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Steven Briggs

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Steven Briggs has been immersed in the world of crime for most of his career, daily interacting with the wide spectrum of characters who inhabit the courtrooms of America.

His latest work, BAD SNAP, will be released in October, 2015.

He lives and writes in the Seattle area.


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Steven Briggs Good plots usually involve tension and conflict, and I've seen plenty of that in criminal investigations and in trial. And working in the public secto…moreGood plots usually involve tension and conflict, and I've seen plenty of that in criminal investigations and in trial. And working in the public sector with politicians, on regularly sees greed and self interest conflicting with others doing "the right thing." In fact, I'm working on a story along those lines right now!(less)
Steven Briggs Sure I could say something funny, like King Kong and Fay Wray, but the first couple that popped in my head is Nick and Nora, from the Thin Man. It was…moreSure I could say something funny, like King Kong and Fay Wray, but the first couple that popped in my head is Nick and Nora, from the Thin Man. It was a clever and entertaining book by Dashiell Hammett, and an even more enjoyable film - the husband and wife, martini drinking upper-class crime solvers. (less)
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Criminology For Dummies

3.89 avg rating — 253 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions
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The Hedge Extreme

4.16 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
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Bad Snap (Cash Cartwright T...

3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions
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Anyone Can Try a case

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012
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A Special Agent

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011
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The Defense Rests by Peter Kirkland
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The Midwest Lawyer by Peter Kirkland
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“Travis Hirschi found that delinquents tended to have lower IQs than nondelinquents. This study also found that a lower IQ meant a person was more likely to be a recidivist (a criminal who commits another felony within three years of being released).”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies

“AD/HD and depression also are linked to higher incidents of antisocial and delinquent conduct.”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies

“Gandhi once said, “You can judge a society by how it treats its animals.”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies

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