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The Best American Crime Reporting 2009 (2009)

by Jeffrey Toobin(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0061490849 (ISBN13: 9780061490842)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Ecco

review 1: This year's collection ranges from so-so to pretty good. Most interesting are the essays on two crime-prevention industries: Alec Wilkinson's "Non-Lethal Force" (about the development of weapons designed to incapacitate criminals without killing them) and John Colapinto's "Stop, Thief!" (about methods of stopping not only individual shoplifters but also shoplifting gangs). Best true-crime story is David Grann's "True Crime" (about a cold case that turns hot when a Polish police detective becomes convinced that a murder suspect has published a veiled confession in a postmodern novel).
review 2: As usual a great collection of non-fiction essays revolving around crime. Some are criminal profiles, such as a piece about a teenage mass murderer who was the victim ... moreof parental fallout so traumatic he was diagnosed with suffering the equivalent of war trauma. Another standout is a story about a Polish writer who penned a post-modern novel based on a crime he committed. Some of the more interesting pieces step back and take a look at policing, such as the use of non-lethal force and the work of store detectives (who these days have their own in-house forensic labs). less

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