The Encyclopedia of American Crime: Facts on File Crime Library

by Carl Sifakis

From the Introduction:
The history of crime in America is quite simply the history of America., Carl Sifakis
Why are the annals of crime worth studying? Author Carl Sifakis suggests that crimes and the people who perpetrate them—the killers

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, History

996 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1920

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of interesting stuff, but after reading more into some of the stories there is quite a bit of wrong/misinformation so if you use this as a source just remember to cross check your references.

[Liquidlasagna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Basically this book got updated ten years later
[1992 and 2001]

going from 800 pages to 1000 pages
and is a two volume set

[Walt · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good introduction to the subject.