True Crime
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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 Gang Life10 of the toughest tell their stories |
For the first time, here’s a no-holds-barred inside account of life for criminal gang members in cities and towns across Canada. Mark Totten has slowly gained the confidence of gang members … | Mark Totten | 216 | 2014 | View |
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From IntroductionFrom: Gang Life |
describes how he came about to writing this book and his history of interest in gangs. Analyzes the different types of gangs. Describes legal obligations of his interviews. Explains some … | Mark Totten | 14 | 2014 | $1.40 Add |
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From  The Casual Labour Problem |
Dave Broad | 8 | 2000 | $1.52 Add | |
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From I did not know who I wasFrom: Gang Life |
twenty-five-year-old Kim describes a life, both inside and outside her gang, in which “I did not know who I was.” Her childhood and early adolescence were wracked with rejection and … | Mark Totten | 21 | 2014 | $2.10 Add |
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From  NEW! Widow KimFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry examines the media coverage surrounding the death of constable William Hancox. Cherry includes excerpts from her interview with the widow of the deceased, who describes … | Tamara Cherry | 14 | 2023 | $1.40 Add |
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From NEW! Gregory Stewart’s MotherFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry examines the limited, and sometimes non-existent media coverage of homicides in neighborhoods with low income and high crime rates. Cherry analyzes homicides ignored by … | Tamara Cherry | 18 | 2023 | $1.80 Add |
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From Jesus don’t work for anyoneFrom: Gang Life |
tells the story of thirty-three-year-old Terrence, a mixed race “independent enforcer” who found the Lord just in time for a parole hearing. Terrence has a rather large ego and he … | Mark Totten | 16 | 2014 | $1.60 Add |
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From The Gang MotherFrom: Gang Life |
Monica, a forty-fiveyear- old lesbian gang mother. Now clean after too many years of injecting morphine and cocaine, she takes in young gang members and cares for them. She was terrorized by a … | Mark Totten | 19 | 2014 | $1.90 Add |
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From NEW! The Scoop on Sensational StoriesFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry discusses the sensationalizing of "uncommon stories", how the boundary-less reporting of these a-typical events traumatically impacts the surviving family … | Tamara Cherry | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! Brains on TraumaFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry discusses the psychological impacts of traumatic events and includes the responses of various survey participants who have lost loved ones to homicide or traffic … | Tamara Cherry | 15 | 2023 | $1.50 Add |
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From I won’t back downFrom: Gang Life |
Jake, who is Caucasian and twenty-eight years old, takes us on a whirlwind tour that parallels the emotional and behavioural problems that plagued his childhood with his life in a gang. He was … | Mark Totten | 19 | 2014 | $1.90 Add |
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From What a Rush it wasFrom: Gang Life |
The story of Janie, aged twenty-five, and George, eight years older, is in Chapter Five. Both Aboriginal, they were married until George killed a rival a couple of years ago. He also tried to … | Mark Totten | 18 | 2014 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! Bad, Ugly, Good, RepeatFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry discusses the psychological impacts and ethical concerns of interviewing the family members of violent crime victims. Cherry explores varied responses to her survey: … | Tamara Cherry | 22 | 2023 | $2.20 Add |
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From I’ve got to throw out the bones nowFrom: Gang Life |
Dillon, aged thirty-three and a Latino father of two, tells his story in Chapter Six. Along with five friends, he founded a gang in high school. A few years later he was asked to patch over and … | Mark Totten | 18 | 2014 | $1.80 Add |
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From NEW! A Morally Presumptive ChorusFrom: The Trauma Beat |
In this chapter, Cherry discusses the various aspects of a victim’s life that impact how their character is presented, and the tone in which their story is told. Cherry examines how race … | Tamara Cherry | 20 | 2023 | $2.00 Add |
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From My shoulder was a bit sore from that rocket thingFrom: Gang Life |
Gilbert, a Métis man aged thirty-four years, and Maureen, thirty-five years, live on a small reserve. Their lives are described in Chapter Seven. Both are hard-core addicts and have two boys … | Mark Totten | 15 | 2014 | $1.50 Add |
