Kirill Privalov is a writer and international journalist who has worked in France for a long time, the author of the bestseller 'Poisons. The full story'."Criminology: the History of the most famous Crimes" is a book about a phenomenon that is so far universal, international and hardly ready to disappear from the modern chronicle in the foreseeable future. 'Crimen' in Latin means 'crime', and criminology is the science that studies the criminal, his personality, the causes and consequences of the crime committed. Starting with the murder of his brother Abel by Cain, the author tells about the most famous crimes in the history of mankind. About maniacs and gangsters, sadistic recidivists and killers… About the Wallachian gentleman Vlad Dracula and the anarchist Bear-Jap, about the French criminal gang Bonnot and the American sweet couple Bonnie and Clyde, about the Russian thief Vanka-Cain and the Italian-American mafia Lucky Luciano… In addition to the terrible fates of famous heroes, the reader will learn about monstrous executions and high–profile police operations, about bandit shelters and famous detectives - real and fictional writers. Kirill Privalov's book is an exciting and at the same time creepy performance, the scene of which is the whole world – from antiquity to the present day.