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Germany today has one of the lowest incarceration rates in the industrialized world, and social welfare principles play an essential role at all levels of the German criminal justice system. Warren Rosenblum examines the roots of this social approach to...

Focusing on a single county at a time when the population grew from 24,000 to 246,000, the authors combine statistical analysis of documentary sources, contemporary newspaper accounts, and exploration in criminal case files to give a detailed...

Most crimes of sexual violence are committed by people known to the victim-acquaintances and family members. Yet politicians and the media overemphasize predatory strangers when legislating against and reporting on sexual violence. In this book, Eric S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692912812Author Greg HagopianFormat PaperbackPage Count 98Imprint Greg HagopianPublisher Greg HagopianWeight(grams) 141g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578755717Author Kathy PalokoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Overcoming the Darkness Media LLCPublisher Overcoming the Darkness Media...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979997549Author James J Benjamin, Jr.Format PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Human Rights FirstPublisher Human Rights FirstWeight(grams) 413g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (True Crime) 2011.Book InformationISBN 9780977905836Author David AlmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 516Imprint Green Elms...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985382162Author Steven VarnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Steven VarnellPublisher Steven VarnellWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979997532Author Human Rights First StaffFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Human Rights FirstPublisher Human Rights FirstWeight(grams) 118g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865343580Author Samuel A FrancisFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Sunstone PressPublisher Sunstone PressWeight(grams) 172g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692681817Author Andy R CurryFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Seven Falls PublishingPublisher Seven Falls PublishingWeight(grams) 132g

An introduction for the lay reader into the mystery of the common law and to its particular mode of reasoning.Book InformationISBN 9780393001839Author Dudley C. LuntFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint WW Norton & CoPublisher WW Norton &...

In a Box draws on the experiences of more than one hundred Michigan women on probation or parole to analyze how court, state, and federal policies hamper the state’s efforts at gender-responsive reforms in community supervision. Closely narrating the...

As social networking continues to evolve and expand, the opportunities for deviant and criminal behavior have multiplied. Social Networking as a Criminal Enterprise explores how new avenues for social networking criminality have affected our criminal...

This book examines the criminal justice decisions of the Rehnquist Court era through analyses of individual justices' contributions to the development of law and policy. The Rehnquist Court era (1986-2005) produced a period of opportunity for the U.S...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600420689Author Sanaz AlastiFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Vandeplas PublishingPublisher Vandeplas PublishingWeight(grams) 482g

This book is based on a case study about Stella, l'amie de Maimie a Montreal sex workers' rights organization, founded by and for sex workers. It explores how a group of ostracized female-identified sex workers transformed themselves into a collective to...

This book is based on a case study about Stella, l’amie de Maimie a Montréal sex workers' rights organization, founded by and for sex workers. It explores how a group of ostracized female-identified sex workers transformed themselves into a collective to...

Underlying the research for the purposes of this book were one basic assumption: transposing legal articles to behavioral norms, suitable in given circumstances and capable of resolving a problem, in this case from the realm of criminal law is difficult...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789380090191Author P. K. PandeyFormat HardbackPage Count 424Imprint SBS PublishersPublisher SBS PublishersWeight(grams) 680g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783848708758Author Sarah RavelingFormat PaperbackPage Count 467Imprint Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftPublisher Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftWeight(grams)...

The fusion between virtuality and reality has created a new quality of experience establishing metaverses and virtual worlds. Second Life, Twinity, Entropia Universe or Fregger have experienced rapid growth in recent years and show no signs of slowing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780735570450Author Aspen PublishersFormat PaperbackPage Count 171Imprint Aspen Publishers Inc.,U.S.Publisher Aspen Publishers Inc.,U.S.Weight(grams) 494g

Expertly written to provide comprehensive coverage of the most crucial issues in a course, the Concise Hornbook Series features concise analyses by prominent scholars of basic areas of the law. The Series focuses on core principles and concepts...

Featuring chapters written by various experts in the discipline, Critical Issues in Criminal Justice: Historical Perspectives provides students with well-researched information regarding vital developments in the field of criminal justice, all the while...

Packed with cutting-edge coverage and up-to-the-minute research, CRIMINAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS: ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT, International Edition delivers a thoroughly modern introduction to the management techniques appropriate to each area of the...

This 42nd volume of annotated leading case law of international criminal tribunals contains decisions taken by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 2010. The book contains the full text of the most important decisions, identical to the...

A Potent Moment assesses the current state of cannabis laws in the United States in the context of broader discussions about drug policy and advances a framework for future efforts to use cannabis legalization to advance social equity. It describes the...

Responding to ongoing concerns over the state of U.S. cybersecurity, the Obama Administration released a report containing a proposal for significant cybersecurity legislation on May 12, 2011. The Administration's proposal contains seven sections and...

Organized retail crime (ORC) involves the large-scale theft of everyday consumer items and potentially has much broader implications. Organized groups of professional shoplifters steal or fraudulently obtain merchandise that is then sold to individuals...

Untested sexual assault evidence is being discovered in police evidence rooms all across the country. It is unknown how many unanalyzed sexual assault kits (SAKs) there are nationwide. There are many reasons for this, but one is that tracking and...

Money laundering is commonly understood as the process of cleansing the taint from the proceeds of crime. In federal criminal law, however, it is more. In the principal federal criminal money laundering statutes, 18 U.S.C. 1956 and 1957, and to varying...

By having a thorough knowledge of this legal process and by working in partnership with the courts, child protective (CPS) caseworkers, and other professionals can work toward the safety, permanency, and well-being of children more effectively. This...

This book examines the different types of modern contraband activities, including counterfeiting, diversion of genuine products, and sales in so-called "gray markets." It discusses why and how products have become a part of the contraband...

On 28 October 2009, President Barack Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law. This law broadens federal jurisdiction over hate crimes by authorising the Attorney General to provide assistance, when...

The Attorney General directed the Task Force to examine all of the Department of Justice's intellectual property enforcement efforts and to explore ways for the Department of Justice to increase its protection of valuable intellectual property resources...

Obstruction of justice is the impediment of governmental activities. There are a host of federal criminal laws that prohibit obstructions of justice. The six most general outlaw obstruction of judicial proceedings (18 U.S.C. 1503), witness tampering (18...

The issue of capital punishment will not go away. This new book presents new and significant analyses related to recent Supreme Court cases and new books on the topic.Book InformationISBN 9781604561333Author Lorraine V. CoyneFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Much has been written about the USA Patriot Act, and the controversy that surrounds this far-reaching legislation has also generated a great deal of confusion and uncertainty about its impact and importance in the war on terrorism. As Professor Kam C...

This is a brief summary of the federal criminal status implicated by conducting illegal gambling using the Internet. It also discusses some of the constitutional issues associated with prosecuting illegal Internet gambling. Gambling is primarily a matter...