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Green crime : inside the minds of the people destroying the planet, and how to stop them. by Shaw, Julia.;
"A popular BBC presenter and podcaster looks at six world-changing environmental crimes and takes readers inside the minds of the people responsible. Our planet is a crime scene. People are murdered, ecosystems are destroyed, and corruption is rampant. In Green Crime, criminal psychologist Dr. Julia Shaw takes us inside six world-changing environmental crimes and reveals how the perpetrators think, why their crimes are so deadly, and how we can stop them from damaging our planet and our future. Julia Shaw attempts to make sense of some of the worst environmental crimes of our recent past by considering them through the lens of criminal psychology: these are not just natural disasters or random acts of destruction, these are illegal acts which follow familiar criminal behavior patterns. With that understanding, we are able to make sense of these ecocides and strategize ways to prevent them. As a criminal psychologist, Dr. Shaw explores "six pillars" of criminal behavior, which can be applied in the case studies presented. These are: Ease, Impunity, Greed, Rationalization, Conformity, and Desperation. Using these pillars as guidelines, along with in-depth research and interviews with involved parties, Dr. Shaw takes us through six recent examples of large-scale environmental destruction caused by human criminal behavior. Part history book, part true crime thriller, her writing weaves in the complex backgrounds and criminal choices that make conditions ripe for these kinds of crimes to occur, in an attempt to understand what we can do to prevent them in the future. Crimes covered are: "Dieselgate," the Volkswagen emissions scandal; the murder of Brazilian rainforest activists Zé Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife, Maria; illegal poaching for ivory by the Shuidong Syndicate; the world's longest ship chase, tracking down illegal fishing ship Thunder; Operation Vala Umgodi ('Close the Hole') fighting illegal mining in South Africa; the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill in the Gulf of Mexico "--Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy; PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology; TRUE CRIME / Forensics;
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A dangerous game [sound recording] / by Graham, Heather,author.; Maarleveld, Saskia,narrator.; Brilliance Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Saskia Maarleveld.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Women forensic scientists; Forensic psychology; Women; Government investigators; Murder;
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When she was good / by Robotham, Michael,1960-author.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: GOOD GIRL, BAD GIRL, ISBN 9780751573459. He thinks the truth will set her free. She knows it will get them killed. 'When She Was Good' is the second novel featuring the brilliant forensic psychologist Cyrus Haven as he becomes embroiled in an explosive murder case with disturbing origins.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Teenage girls; Identity (Psychology); Forensic psychologists; Secrecy; Murder;
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The good liar / by Mina, Denise,author.;
"In this provocative mystery from beloved crime writer Denise Mina, new evidence in an old murder case forces one woman to make an impossible choice. What will it take to tell the truth when your life depends on a lie? A year ago, a father and his fiancée were brutally murdered in their opulent London townhouse, sparking the most high-profile murder investigation in recent history. Blood spatter expert Doctor Claudia O'Sheil's evidence put the killer behind bars-or so everyone believes. But since the trial, Claudia's learned a horrific truth: her evidence and her testimony were wrong. And someone she knows made sure of it. Now, as she takes the stage to give a career-defining speech before London's elite, Claudia faces a devastating choice. Protect her children and her career with her continued complicity, or blow the whole conspiracy apart and reveal the truth: not only is the real murderer still out there, but they're in the audience. As Claudia steps toward the microphone, she revisits that fateful night. What really happened? And what will Claudia say?"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Choice (Psychology); Forensic scientists; Murder; Truthfulness and falsehood; Women forensic scientists;
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The big bad wolf : a novel / by Patterson, James,1947-;
Subjects: Mystery fiction; African American psychologists; Forensic psychology; Government investigators; Cross, Alex (Fictitious character); Kidnapping; Slave trade;
© c2003., Little, Brown,
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A killer by design : murderers, mindhunters, and my quest to decipher the criminal mind / by Burgess, Ann Wolbert,author.; Constantine, Steven Matthew,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A behind-the-scenes look at the creation and development of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, written by the pioneering forensic nurse who transformed the way the FBI studies, profiles, and catches serial killers"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Burgess, Ann Wolbert.; FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit; FBI Academy. Behavioral Science Unit; Criminal behavior, Prediction of; Forensic nursing; Psychiatric nurses; Serial murder investigation; Serial murderers;
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Body double [sound recording (CD)] / by Gerritsen, Tess; Heche, Anne;
Read by Anne Heche.
Subjects: Medical examiners (Law); Sisters; Forensic pathologists; Women physicians; Women murderers; Adoptees; Twins; CD Talking books; Psychological fiction; Suspense fiction; Mystery fiction;
© p2004., Random House Audio,
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The devil you know : stories of human cruelty and compassion / by Adshead, Gwen,author.; Horne, Eileen,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Based on 30 years of experience working in prisons and secure psychiatric hospitals with people convicted of serious violent offences, internationally renowned forensic psychiatrist Dr. Gwen Adshead presents an account of mental illness and the nature of evil in this compelling series of stories.
Subjects: Good and evil; Psychopaths;
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House rules : a novel / by Picoult, Jodi,1966-;
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Asperger's syndrome; Autistic youth; Forensic sciences; Murder;
© 2010., Atria Books,
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Long time gone / by Donlea, Charlie,author.;
When DNA results reveal a disturbing connection to the mysterious disappearance of a famous baby nearly three decades ago, forensic scientist Dr. Sloan Hastings' increasingly perilous search for answers draws her to an unsettling small Nevada town.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Missing persons; Murder; Sheriffs; Women forensic scientists;
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