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'Wicked' is the term used to describe some of the most challenging and complex issues of our time, many of which threaten human health. Climate change, biodiversity loss, persisting poverty, the advancing obesity epidemic, and food insecurity are all examples of such wicked problems. However there is a strong body of evidence describing the solutions for addressing many of these problems. Given that much is known about how many of these problems could be addressed - and given the risks of not acting - what will it take to create the 'tipping point' needed for effective action?A recent (2015) court ruling in The Hague held that the Dutch government's stance on climate change was illegal, ordering them to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% within 5 years (by 2020), relative to 1990 levels. The case was filed on behalf of 886 Dutch citizens, suing the government for violating human rights and climate changes treaties by failing to take adequate action to prevent the harmful impacts of climate change. This judicial ruling has the potential to provide a way forward, inspiring other civil movements and creating a template from which to address other wicked problems.This judicial strategy to address the need to lower greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands is not a magic bullet, and requires a particular legal and institutional setting. However it has the potential to be a game-changer - providing an example of a strategy for achieving domestic regulatory change that is likely to be replicable in some countries elsewhere, and providing an example of a particularly 'wicked' (in the positive, street-slang sense of the word) strategy to address seemingly intractable and wicked problems.

BACKGROUND: 'Wicked' is the term used to describe some of the most challenging and complex issues of our time, many of which threaten human health. Climate change, biodiversity loss, persisting poverty, the advancing obesity epidemic, and food insecurity are all examples of such wicked problems. However there is a strong body of evidence describing the solutions for addressing many of these problems. Given that much is known about how many of these problems could be addressed - and given the risks of not acting - what will it take to create the 'tipping point' needed for effective action? MAIN BODY: A recent (2015) court ruling in The Hague held that the Dutch government's stance on climate change was illegal, ordering them to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% within 5 years (by 2020), relative to 1990 levels. The case was filed on behalf of 886 Dutch citizens, suing the government for violating human rights and climate changes treaties by failing to take adequate action to prevent the harmful impacts of climate change. This judicial ruling has the potential to provide a way forward, inspiring other civil movements and creating a template from which to address other wicked problems. CONCLUSION: This judicial strategy to address the need to lower greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands is not a magic bullet, and requires a particular legal and institutional setting. However it has the potential to be a game-changer - providing an example of a strategy for achieving domestic regulatory change that is likely to be replicable in some countries elsewhere, and providing an example of a particularly 'wicked' (in the positive, street-slang sense of the word) strategy to address seemingly intractable and wicked problems.

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue. Something Wicked This Way Comes -- 1. Setting the Scene-Beautiful Beaufort -- 2. "Written in Blood": La Chere, Seymour Burroughs, Mrs. Bull's Shoes, Bloody Point and the Huspa King -- 3. "Judgment Is Mine": Hugh Bryan Writes a Letter -- 4. "Murder Most Foul": Charles Purry Meets a Bad End -- 5. "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing": The Reverend Mr. William Peaseley -- 6. "Live Hard, Die Young": James Booth and Civilian Life -- 7. "Boys Will Be Boys": Masculine Entertainments -- 8. "Wrong Place at the Wrong Time": The Murder of J. Fraser Matthewes -- 9. "Honor" among Thieves: The Duncan-Froman Affair -- 10. Conflict of Interest: The Bettison-Brown-Bailey Triangle -- 11. Chivalry-Beaufort Style: Richard V. Bray and the Internal Revenue Service -- 12. House of Cards: Richardson and the Banking Scandal of 1928 -- Epilogue. And the Beat Goes On -- Bibliography -- About the Author.

Front Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. A Rotten System -- 2. St. Elmo Variety -- 3. Slocumb -- 4. Murder in a Variety Dive -- 5. The Dark Idol -- 6. The Man-Landlady -- 7.The Albert Law and Afterward -- Bibliography -- About the Author.

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Carved Out of the Prairie: Decatur's Early Years -- Death Rides the Rails: Murder, Crime and Decatur's Railroads -- Law and Disorder: History of the Decatur Police Department -- "If You Can't Find a Drink, You're Not Trying Hard Enough!": Prohibition in Decatur -- Rolling the Bones: Gambling in Decatur -- Decatur: Kidnapping Central -- Decatur's Vice Districts -- Red Lights on the Prairie: Prostitution in Decatur -- The End of the Crime Era -- Death by Another's Hand: A Collection of Decatur's Most Infamous Murders -- Bibliography -- About the Author.

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Dastardly Duels -- Chapter 2. The Lion and the Compromiser: Dueling Clays -- Chapter 3. Wicked Women -- Chapter 4. The Cheating Congressman -- Chapter 5. To Be Black in Lexington -- Chapter 6. Troubles at Transy -- Chapter 7. Wicked Sports -- Bibliography -- About the Author.

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements and Contributors -- Part I. Public Concerns and Policies -- Tobacco Warehouse Thieves -- Slot Machine and Punch Boards -- Whiskey Raids -- A Major Nuisance Stuck in "Committee" -- Wicked Smallpox and the Pesthouse -- A Bad Impression -- No, No and More No's -- Epidemic of Spanish Flu -- No Black Police Officers -- Difficulties and Dangers for Salem -- The "Lot" Determined Who Should Marry Whom -- Part II. Crimes and Punishments -- Guilty of First-Degree "Muddy Creek" Murder -- The Ball Went Through His Heart -- They Poisoned Their Daughters -- Beaten into Unconsciousness and Critically Injured -- The Frank Snipes Gang Successors -- Libby Holman, Torch Singer, Accused of Murdering Millionaire Husband -- Rape, Posse, Gunfire -- The Drop Fell at 12:55-Broke His Neck -- State Prison Escapee Recaptured after Twenty Years -- Mob Storms Jail -- Part III. Now You Know -- He Claimed He Could Heal Anything-For a Price -- Not in My Neighborhood -- Lust for Fashionable Apparel -- The Dreaded Invaders Arrived -- Alderman "Blasted" Mayor -- "Other Such Business" -- Racially Tense Winston-Salem -- At the Zinzendorf Hotel -- Moravians in Salem "Going against Tradition" -- Anything Wicked "Goes" for a News Snippet -- He Said, She Said -- "I Don't Want a Sterilize Operation" -- Part IV. Believe It or Not -- Board of Censors of Public Amusements -- Salem Tavern-The Place to Drink, Argue, Duel -- Obey Our Rules…Or Else -- 10,000 in Currency Burned -- Wickedly Heavy and Dirty Mill Work -- Repeated Protests -- No Unions! -- Winston Officers Raid Distilleries -- "They Take All the Pie" -- Big Hudson Six Turns Over Three Times -- Somebody Could Get Killed! -- Part V. Straight from the Horse's Mouth -- A Deplorable State of Affairs -- Hand Over Your Money, or Else! -- Sex in the Twin City.

Front Cover -- Front Flap -- Copyright -- Dramatis Personae -- ONE -- TWO -- THREE -- FOUR -- FIVE -- SIX -- SEVEN -- EIGHT -- NINE -- TEN -- ELEVEN -- TWELVE -- THIRTEEN -- FOURTEEN -- FIFTEEN -- SIXTEEN -- SEVENTEEN -- EIGHTEEN -- NINETEEN -- Author's Note -- Glossary -- Back Flap -- Back Cover -- Spine.

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- FRAIL SISTERHOOD OF THE BAGNIO -- Sex Tourism -- Bagnio Scenes -- A House Can Be a Home -- The Death of Coal Oil Johnny -- Girls Will Be Girls -- The First Madam Brown -- The Gathering -- CURSE OF THE WHITE QUEEN OF CHINATOWN -- THE OTHER WEST END -- People of the Dump -- DUH MAYOR -- KING OF THE VICE TRUST -- The Case of the Missing Slot Machines -- THE QUEEN AND CROWN PRINCE OF VICE -- A GANGSTER NAMED BOOBIE -- OUR GANGS -- A Hautean Rogues' Gallery -- Fast Women, Faster Cars -- Life as a Gamble -- Up the Road -- The Liquor Ring -- BLOOD ON THE STREETS -- Gang Wars -- Thousands Die -- GOOD COP, BAD COP -- RED LIGHT, RED LIGHT -- The Reverend Mr. Keen -- The Business of Prostitution -- The Golden Age -- A MADAM'S LIFE -- Staff Training -- Tricks of the Trade -- Love -- A Day in the Life -- Caste System -- FROM TERRE HAUTE TO ETERNITY -- ANY PUBLICITY IS GOOD PUBLICITY? -- AND SIN NO MORE -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- About the Author.

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Mail-Order Murder -- 2. Notorious Clem Blood -- 3. The Thomson Jewelry Store Robbery and Triple Murder -- 4. The Jealousy of Frank Loeffler -- 5. Potato Masher Murder -- 6. The Tragedy of Charlie Pohlman -- 7. The Mysterious Death of Mina Dekker -- 8. The Day Henry Bedford Went Mad -- 9. The Fiery Temper of Dora Velzy -- 10. The Reformation of Clara Connolly -- 11. Who Killed Josephine Oom? -- 12. The Scarlet Sisterhood of Grand Rapids -- Bibliography -- About the Author.