Bluestone, Barry, and Mary Huff Stevenson, The Boston Renaissance: Race, Space, and Economic Change in An American Metropolis, Russell Sage Foundation, 2000.

This work contains a number of essays that consider the economic and social history of Boston, focusing on the twentieth century and its impact on residents and businesses in the city.

Fass, Paula S., Kidnapped: Child Abduction in America, Harvard University Press, 1999.

This nonfiction work explores the history of child kidnappings in the United States from 1874 forward and includes analysis of major public cases.

Lanning, Kenneth V., Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 2001.

Lanning, a profiler with the FBI, analyzes in depth what makes a child molester tick.

Smith, Neil, The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist City, Routledge, 1996.

In this book, Smith expounds on many aspects of gentrification and its effect on cities.

Tarbox, Katherine, Katie.com...