If you have an interest or need for information about the cops, crooks and criminologists who shaped crime and law enforcement throughout history, this is the book for you. From bank robbers and godfathers to ballistics experts and courtroom crusaders, the authors present the bold and cunning, the righteous and resourceful, all in one volume. Biographies (and some photos) of 600 people covering a period from 2100 B.C. to the present Hammurabi, who came up with the 'eye for an eye' legal code; Allan Pinkerton, who started the world's first professional detective agency; Al Capone, a mobster whose name is synonymous with crime syndicates. Also includes creative minds such as Edgar Allen Poe and George Orwell, who wrote about aspects of crime. 322 pgs, paperback, 2000