. Her beauty & wit attract many male admirers including the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne. After years of simmering jealousy Norton accuses Caroline & the Prime Minister of a criminal conversation (adultery) precipitating the scandal of the century. In Westminster Hall that day is a young Charles Dickens who would just a few months later fictionalise the event as Bardell v. Pickwick in The Pickwick Papers. After a trial lasting twelve hours the jurys not guilty verdict is immediate unanimous & sensational. Norton is a laughing stock. Angry & humiliated he cuts Caroline off as was his right under the law refuses to let her see their three sons seizes her manuscripts & letters her clothes & jewels & leaves her destitute. The Criminal Conversation of Mrs Norton is the extraordinary story of one womans fight for the rights of women everywhere. For the next thirty years Caroline campaigned for women & battled male-dominated Victorian society helping to write the Infant Custody Act (1839) & influenced the Matrimonial Causes (Divorce) Act (1857) & the Married Womens Property Act (1870) which gave women a separate legal identity for the first time. ...

Criminal investigation has a high profile in the media & has attracted widespread interest. Within the police it has been a rapidly developing field important scientific & technological developments have had a considerable impact on practice & important steps have been taken in the direction of professionalizing the whole process of investigation. Within police studies criminal investigation has now emerged as an important sub-discipline. This book provides an authoritative & highly readable introduction to the subject from somebody ideally placed to write about it focusing on how police practitioners carry out investigations. It looks systematically at the purpose & role of criminal investigation; the legal policy & organizational context in which criminal investigation takes place; the evidence & information that criminal investigators seek; the process & methods of criminal investigation; the knowledge techniques & decision making abilities that practitioners require to carry out criminal investigations; how & why it is that some crimes are solved & some are not; the supervision of criminal investigation; & a review of some of the key contemporary issues that have a bearing on criminal investigation. Criminal Investigation" will be essential reading for both policing practitioners (student police officers as well as officers taking higher levels of CPD within the police service) & students taking courses in criminal investigation forensic sciences & investigation police studies & police science & other courses where a knowledge of criminal investigation is required." ...

A comprehensive & accessible overview of the Criminal Justice System its framework institutions practitioners & working methods that will be of interest to any reader seeking an up-to-date description of this important & historic sphere of public affairs. An informative practical handbook that describes the wide-ranging developments & changes that have taken place in relation to crime prevention public safety the entire criminal process & the punishment of offenders. Highly acclaimed since first published in 1995 this new extensively updated edition of The Criminal Justice System covers the spectrum of the criminal process against a backdrop of the Common Law legislation & human rights from investigation & arrest to trial sentence release from prison & parole as well as such key reforms as the Ministry of Justice & new-style Home Office. Part of our growing Introductory Series & available on this website as a special value three book set with the matching volumes; The New Home Office: An Introduction & The New Ministry of Justice: An Introduction for just GBP39.95 (and delivered FREE in the UK). N.B. Total separate RRP for these three books is GBP64.50 total price when bought separately on watersidepress.co.uk is currently GBP55.50 Reviews This is an excellent book & is one which any student studing criminal justice should buy. The book will be particular interest to my first year undergraduate students studying an Introduction to Criminal Process & Procedure module. This text will be key in assisting them in their academic journey. A recommended buy for my students!: Laura Monteith Runshaw College So straightforward & comprehensive
- perfect. I loved it & so will my first years: Claire Kinsella Edge Hill University Up to date information on recent changes. Very well written in clear informative style. Good definitions & Glossary: Ann Kneebone Truro & Penwith College This is a book which can be purchased & read by the man in the street without having concern about misunderstanding words expressions etc. For the more legal minded it is a superb introduction to any legal aspect before advancing into a more complicated legal tome. It is book that can be recommended to anyone requiring clarification on a legal subject in plain words: Internet Law Book Reviews The range of topics is broad & apt. The language is accessible & the layout clear. There are short sections on the successive steps involved as an offence is investigated a suspect charged convicted imprisoned & released under supervision. The agencies which support & invigilate the process are introduced & there is a useful glossary: Independent Monitor Authors Bryan Gibson is a barrister-at-law & editor-in-chief Waterside Press. Paul Cavadino is chief executive of Nacro. David Faulkner is a senior research fellow at the Centre for Criminological Research Oxford University * Previous editions were titled Introduction to the Criminal Justice Process""
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This textbook covers the Criminal Law option of the A-level law syllabus & provides at the same time an ideal introduction for anybody coming to the subject for the first time. The book covers all A-level syllabuses/specification requirements & is written by the principal examiner & principal assistant examiner in Criminal Law for one of the major examination boards. It contains extensive case illustration & a range of examination related questions & activities. There is a special focus on key skills & on the new synoptic assessment syllabus requirements. Features include: fully updated new edition for new 4-unit specifications for A-level law; full coverage of A2 Criminal law options taught from September 2009; new OCR specimen papers with guidance on suggested answers; & new OCR section C objective assessment questions with suggested answers. ...

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Criminal Law Directions is written in an engaging & lively manner with an emphasis on explaining the key topics of Criminal Law courses with clarity. The book incorporates a wide range of learning features to offer students a high level of support. Learning objectives thinking points & a wide selection of tables & figures encourage active learning to ensure students understand the fundamental facts & principles & enabling students to check their understanding of the subject as they progress through the course. Each chapter is finished with a run-down of the main topic points a selection of short revision questions as well as two long examination style questions. Outline answers to these questions are available online. The books clear structure & cross-referencing will enable students to navigate easily through the many aspects of Criminal Law making this an ideal text for students new to the subject. An extensive Online Resource Centre provides a wide range of extra resources to further support the student in their studies including: * Multiple choice questions * Flashcard glossary * Suggested approaches to the end of chapter exam questions. Suggested approaches to the end of chapter self-test questions ...

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