The very popular True Crime section in the General Collections and Humanities Center on the 3rd floor of the Main Library consists of circulating and library-use-only books about serial killings, gang violence, organized crime, terrorism, crime-fighting, criminal justice, and criminology.
SFPL True Crime Books

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ZodiacGraysmith, Robert
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Crimes of the Centuries
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Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment
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Modern Genocide
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Bloodletters and BadmenNash, Jay Robert
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Emmett TillAnderson, Devery S.
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The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial KillersSchechter, Harold
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How to Smell A RatFisher, Kenneth L.
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Serial Killers and PsychopathsGreig, Charlotte
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Historic Photos of San Francisco CrimeClayborn, Hannah
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Chinatown SquadMullen, Kevin J.
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Encyclopedia of Genocide
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Dark and Tangled Threads of CrimeSecrest, William B.
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The Zebra MurdersSanders, Prentice Earl
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Shots in the DarkBuckland, Gail