Books by William Roughead
“Roughead was a Scottish lawyer. He started out as what you’d call an amateur criminologist. I picked that particular book because it collects some of his best stories and also because it’s still in print, so I thought it would be the easiest for people to get a hold of, which I heartily recommend!” Read more...
Cara Robertson, Lawyer
Interviews where books by William Roughead were recommended
The best books on True Crime, recommended by Cara Robertson
Why do women kill? What does violence tell us about human nature? How do the methods of the criminal justice system speak to an era? Cara Robertson—a lawyer, author and expert on the famous Lizzie Borden case—picks five true crime books that deal in murder, individual psychology, public trials and justice.
