The Crime Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained

Oh man I love true crime so I was pretty excited to pick this up and it was great because there was actually a lot of things in there that I didn't know about. While the book covers really big cases like Ted Bundy, Jeffery Dahmer, Pablo Escobar, Bernie Madoff, the assassination of JFK, etc; ther wer......more

As a police officer I think it's pretty important to have a knowledge of crime. So I was on the look out for a text that gave a broad overview of the subject...and I found it in the Crime Book from the award-winning Big Ideas series. I'd already read the Philosophy book and found it immensely helpfu......more

I'm rather into criminology and forensics, so I found this book quite interesting! That said, some crimes didn't interest me enough to read about them (especially the con-artist ones). Other than that, it's a nice collection of past crimes and their background(s)!......more

Pensavo si parlasse solo di serial killer e invece no, e la cosa mi ha sorpreso in positivo. All’interno si trovano le seguenti sezioni: banditi, rapinatori e incendiari; artisti della truffa; crimini dei colletti bianchi; criminalità organizzata; estorsioni e sequestri di persona; casi di omicidio; serial......more

First off, this book is bloody gorgeous from front cover to back cover and everything in between. The cover is awesome and each story has its own illustrations and graphics and it’s just drool worthy. Basically the only reason you need to buy this book is it’s good looks. Kidding, obvious because th......more