Edward Humes is de auteur van negen non-fictie boeken die een breed scala aan onderwerpen verkennen. Zijn werken duiken vaak met diep inzicht in complexe sociale en culturele kwesties. Door zijn onderzoeksjournalistieke aanpak ontdekt Humes verhalen die de Amerikaanse samenleving en haar waarden vormgeven. Zijn schrijven wordt gekenmerkt door indringende analyses en de drang om de kern van maatschappelijke verschuivingen te begrijpen.
The book delves into the pervasive issue of waste in modern society, highlighting how our acceptance of excessive waste impacts the economy, energy consumption, and the environment. It presents waste as a central problem linked to broader challenges like climate change and pollution, emphasizing that individual actions can lead to significant change. Through stories of communities combating waste, it encourages readers to recognize their role in addressing this issue, ultimately aiming for a healthier, more sustainable future.
"After 30 years, Detective Jim Scharf arrested a teenage couple's murderer-and exposed a looming battle between the pursuit of justice and the right to privacy. When Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook were murdered during a trip to Seattle in the 1980s, detectives had few leads. The murder weapon was missing. No one witnessed any suspicious activity. And there was only a single handprint on the outside of the young couple's van. The detectives assumed Tanya and Jay were victims of a serial killer-but without any leads, the case seemed forever doomed. In deep-freeze, long-term storage, biological evidence from the crime scenes sat waiting. Meanwhile, California resident CeCe Moore began her lifetime fascination with genetic genealogy. As DNA testing companies rapidly grew in popularity, she discovered another use for the technology: solving crimes. When Detective Jim Scharf decided to send the cold case's decades-old DNA to Parabon NanoLabs, he hoped he would bring closure to the Van Cuylenborg and Cook families. He didn't know that he and Moore would make history. Anyone can submit a saliva sample to learn about their ancestry. But what happens after the results of these tests are uploaded to the internet? As lawyers, policymakers, and police officers fight over questions of consent and privacy, the implications of Scharf's case become ever clearer. Approximately 250,000 murders in the United States remain unsolved today. We have the tools to catch many of these killers-but what is the cost?"-- Provided by publisher
A journalist's profile of a juvenile court and its judges, lawyers, probation officers, and children focuses on five specific troubled minors and reveals the system's impact on their lives and their prospects. 25,000 first printing.
In sieben Fallstudien legt der Pulitzer-Preisträger Humes das Versagen der modernen Jusiz bloß: Mal verharmlost sie die Straftaten Minderjähriger mal versteigt sie sich zu überzogenen Strafen. Psychiater und Sozialarbeiter erweisen sich als völlig überlastet.
