FBI's Ten Most Wanted
FBI's Ten Most Wanted

Author: Dary Matera

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2010-11-23

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 0062063219

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The history, the hunts, the captures -- and the criminals still at large In 1950, the FBI officially instituted its now-legendary list of the "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" as a means of alerting the public and enlisting their aid in the apprehension of notorious felons. Over the years, it has included such infamous names as bank robber Willie Sutton, serial killer Ted Bundy, and assassin James Earl Ray -- and 447 of the 475 criminals have been apprehended, many of them thanks to tips from ordinary citizens. In this gripping and endlessly fascinating account, New York Times bestselling author Dary Matera offers readers a stunning, in-depth look at some of the most remarkable manhunts in the history of law enforcement -- and shocking profiles of the crimes and the criminals currently enshrined . . . including an elusive mass-murderer with a $27 million bounty on his head: Osama Bin Laden.

The FBI's Most Wanted
The FBI's Most Wanted

Author: Alan Wachtel

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-11-17

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1633559289

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a national agency dedicated to investigating federal crimes. Founded as a small team of special agents on July 26, 1908, the Bureau was first charged with enforcing the growing body of federal laws covering the United States as a whole. Almost from the beginning of its 100-year history, the Bureau has been the subject of legend and controversy. It has also evolved into a vast and sophisticated national law-enforcement agency. Whether as a federal crime-fighting force or a source of investigative support to local and state police forces, the modern FBI strives to embody its ideals of fidelity, bravery, and integrity. In 1952, a young man told the police where he thought they could find the notorious bank robber Willie Sutton. Sutton was on the FBI's Ten Most wanted Fugitives list, and the young man had recognized him from an FBI bulletin. This book tells the story of some of the FBI's most dramatic cases-and how ordinary citizens have often helped agents pursue and catch their quarry. From Wanted posters to TV's America's Most Wanted, the FBI has used publicity to make it harder for criminals to hide and easier for authorities to find them.

On the Lam
On the Lam

Author: Jerry Clark

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-09-17

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1442262591

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Fugitives occupy a unique place in the American criminal justice system. They can run and they can hide, but eventually each chase ends. And, in many cases, history is made along the way. John Dillinger’s capture obsessed J. Edgar Hoover and helped create the modern FBI. Violent student radicals who went on the lam in the 1960s reflected the turbulence of the era. The sixteen-year disappearance and sudden arrest of gangster James “Whitey” Bulger in 2011 captivated the nation. Fugitives have become iconic characters in American culture even as they have threatened public safety and the smooth operation of the justice system. They are always on the run, always trying to stay out of reach of the long arm of the law. Also prominent are the men and women who chase fugitives: FBI agents, federal marshals and their deputies, police officers, and bounty hunters. A significant element of the justice system is dedicated to finding those on the run, and the most-wanted posters and true-crime television shows have made fugitives seemingly ubiquitous figures of fear and fascination for the public. In On the Lam, Jerry Clark and Ed Palattella trace the history of fugitives in the United States by looking at the characters – real and fictional – who have played the roles of the hunter and the hunted. They also examine the origins of the bail system and other legal tools, such as most-wanted programs, that are designed to guard against flight.

The Anatomy Of Motive
The Anatomy Of Motive

Author: John E. Douglas

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1999-08-11

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0684857790

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From the internationally bestselling authors of Mindhunter, a riveting exploration of the root of all crime. Every crime is a mystery story with a motive at its heart. Understand the motive and you can solve the mystery. The Anatomy of Motive offers a dramatic, insightful look at the development and evolution of the criminal mind. The famed former chief of the FBI's Investigative Support Unit, Douglas was the pioneer of modern behavioral profiling of serial criminals. Working again with acclaimed novelist, journalist, and filmmaker Mark Olshaker, and using cases from his own fabled career as examples, Douglas not only takes us into the darkest recesses of the minds of arsonists, hijackers, bombers, serial killers, and mass murderers, but also the seemingly ordinary people who suddenly kill their families or go on a rampage in the workplace. For the first time, Douglas identifies the common building blocks contributing to the violently antisocial personality. Drawing on cases from today's headlines, he looks at recent sniper incidents at schools and other public places to penetrate the minds and motivations of mass killers. As Douglas tracks the progressive escalation of these criminals' sociopathic behavior, he also shows the common elements in many of their pasts that link them together. Through riveting profiles and a narrative that reads like the best mystery fiction, The Anatomy of Motive analyzes such diverse killers as Lee Harvey Oswald, Theodore Kaczynski, and Timothy McVeigh, and helps us learn how to anticipate potential violent behavior before it's too late.

Hiding in Plain Sight
Hiding in Plain Sight

Author: Sarah Kendzior

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Published: 2020-04-07

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1250245397

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Instant New York Times Bestseller Washington Post Bestseller USA Today Bestseller Indie Bound Bestseller Authors Round the South Bestseller Midwest Indie Bestseller New York Times bestselling author Sarah Kendzior documents the truth about the calculated rise to power of Donald Trump since the 1980s and how the erosion of our liberties made an American demagogue possible. The story of Donald Trump’s rise to power is the story of a buried American history – buried because people in power liked it that way. It was visible without being seen, influential without being named, ubiquitous without being overt. Sarah Kendzior’s Hiding in Plain Sight pulls back the veil on a history spanning decades, a history of an American autocrat in the making. In doing so, she reveals the inherent fragility of American democracy – how our continual loss of freedom, the rise of consolidated corruption, and the secrets behind a burgeoning autocratic United States have been hiding in plain sight for decades. In Kendzior’s signature and celebrated style, she expertly outlines Trump’s meteoric rise from the 1980s until today, interlinking key moments of his life with the degradation of the American political system and the continual erosion of our civil liberties by foreign powers. Kendzior also offers a never-before-seen look at her lifelong tendency to be in the wrong place at the wrong time – living in New York through 9/11 and in St. Louis during the Ferguson uprising, and researching media and authoritarianism when Trump emerged using the same tactics as the post-Soviet dictatorships she had long studied. It is a terrible feeling to sense a threat coming, but it is worse when we let apathy, doubt, and fear prevent us from preparing ourselves. Hiding in Plain Sight confronts the injustice we have too long ignored because the truth is the only way forward.

Bodies on the Line
Bodies on the Line

Author: Lauren Rankin

Publisher: Catapult

Published: 2023-04-11

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1640095918

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As the courts betray us and our leaders fail us, only we can keep each other safe. In this powerful, empathetic look at abortion clinic escorting, “one of the most under-covered and crucial, lifesaving, rigorous forms of activism out there” (Rebecca Traister), Lauren Rankin offers real hope—and a real call to action for a post-Roe America. Incisive and eye-opening, Bodies on the Line makes a clear case that the right to an abortion is a fundamental part of human dignity. And now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v Wade, the stakes facing us all if that right disappears have never been higher. Clinic escorts—everyday volunteers who shepherd patients safely inside to receive care—are fighting on the front lines by replacing hostility with humanity. Prepared to stand up and protect abortion access as they have for decades, even in the face of terrorism and violence, clinic escorts live—and have even died—to ensure that abortion remains not only accessible but a basic human right. Their stories have never been told—until now. With precision and passion, Lauren Rankin traces the history and evolution of this movement to tell a broader story of the persistent threats to safe and legal abortion access, and the power of individuals to stand up and fight back. Deeply researched, featuring interviews with clinic staff, patients, experts, and activists—plus the author’s own experience as a clinic escort—Bodies on the Line reframes the “abortion wars,” highlighting the power of people to effect change amid unimaginable obstacles, and the unprecedented urgency of channeling that power.

The Blacktop Brothers 3
The Blacktop Brothers 3

Author: William McGinn

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2015-03-19

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1490757155

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This time, Paige isnt going against a quintet of smelly boys. This time, shes up against an army of them who are more than excited to use their guns. Cameron Lyndd and his innocent wife are being held hostage in an amusement park during the last few days it is open to the public. Whats worse, the DPA has reason to believe the suspects are from an organization that Paige inspired after one final tragic affair. Now a gloomy and grieving Paige, as well as the second grader Annie, must hold on to the key to the Earths future in the territory of booby-trapped rides and toxic cotton candy - what could be more fun?

Preyed Upon
Preyed Upon

Author: Robert Abatti

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2022-05-04

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1635681898

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Preyed Upon is the second novel in a series after Birds of Prey written by Robert Abatti. In the opening scene of Preyed Upon, the retired chief justice of the California Supreme Court is assassinated by long-range sniper while delivering a speech on police abuse and violence at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. The justice, who was African-American, was felt at first to be a victim of the growing racial divide within the country, at the hands of a far right wing Neo-Nazi organization. His murder, however, goes unsolved in spite of all of the investigative efforts of multiple agencies of law enforcement from local to federal. When more murders of government and law enforcement officials occur over a span of a few months and across the country, the FBI knows that they are dealing with a serial killer, highly trained in all methods of assassination who is constantly staying one step ahead of their pursuit. The methods of killing, paucity of evidence, and lack of witnesses brings back memories of a previous known serial killer, Frank DiMocchio, who was finally killed in the Black Hills of South Dakota at the end of Birds of Prey. The hunt for the killer has the FBI turn its focus onto a possible unknown associate of the late murderer of over two hundred victims. The twists and turns take you deep into the minds of the hunter and those preyed upon, revealing the fine line between morality and revenge.

Serial Killers
Serial Killers

Author: Joni Johnston

Publisher: WildBlue Press

Published: 2021-02-16

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1952225507

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A forensic psychologist answers true crime fan questions and reveals the terrifying truth behind the world’s deadliest serial killers. Serial killers haunt our dreams and inspire the terrifying villains of TV shows and horror movies. But how much do you really know about the minds behind the world’s deadliest killers? What drives these murderers to kill and kill again? And what fuels our fascination with the true stories of their horrific crimes? Now forensic psychologist, private investigator, and crime writer Dr. Joni E. Johnston brings you the answers to these questions and more! Serial Killers: 101 Questions True Crime Fans Ask dives into the case files of the most infamous murderers in history, and answers the questions true crime fans have been dying to ask . . .

American Cultures: Readings in Social and Cultural History
American Cultures: Readings in Social and Cultural History

Author: Al Smith

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2007-11

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 1435701607

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This social & cultural history anthology is linked to an introductory body of theory on social and cultural methodology. It is a course text or an adjunct text for community college level investigation on how culture and society interact to form North American history. It is also a foundation for discourse on social justice, activism, and human rights.