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Greenspan: the case for the defence
Par George Jonas, Edward L Greenspan. 1987
Greenspan, a leading Toronto criminal lawyer, examines twenty of his cases as well as some important issues relating to the…
criminal justice system. Co-author Jonas reveals the enigmatic personality and life of Greenspan. Bestseller 1987.Halt!: I'm a Federal game warden : the amazing career of "the toughest game warden of them all"
Par Willie J Parker, Conway Robinson. 1977
Willie Parker reveals the inner world of the dedicated game warden in the 1970's. In a comical yet poignant account,…
he describes adventures to rival those of western sheriffs in the days of Billy the Kid. 1977.High: confessions of a pot smuggler
Par Brian O'Dea. 2006
The O'Dea family is well known in Newfoundland, but they could not protect their middle son from sexual abuse at…
the hands of priests, nor from turning to selling and using drugs as a teenager. Twenty-five years later, when the police knocked on his door at the end of a massive DEA investigation, he had given up the trade and was working as a drug addiction counselor in Santa Barbara. O'Dea interweaves extracts of his prison diary with the recounting of his outlaw years and the dawning recognition of those things in his life that were worth living for. 2006.Gross misconduct: the life of Spinner Spencer
Par Martin O'Malley. 1988
Brian "Spinner" Spencer had a 10-year career with the National Hockey League before he retired into obscurity. In January 1987,…
his name made headlines when he was arrested for a murder that occurred five years before. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. 1988.Hole in my life
Par Jack Gantos. 2002
An autobiographical account of the author's youthful struggles to support himself, and the effects of a prison sentence for drug…
smuggling. Describes his constant fear of fellow prisoners and his determination to become a writer and obtain a college degree. Strong language and some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. 2002.Go-boy!: memoirs of a life behind bars
Par Roger Caron. 1978
Fille à papa
Par Charlotte Vale Allen, Jean Chapdelaine Gagnon. 1982
Every secret thing
Par Patricia Hearst, Alvin Moscow. 1982
Hearst describes her kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army in 1974, her imprisonment in a closet for 57 days, her…
forced decision to join her captors, and her participation in the Hibernia Bank Robbery. Some strong language. 1982.Descent into madness (Op Ser.)
Par Vernon Frolick. 1993
In March of 1985 the R.C.M.P. tracked down and killed a crazed murderer in a remote snowy region of northern…
B.C. The dead killer was Michael Oros, who had eluded police for years, and had kept diaries which chronicled the chase. Based on these accounts, the story of the manhunt and the killer is told. 1993.Down inside: thirty years in Canada's prison service
Par Robert Clark. 2017
In his thirty years in the Canadian prison system, Robert Clark rose from student volunteer to deputy warden. He worked…
with some of Canada's most dangerous and notorious prisoners, including Paul Bernardo and Tyrone Conn. He dealt with escapes, lockdowns, prisoner murders, prisoner suicides, and a riot. But he also arranged ice-hockey games in a maximum-security institution, sat in a darkened gym watching movies with three hundred inmates, took parolees sightseeing, and consoled victims of violent crimes. He has managed cellblocks, been a parole officer, and investigated staff corruption. He challenges head-on the popular belief that a "tough-on-crime" approach makes prisons and communities safer, arguing instead for humane treatment and rehabilitation, and wades into the controversy about long-term solitary confinement. 2017.Don't: a woman's word
Par Elly Danica. 1988
The author graphically describes the humiliation and terrible pain she suffered as a victim of incest. She endured verbal abuse,…
beatings and degradation as her father sold her services to strange men, and forced her to pose and perform in his pornographic photo studio. Strong language and extreme descriptions of sex and violence. 1990, c1988.Crime seen: from patrol cop to profiler, my stories from behind the yellow tape
Par Kate Lines. 2015
A criminal profiler, former Chief Superintendent of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), recounts her remarkable story using pivotal cases she…
worked on during the course of her career. Always taking care not to aggrandize in any way the notorious criminals whose names we know all too well, Kate knows that it is much more important to focus on the courage of the victims and their families. Bestseller. 2015.Coping with glaucoma: A Guide To Living With Glaucoma For You And Your Family
Par Edith Marks, Rita Montauredes. 1997
Six M.I.T. students figured out how to beat the casinos and managed to get away with more than three million…
dollars in less than two years' time by playing the blackjack tables. Includes an explanation of how card counting is done. 2002.Closing argument: defending (and befriending) John Gotti, and other legal battles I have waged
Par Bruce Cutler, Lionel Rene Saporta. 2003
Known for his tenacious defence of John Gotti, Cutler became almost as infamous as his client. Recounts his time as…
an aggressive assistant DA and how he switched sides and became a defence attorney. This is the inside story of how Cutler and Gotti frustrated the feds so much that they had to break the rules to convict the Teflon Don. 2003.Blind eye: how the medical establishment let a doctor get away with murder
Par James B Stewart. 1999
Questions why Dr. Michael Swango was allowed to continue practising medicine despite clear evidence that he was a serial psychopathic…
killer and a convicted felon - for poisoning his fellow workers. Criticizes the medical establishment's "code of silence." Bestseller. 1999.Bitter harvest: a woman's fury, a mother's sacrifice
Par Ann Rule. 1997
Rule tells the story of a wealthy Kansas physician who, unable to accept her husband's infidelity and abandonment, sets her…
home on fire while her children sleep inside. Two of the children died and the physician, Debora Green, is now spending 45 years in prison. 1997.Business or blood: Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto's last war
Par Peter Edwards, Antonio Nicaso. 2015
Until Vito Rizzuto went to prison in 2006 for his role in a decades-old Brooklyn triple murder, he ruled the…
Port of Montreal, the northern gateway to the major American drug markets. A master diplomat, he won the respect of rival mafia clans, bikers and street gangs, and criminal business thrived on his turf. His family prospered and his empire grew--until one of North America's true Teflon dons finally lost his veneer. As he watched helplessly from his Colorado prison, the murders of his son and father made international headlines; the killings of his lieutenants and friends filled the pages of Canadian news; and the influence of the 'Ndrangheta, the Calabrian Mafia, spread across Montreal faster than the blood of Rizzuto's crime family. In 2012, Vito Rizzuto emerged from prison, a 66-year-old man who could carefully rebuild his criminal empire or seek bloody revenge and damn the consequences. Bestseller. 2015.Blind vision: the neuroscience of visual impairment
Par Zaira Cattaneo, Tomaso Vecchi. 2011
Italian researchers examine the effects of blindness on the development and functioning of the human cognitive system. They demonstrate the…
ways other senses evolve to help compensate for the absence of sight. 2011.After a tour in Vietnam and a stretch in prison, Alex Caine fell into the cloak-and-dagger world of a contracted…
agent or "kite": infiltrating criminal groups that cops across North America and around the globe were unable to penetrate themselves. Over twenty-five years, his assignments ran the gamut from bikers to triad toughs. He describes the toll such a life takes, one that often left Caine wondering who he really was, and whether justice was ever truly served. Descriptions of violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. c2008.