Jay Robert Nash's Crime Chronology: A Worldwide Record 1900-1983

Jay Robert Nash, best-selling author and one of the world's foremost crime historians, has compiled in one volume thousands of the most significant and fascinating crimes of the twentieth century.

This extensive worldwide chronology is a year-by-year, crime-by crime historical record, Organized by criminal activity—Murder, Robbery, Organized Crime, Miscellaneous—the entries provide dates, names, locations, outcomes, and a host of other details. A thorough index makes it easy to locate information about a particular crime or criminal, while the unique chronological organization offers an original perspective on worldwide crime in the years 1900-1983. Throughout, Jay Robert Nash's lively text makes fascinating reading, especially for anyone with a taste for the macabre, the scandalous, or the outrageous.