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The World's Wildest Cons Incredible True Tales of Hustles, Frauds and Swindles [electronic resource] : by McKenzie, Duncan.aut; cloudLibrary;
The World’s Dumbest Criminals meets Inventing Anna, The Tinder Swindler and Catch Me If You Can Con artists all have one thing in common: the audacity. This compelling collection brings you true stories of con men and women who charm their way into all kinds of hijinks. We’re all familiar with Frank Abagnale (of Catch Me If You Can fame), Charles Ponzi (of . . . well, the Ponzi scheme), Anna Delvey (of Netflix’s Inventing Anna) and Bernie Madoff (who made off with the money). But they’re just the ones you've heard of. This collection offers not only tons of stories of actual cons, it also digs into the way cons have evolved to incorporate technology or adapt to cultural differences over time and around the world. Some cons just keep on giving, changing their stripes to work time and time again. From impostor doctors to gambling swindles to selling the Eiffel Tower for parts, McKenzie takes you on a wild ride through cons of all shapes and sizes. From funny to stupid to diabolical, The World’s Wildest Cons will captivate you—because when it comes to a con artist, we just can’t look away.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Hoaxes & Deceptions; Criminology;
© 2024., HarperCollins Canada,
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A Gangster's Life : War and Addiction in the New Underworld. by Edwards, Peter.;
Peter Edwards exposes Canada's evolving criminal underworld in this unflinching account of Shane Dankoski, a gang member from Surrey, BC, who rescued himself from certain death by turning his back on criminal life. Edwards lives in Toronto, ON. From the author of 'Lytton'.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology; TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime;
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The Trauma Beat A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News [electronic resource] : by Cherry, Tamara.aut; cloudLibrary;
A groundbreaking and thorough examination of the trauma caused by the media covering crimes, both to victims and journalists, from a respected journalist and victim advocate In The Trauma Beat, an eye-opening combination of investigative journalism and memoir, former big-city crime reporter Tamara Cherry calls on her award-winning skills as a journalist to examine the impact of the media on trauma survivors and the impact of trauma on members of the media. As Tamara documents the experiences of those who were forced to suffer on the public stage, she is confronted by everything she got wrong on the crime beat. Covering murders and traffic fatalities to sexual violence and mass violence, Cherry exposes a system set up to fail trauma survivors and journalists. Why do some families endure a swell of unwanted attention after the murder of a loved one, while others suffer from a lack of attention? What is it like to have a microphone shoved in your face seconds after escaping the latest mass shooting? What is the lasting impact on the reporter holding that microphone? The Trauma Beat explores these issues with the raw, reflective detail of a journalist moving from ignorance to understanding and shame to healing.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Media Studies; Editors, Journalists, Publishers; Criminology;
© 2023., ECW Press,
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Eliot Ness and the mad butcher : hunting America's deadliest unidentified serial killer at the dawn of modern criminology / by Collins, Max Allan,author.; Schwartz, A. Brad(Austin Bradley),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In the spirit of Devil in the White City and Furious Hours comes the haunting true story of Eliot Ness's forgotten final case-his years-long hunt for "The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run," a serial killer who terrorized Cleveland through the 1936 World Fair"--
Subjects: Ness, Eliot.; Murder; Serial murder investigation; Serial murderers;
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The killing fields of East New York : the first subprime mortgage scandal, a white-collar crime spree, and the collapse of an American neighborhood / by Horn, Stacy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In this groundbreaking work of investigative journalism and true crime, Stacy Horn sheds light on how the subprime mortgage scandal of the 1970s and a long history of white-collar crime slowly devastated East New York, a Brooklyn neighborhood that would come to be known as the Killing Fields. On a warm summer evening in 1991, seventeen-year-old Julia Parker was murdered in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York. An area known for an exorbitant level of violence and crime, East New York had come to be known as the Killing Fields. In the six months after Julia Parker's death, 62 more people were murdered in the same area. In the early 1990s, murder rates in the neighborhood climbed to the highest in NYPD history. East New York was dying. But how did this once thriving, diverse, family neighborhood fall into such ruin? The answer can be found two decades earlier. In response to redlining and discriminatory housing practices, the Johnson administration passed the Housing and Urban Development Act in 1968. The Federal Housing Authority aimed to use this piece of legislation to help low-income families of color finally achieve homeownership. But they could never have predicted how banks, lenders, realtors, and corrupt FHA officials themselves would use the newly passed law to make victims of the very people they were trying to help, and the devastation they would leave in their wake. A compulsively readable hybrid of true crimeand investigative journalism, The Killing Fields of East New York reveals how white-collar crime reduced a prospering neighborhood to abandoned buildings and empty lots. Following the dual threads of the hunt for the network of criminals behind the first subprime mortgage scandal and the ensuing downfall of East New York, Stacy Horn weaves a compelling narrative of government failure, a desperate community, and ultimately the largest series of mortgage fraud prosecutions in American history. The Killing Fields of East New York deftly demonstrates how different types of crime are profoundly entangled, and how the crimes committed in nice suits and corner offices are just as destructive as those committed on the street"--
Subjects: True crime stories.; Criminology.; Fraud investigation.; Murder; Scandals.; White collar crime investigation;
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Play Dead. by Lussier, Patrick,film director.; Madison, Bailee,actor.; O'Connell, Jerry,actor.; VVS Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Bailee Madison, Jerry O'ConnellOriginally produced by VVS Films in 2023.Criminology student Chloe (Bailee Madison) breaks into a morgue to retrieve a piece of evidence that will vindicate her younger brother from a crime. Once inside, she quickly learns that the coroner has a sinister use for the morgue.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.).;
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New tricks. [videorecording] / by Bolam, James,1935-; Armstrong, Alun.; Waterman, Dennis,1948-; Redman, Amanda,1957-; Mitchell, Roy.; McCrery, Nigel,1953-; Acorn Media Group.;
James Bolam, Alun Armstrong, Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman.The hit British crime series returns with new mysteries. Aging cops and traditional sleuthing trump high-tech gadgets and modern criminology. As one of the most-watched shows on British television, New Tricks features strong writing, wry humor, and a splendid cast.PG.DVD ; widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo sound.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Policewomen; Police; Police corruption; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Criminal behavior;
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New tricks. [videorecording] / by Bolam, James,1938-; Armstrong, Alun.; Waterman, Dennis,1948-; Redman, Amanda,1959-; Mitchell, Roy.; McCrery, Nigel,1953-; Acorn Films (Firm);
James Bolam, Alun Armstrong, Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman.The hit British crime series returns with new mysteries. Aging cops and traditional sleuthing trump high-tech gadgets and modern criminology. As one of the most-watched shows on British television, New Tricks features strong writing, wry humor, and a splendid cast.PG.DVD ; widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo sound.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Policewomen; Police; Police corruption; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Criminal behavior;
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Professor T. [videorecording] / by Aubrey, Juliet,1969-actor.; De la Tour, Frances,1944-actor.; Gathergood, Andy,1974-actor.; Miller, Ben,1966-actor.; Naomi, Emma,actor.; Piedfort, Paul,creator.; Reith, Douglas,actor.; Vos, Dries,television director.; White, Barney,actor.; Woodward, Sarah,actor.; Beta Film GmbH,production company.; Caviar (Firm),production company.; Eagle Eye Drama,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Screen Flanders (Flanders, Belgium),production company.;
Ben Miller, Frances de la Tour, Emma Naomi, Barney White, Sarah Woodward, Juliet Aubrey, Andy Gathergood, Douglas Reith.Scotland Yard had themselves a dependable-albeit eccentric-asset in Cambridge University criminology professor Jasper Tempest (Ben Miller). The prickly, neurotic, and filterless academic always seemed to hone in on the perpetrator's one mistake in this British adaptation of the popular Belgian procedural.14A.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; 5.1 surround sound.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Television crime shows.; College teachers; Criminal investigation; Criminologists; Family secrets; Mentally ill; Mothers and sons; Obsessive-compulsive disorder;
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New tricks. [videorecording] / by Brooke, Sian,1980-; Graves, Rupert,1963-; Rhys, Paul.; Bolam, James,1935-; Mitchell, Roy.; McCrery, Nigel,1953-; Acorn Media (Firm);
Rupert Graves, Sian Phillips, Paul Rhys, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Samantha Bond, Alun Armstrong.The hit British crime series returns with new mysteries. Aging cops and traditional sleuthing trump high-tech gadgets and modern criminology. As one of the most-watched shows on British television, New Tricks features strong writing, wry humor, and a splendid cast. Bonus: Behind-the-scenes featurette and bloopers.PG.DVD, widescreen presentation, Aspect ratio 16:9 ; Region 1, NTSC.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Policewomen; Police; Police corruption; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Criminal behavior;
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