1st Edition
No-Body Homicides The Evolution of Investigation and Prosecution
By Mark Stobbe
Copyright 2023
210 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
210 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
210 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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No-Body Homicides: The Evolution of Investigation and Prosecution examines how police and prosecutors have become more successful in obtaining convictions for homicide when the remains of the victim are unavailable as evidence. Based on an examination of over 600 cases in the United States and Canada, this book shows the length some killers will go to avoid punishment and the determination of... Read more
- Introduction
- Gone but Not Dead
- Opening the Door to Prosecuting No-Body Homicides
- "Till Death Do Us Part"
- Missing Are the Children
- Society's Expendables
- Killing in Volume
- Murder Incorporated and Its Imitators
- Midlife Crisis, Murder, and Body Disposal
- Deadly Synergies
- Black Box Explanations and Prosecuting No-Body Homicides
- Explaining Success
- Bodily Secrets
- "Only in Canada, eh?"
- Prosecutorial Misfires
- Results and Prospects for No-Body Homicide Prosecutions
- Appendix
- Index
Biography
Mark Stobbe teaches Sociology at Lakeland College in Lloydminster, Canada. He is the author of The “Mr. Big” Sting: The Cases, The Killers, The Controversial Confessions and Lessons from Remand.
"A very strong addition to a rapidly growing and evolving field of criminology: no-body murder investigations and prosecutions."
Thomas A. (Tad) DiBiase, author of No-Body Homicide Cases: A Practical Guide to Investigating, Prosecuting, and Winning Cases When the Victim Is Missing
