Law & disorder

Resource Information

The work Law & disorder represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Law & disorder

Statement of responsibility

John Douglas ; and Mark Olshaker

Title variation

Law and disorder

Creator

• Douglas, John E

Contributor

• Olshaker, Mark, 1951-

Subject

• Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States
• Criminal psychology -- Case studies
• Douglas, John E
• Electronic books
• FBI Academy, Investigative Support Unit -- Officials and employees -- Biography
• Judicial error -- United States
• Murder -- Investigation -- Case studies
• Murderers -- Psychology -- Case studies
• Criminal investigation -- United States

Genre

• Case studies
• Electronic books
• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

For twenty-five years, John E. Douglas worked for the FBI, where he headed the elite Investigative Support Unit. The real-life model for FBI Agent Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs, he's had a brilliant and terrifying career, getting inside the minds of notorious murderers and serial killers including Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and David Berkowitz (Son of Sam). Written with long-time collaborator Mark Olshaker, Law & Disorder is Douglas' most provocative and personal book to date. In it, he addresses every law enforcement professional's worst nightmare: those cases where, for one reason or another, justice was delayed...or even denied. Through a series of character-driven case histories--from the earliest trials in Salem, Massachusetts to the bungled trial of Amanda Knox--Douglas shows what happens when the system breaks down and bias, media coverage, and other influences get in the way of a dispassionate pursuit of the evidence. Here also are Douglas' personal reflections on his ongoing search for the truth--from painful lessons learned early in his career to his controversial findings in the West Memphis Three and Jon Benet Ramsey investigations. Brimming with procedural detail, Law & Disorder is an eye-opening insider's account of the exhilaration and frustration that attend the quest for justice

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

TEFOD

Dewey number

345.73/052

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

KF9756

LC item number

.D68 2013eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries