The Crime Book

More than a hundred criminal cases, from Jack the Ripper to elaborate financial frauds, are examined here in DK's visual reference style. Each entry sets out what happened, the evidence that emerged and the psychology investigators worked with, drawing on contributions from criminologists and legal specialists. Timelines, diagrams and photography carry the detail, and sections on forensic science, criminal profiling and the development of justice systems give the individual cases a wider frame to sit in. What makes it useful: • More than a hundred cases spanning centuries and continents • Entries covering evidence, motive and investigative method • Background sections on forensics and criminal profiling • Timelines and infographics that clarify complicated cases For true crime readers, criminology students and anyone interested in how justice systems evolved, published by DK and available from Boipoka.