Making Crime Pay: The Writer's Guide to Criminal Law, Evidence, and Procedure (Paperback)

~ (Author) "We could say laws were shaped on the backs of men-literally, in some cases..." (more)
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Product Description

MAKING CRIME PAY is an invaluable reference to criminal law, evidence, and procedure and the potential it holds for breathtaking plots and dramatic storytelling. Readers will learn in detail how criminal law has evolved historically, discover the differences between crimes and how they are judged in the eyes of the law, and understand law's mechanisms and loopholes from the first thought of a crime to the offender's arrest and trial.

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A Smart Accomplice for Future Grishams and Highsmiths / In MAKING CRIME PAY, Forensic Expert and Writing Coach Andrea Campbell Unravels the Maze of Criminal Justice

Rising white collar crime, increased gang activity, terrorist attacks. . . the world is full of real-life crime stories, and a solid understanding of current law is needed to render them convincingly. "Mystery or crime writers need to have their fingers on the pulse of new legislation and the most current Justice Department and law enforcement thinking, " says the forensic expert and writing coach Andrea Campbell. In MAKING CRIME PAY, she presents a compact guide to the legal know-how that makes for authentic and suspenseful crime stories.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Allworth Press (March 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581152167
• ISBN-13: 978-1581152166
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,158,272 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money, save your nerves, buy something else, July 29, 2007

By	R. Parrott - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book has to be the worst writing resource I have ever used: terrible formatting, mistakes in both text and facts, worthless examples no one could possibly gain knowledge from reading, ultra-neo-con perspective not fit for a reference book, and many other problems besides! I can't imagine this book helping anyone! What a crock! I would have been better off using wikipedia and we all know how inaccurate that is! If I could get my money back, I definitely would! Avoid the mistake I have made, choose another guide.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars packed with detailed information, April 14, 2002

By A Customer

I don't know how long it took Campbell to research this book, but I suspect it was years and years. What a wealth of information for a writer or anyone interested in crime and how it's dealt with. Amazing!