No-Body Homicides : The Evolution of Investigation and Prosecution - Mark Stobbe

No-Body Homicides

The Evolution of Investigation and Prosecution

Author: Mark Stobbe

Narrated by: Perry Daniels

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Published: 18th February 2025

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No-Body Homicides 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 police and prosecutors to bring them to justice.

For over 300 years, murderers in the United States and Canada could avoid prosecution by successfully disposing of the body of their victim. No-Body Homicides provides a historical overview of prosecutions in which a killer destroyed or hid the body of the victim. It explains why prosecutions were once extremely rare, and how legal, attitudinal, and technical changes have made them more common. The book also explores how the logic of no-body homicide prosecutions differs from body-present homicides. It allows police and prosecutors to draw on the accumulated experience of hundreds of prosecutions. For criminology students, it provides fascinating insights into the process of investigating and prosecuting homicides—as well as a glimpse into the motivations and practices of killers.

No-Body Homicides will be of practical interest to police or prosecutors confronted with a missing person's case that could be sinister.

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