The Encyclopedia of American Crime

by Carl Sifakis

More than 1,500 entries record the lives of more than seven hundred of the most notorious criminals, as well as detectives, lawyers, judges, prison wardens, and crime reporters. Features more than 150 black-and-white drawings and photographs.

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, History

802 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1920

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of interesting stuff, but after reading more into some of the stories there is quite a bit of wrong/misinformation so if you use this as a source just remember to cross check your references.

[Liquidlasagna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Basically this book got updated ten years later
[1992 and 2001]

going from 800 pages to 1000 pages
and is a two volume set

[Walt · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good introduction to the subject.