The Best True Crime Books Currently Available

Advantages: Fascinating insights into the criminal mind
Disadvantages: Some people might find the material disturbing

..."The Newgate Calendar" By various authors Truman Capote's book, "In Cold Blood" is often considered to be the seminal work in the true crime genre. To its enduring literary credit I must humbly disagree. Capote's book is of a far higher calibre of writing and style than most that followed. Few books that detail and examine the cases of criminals - from biographies to anthologies - resemble...

BlackSwan 05.10.2010 08:16 · Read review
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Review of Ten Favourite True Crime Books

LLB Law

Advantages: Very helpful staff when you have done some reading...
Disadvantages: if you haven't started your research, they are not going to bail you out!

...So Im in the middle of doing my Law degree full time at DeMontfort University. Well what can you expect? The Teaching style~ consists of lectures, seminars and tutorials. The lecturer normally always sits or stands at the front of the group regardless of what teaching method is being used. It is advisable for any of these types of classes to do the work ( whether set prior to the lecture or in...

silvajade 23.11.2004 18:48 · Read review
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Review of Law

A beginners book to Law?

Advantages: Gives you ideas on how to write an essay, what to expect from your course
Disadvantages: Not the best book around as its a bit vague on techniques of writting an essay.

...I wrote to my Law school (at DeMontfort University) many moons ago, when I decided that I wanted to do a Law Degree at this particular university. In response this book was one of the ones that they recommended that I read. Now I had got the 4th edition and within a few weeks the 5th edition was published an by now, there is most probably a 6th edition kicking about somewhere out there...

silvajade 23.11.2004 18:14 · Read review
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Review of Studying Law by Phillip H. Kenny LLB Dip Crim LLM