Certain criminal cases have a life of their own. The authors take a look at eight such cases, including Jack the Ripper, The Boston Strangler and JonBenet Ramsey. The book takes a fresh look at the facts and dismantles the conventional wisdom of the cases to rebuild them with different results.
Leads to an increased understanding of the nature of crimes and the individuals who commit them This landmark book standardizes for the first time the language and terminology used throughout the criminal justice system. It classifies the critical characteristics of the perpetrators and victims of the three major violent crimes-murder, arson, and ...
A balding, podgy father of four sits in prison in Olathe, Kansas, convicted on six counts of murder and suspected in at least five other disappearances. Most disturbing to prosecutors is the method John Robinson used to procure victims. Robinson, police say, was an innovator - stalking his victims online, haunting chat rooms and finding ways to ...
Get the textbook that combines usability with cutting-edge data. SERVICES MARKETING: CONCEPTS, STRATEGIES, AND CASES is thorough and yet shorter than many of the textbooks you could choose from. And, its emphasis is on business-to-business services, technology, and global services ensures you'll be ready for that first job after college.
Looks at the background, motivation and mental state of serial sexual killers. Based on a study by the FBI's Behavioural Sciences Unit, using information from a wide variety of sources, the book includes extracts from interviews with some of America's worst criminals.
Get on the inside track to a challenging and thrilling career. Law enforcement is one of today's hottest growth careers. But with so many agencies and jobs to choose from, where do you start? In this comprehensive guide, bestselling author John Douglas taps his twenty-five years of law enforcement experience to help you find and land the perfect ...
"The object of this book is to bring together in encyclopedic form and under familiar headings all that the Bible contains on particular subjects", wrote the original author, Orville J. Nave, a chaplain in the U.S. Army. That same purpose is fulfilled for contemporary readers in this adaption to the New International Version.
Certain criminal cases have a life of their own. Despite the passage of time they continue to hold the public imagination, either because of the personalities involved, the depravity of the crime, doubts over the outcome, or the fact that no one was ever caught. This work addresses eight great mysteries in the history of crime, including Jack the ...
The primary objective of Essentials of Services Marketing: Concepts, Strategies Cases is to provide materials that not only introduce the student to the field of services marketing, but also acquaint the student with specific customer service issues. The business world now demands, in addition to traditional business knowledge, increasing employee ...
The thoroughly updated Seventh Edition of this popular and widely used handbook presents the most current protocols and recommendations for care of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. This edition reflects current ACLS guidelines and the latest developments in cardiac surgery. The transplantation chapter has been entirely rewritten by a new ...
This monograph is essentially the first roadmap for transparent electronics. It will define and assess what and where the field is, where it is going, and what needs to happen to get it there. Although the central focus of this monograph involves transparent electronics, many of the materials, devices, circuits, and process integration strategies ...
Radiologists have an increasingly important role to play in the early detection, staging and treatment of malignant disease. A detailed knowledge of both benign and malignant tumours is necesseary for accurate image interpretation, in addition to the ability to evaluate the scope and limitations of the various imaging modalities available. This CD ...
For FBI profiler Jake Donovan, the stakes are higher than ever before: he has to get to whoever has 'disappeared' a crucial weapons researcher before nationally security is fatally breached, and he has to get to them before they get to him and those he loves most. Terrorists have blown up a Congressman's plane over Washington and the FBI Director ...
The second edition of Strategic Marketing examines the key aspects of traditional marketing strategy and provides an assessment and synthesis of recent thinking. Drawing on Porter's strategic-analytic framework in relation to marketing decision-making, the authors provide a coherent structure, allowing students to understand the theoretical ...
This edition includes the 2000 changes in law regarding power of attorney for health care and for financial matters. Each new law is explained and easy-to-use blank tear-out forms are included.
John Douglas heads the FBI Elite Serial Crime Unit and is widely experienced in the field of serial killers. Drawing on a study he conducted of more than 150 imprisoned killers, this work explores psychology and motives in this chilling area of true crime.
Sex, politics, and religion at the office are potent forces for attaining a sustainable competitive advantage in the post-modern workplace. This unconventional approach shows readers how to unleash the incredible power of sex, politics, and religion in the office.
A biblical commentary which discusses the meaning of text in its biblical context and then applies it to contemporary situations. In the NIV APPLICATION COMMENTARY series.
Part of the NIV APPLICATION COMMENTARY series, this look at Mark's gospel has two functions: discussing the meaning of the text in its biblical context, and applying its meaning to contemporary situations. Each passage is discussed in three sections: Original Meaning, Bridging Contexts, and Contemporary Significance.
An international group of researchers and engineers discuss using natural attenuation to degrade contaminants and thereby remediate soils and groundwater. This volume describes laboratory studies and field demonstrations in support of subsurface remediation at military, manufactured gas plant, landfill, petroleum spill, and other sites. The ...
."" . . modern humans are still cave men in the sense that our habitations and companion species are the very ones that we formed functional relationships with more than a million years ago." In the tradition of Stephen Jay Gould, E.O. Wilson, David Quammen, Ian Tattersall, and Wade Davis, five Canadian scientists compare the modern high-rise ...
Internationally recognized therapist Douglas Gillette takes us on a fascinating excursion into our evolutionary past to help us solve our romantic mysteries of today. Using case studies and self-evaluation exercises, Gillette shows couples how they can work with rather than against their instincts as men and women for happier, longer-lasting love.
Probate and Settle an Estate in California can help you understand, prepare for, and work through the steps necessary to handle both property that is subject to probate and property that is not subject to probate in the state of California.
Profiling pioneer John Douglas has a theory that once the motivating force of a criminal is revealed, there is a good chance of solving the case. He uses cases from his own career to illustrate this argument, analysing the killer's mind in order to learn to anticipate violent behaviour.
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