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Just when the world thought Oscar Pistorius' meteoric rise to Olympic glory and international celebrity had terminated abysmally in prison, Brent Willock's scientific perspective reopens this gripping narrative for an astonishing re-view.Olympian Oscar Pistorius' spectacular assent to fame ground to a screeching halt in the wee hours of Valentine's Day, 2013. Hearing a sound emanating from his bathroom, he grabbed his pistol and he stumbled to the washroom, screaming at the intruders to leave. Fearing someone was about to emerge to harm him and his girlfriend, Reeva, he fired four bullets into the bathroom. Soon he realized he had killed his lover. Horrified, he summoned the authorities. The investigating detective believed this was yet another case of an escalating argument where a man murdered his partner. World opinion is split. Some believe Oscar. Others are convinced he committed a despicable crime of passion.Distinguished clinical psychologist Brent Willock brings an entirely new perspective to bear on these horrific events: that Oscar's horrific actions occurred while he was in a state of paradoxical sleep, also known as parasomnia. Throughout this book, Willock uses scientific scrutiny and legal precedence to resolve the crucial anomalies surrounding the Oscar Pistorius trial. Willock also discusses how mental health experts and the defense team might have overlooked the hypothesis of parasomnia that could have exonerated Oscar.Millions who followed the Blade Runner's astonishing achievements, uplifted and inspired by his triumph over physical adversity, were crushed by his precipitous plunge from grace. They were baffled. Even Oscar himself, in a television interview shortly before his sentencing, achingly asked, "I always think, How did this possibly happen? How could this have happened?" At last, Willock's elegant work responds to these poignant questions that have so plagued and pained Reeva's family, friends, Oscar, and, indeed, the world.

In a small village outside Phnom Penh, children as young as five are bought and sold as sex slaves. In Terrify No More an international team of investigators goes undercover to infiltrate this ring of brothels and gather evidence needed to free these girls.

The true and terrible story of Teds versus Punks and other gang wars 1976-1982, as told by the leader of the infamous Balham Wildkatz, Noel 'Razor' Smith. -- .

Charlene has been affected by child pornography through two separate incidents, two separate cities, two different people, TOO MANY TIMES. She is the Founder and Chair of the Canadian charity “Child Pornography Hurts”. She has also developed a theory of “Digital Supervision©” for child protection, which is included in this book.Her studies began at the University of New Brunswick where she obtained her Bachelor of Education (Business). She studied Computer Science at the University of Western Ontario. As a result of her Computer Science studies, she earned the equivalency of a Bachelor of Business Administration with Honours. She was then accepted to the University of Toronto to complete her Honours Business Specialist qualification. She has studied several NetworkManagement courses through a former employer and has managed computer networks, the largest of which, had 250 computer stations. Charlene is a qualified secondary school educator and a Registered Holistic Nutritionist. Charlene’s love of children and her family; and because of her experiences, have prompted her to want to make a difference with child protection in this digital world.

Here is the gripping account of a wholesome American family which elected to turn a son's tragic death as a human sacrifice into a positive program to fight substance abuse.

Nineteenth century New England was the hunting ground of five female serial killers: Jane Toppan, Lydia Sherman, Nellie Webb, Harriet E. Nason, and Sarah Jane Robinson. PRETTY EVIL NEW ENGLAND tells the story of these five women, from their humble births through the circumstances that led to them committing their heinous crimes.

The alleged 1857 murder of a wealthy Bond Street dentist by a Emma Cunningham, a young widow he was believed to be sexually involved with, served to distract many New Yorkers from the deepening national crisis over slavery in America. This reexamination places the story in its social and political context.

FBI Forensic Artist and Laboratory Supervisor Gene O'Donnell traveled the world for 32 years to draw the faces of criminals waiting for him in the memories of their victims. Sometimes the only witnesses he had were the skeletal remains found along a lonesome highway. Spies, bank robbers, lost and missing kids, aspiring presidential assassins, rapists, anybody wanted by police, Gene drew. With few leads, these drawings were often the only thing that allowed investigators to track down suspects. This memoir takes the reader on fascinating journeys of true crimes. See how age-progressed images of two kidnapped children led Unsolved Mysteries to the Fontes boys, who, though missing for many years, were recognized and rescued, while their kidnappers were brought to justice. Experience the victory of helping to find the worst that mankind has to offer and the heartbreak over the ones that got away.

Tells the story of Glasgow socialite Madeleine Smith's sensational murder - a trial that captivated both Britain and America. Despite compelling evidence of guilt, various factors lead to Smith's acquittal.

As the Great Depression hit, Penn State College was cash-strapped and dilapidated. Cuts to athletic scholarships left the football program a shambles and the school a last resort for many students. There were not enough police to cover the state, and it showed. Then someone started killing young women in the area.

In 2010, University of Kansas officials were shocked to learn that the FBI and IRS were on campus investigating Rodney Jones, former head of the Athletics Ticket Office, for stealing Jayhawks basketball tickets and selling them to brokers. This book tells the story of the scandal.

Decades before the coining of the term ""serial killer,"" H.H. Holmes murdered dozens of people in his now-infamous Chicago ""Murder Castle"". This book uses Holmes' writings and confessions to inspect how the Arch Fiend represented himself.

Chronicling the sometimes outlandish, often tragic history of the environs of the White House, this book covers two centuries of assassinations, slave escapes, deadly duels, sex scandals, battles, brawls and spy intrigues that took place in the presidential neighbourhood, Lafayette Square.