Criminology: The History of the Most Famous Crimes

Kyrill Privalov – a writer and international journalist, who worked in France for a long time, is the author of the bestseller Poisons. The Complete History. Criminology: The History of the Most Famous Crimes – is a book about a phenomenon that remains universal, international, and unlikely to disappear from contemporary chronicles in the foreseeable future. Crime in Latin means crime, and criminology – is the science that studies the criminal, his personality, the causes and consequences of the committed crime. Starting from Cain killing his brother Abel, the author tells about the most famous crimes in human history. About serial killers and gangsters, sadistic recidivists and hitmen… About the Wallachian prince Vlad Dracula and the anarchist Mishka-Yaponchik, about the French criminal gang Bonnot and the American sweet couple Bonnie and Clyde, about the Russian thief Vanka-Cain and the Italian-American mafioso Lucky Luciano… In addition to the terrifying fates of the famous heroes, the reader will learn about monstrous executions and high-profile police operations, about bandit hideouts and famous detectives – both real and invented by writers. Kyrill Privalov's book is an exciting and at the same time horrifying spectacle, whose stage is a whole world – from antiquity to our days.