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Fragile Migration Rights: Freedom of movement in post-Soviet Russia Matthew Light 9781138494336
RRP: €57.11€49.75The Soviet Union comprehensively governed the mobility of its citizens by barring emigration and strictly regulating internal migration. In the aftermath of the Soviet collapse, the constitution and laws of the new Russian Federation appeared to herald a... -
Police Responses to People with Mental Illnesses: Global Challenges Duncan Chappell (University of Sydney, Australia) 9781138377318
RRP: €59.49€51.77According to the World Health Organisation during their lifetime more than one quarter of all individuals will develop one or more mental or behavioural disorders. Given prevalence data like this it is not surprising that wherever they reside on the... -
Corruption, Mafia Power and Italian Soccer by Alberto Testa
RRP: €160.65€139.56Whilst corruption and organized crime have been widely researched, they have not yet been specifically linked to sport. Corruption, Mafia Power and Italian Soccer offers an original insight into this new research area. Adopting a psycho-social approach... -
Racial Profiling: Using Propensity Score Matching To Examine Focal Concerns Theory by Anthony Vito
RRP: €70.20€60.79Racial Profiling: Using Propensity Score Matching to Examine Focal Concerns Theory combines theory and propensity score matching to offer readers a better understanding of racial profiling through traffic stop data concerning the race and gender of the... -
Criminology and War: Transgressing the Borders Sandra Walklate 9781138288652
RRP: €54.73€47.75It is widely observed that the study of war has been paid limited attention within criminology. This is intellectually curious given that acts of war have occurred persistently throughout history and perpetuate criminal acts, victimisation and human... -
Working within the Forensic Paradigm: Cross-discipline approaches for policy and practice by Rosemary Sheehan
RRP: €54.73€47.75Forensic work occurs across the criminal justice sector and the legal and health professions and intersects with work in a range of areas, such as child protection, family welfare, mental health, offending, disability and addictions, family violence... -
Lives of Incarcerated Women: An international perspective Candace Kruttschnitt 9781138065949
RRP: €59.49€51.77Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research from around the world, this book brings together renowned international scholars to explore life-course perspectives on women's imprisonment. Instead of covering only one aspect of women's carceral... -
Generations Through Prison: Experiences of Intergenerational Incarceration Mark Halsey 9781032081748
RRP: €47.59€41.72Around one in five prisoners report the previous or current incarceration of a parent. Many such prisoners attest to the long-term negative effects of parental incarceration on one's own sense of self and on the range and quality of opportunities for... -
Partial Justice: Women, Prisons and Social Control by Nicole Hahn Rafter
RRP: €52.35€45.74Contemporary Research on crime, prisons, and social control has largely ignored women. Partial Justice, the only full-scale study of the origins and development of women's prisons in the United States, traces their evolution from the late eighteenth... -
Advances in Criminological Theory: Volume 2 by William S. Laufer
RRP: €160.65€139.56Criminology has developed strong methodological tools over the past decades, establishing itself as a competitive and sophisticated social science. Despite and perhaps because of its emphasis on research design, methodology, and quantitative analysis,... -
The Case for Youth Police Initiative: Interdependent Fates and the Power of Peace by Nina Rose Fischer
RRP: €160.65€139.56This book investigates the Youth Police Initiative (YPI) intervention with a comprehensive look at its effects in Boston as well as Brownsville, Brooklyn, a neighborhood that has both rich community networks as well as the highest crime rate in New York... -
Condemned to Die: Life Under Sentence of Death Robert Johnson (American University) 9780815362395
RRP: €59.49€51.77Condemned to Die is a book about life under sentence of death in American prisons. The great majority of condemned prisoners are confined on death rows before they are executed. Death rows typically feature solitary confinement, a harsh regimen that is... -
The Social Reality of Crime by Richard Quinney
RRP: €54.73€47.75Richard Quinney's The Social Reality of Crime remains an eloquent and important statement on crime, law, and justice. At the time of its appearance in 1970, Quinney's theory not only liberated the field from a recitation of the practices of the police,... -
The Virtual Prison: Community Custody and the Evolution of Imprisonment by Julian V. Roberts
RRP: €39.26€34.93The last twenty-five years have seen dramatic rises in the prison populations of most industrialised nations. Unable to keep up with increased numbers of convicted offenders, governments and criminal justice systems have been seeking new ways to control... -
International and Comparative Criminal Justice: A critical introduction Mark Findlay (University of Sydney, Australia) 9780415688710
RRP: €65.44€56.79International criminal justice is in transition. This book explores the growing internationalisation of criminal justice as a phenomenon of global governance. It provides students with a critical understanding of the international institutions for... -
Sex Work: Labour, Mobility and Sexual Services JaneMaree Maher (Monash University, Australia) 9780415630665
RRP: €59.49€51.77Sex work has always attracted policy, public and prurient interest. Currently, legal frameworks in developed countries range from prohibition, through partial legalisation to active regulation. Globalisation has increased women's mobility between... -
Innovative Possibilities: Global Policing Research and Practice by Les Johnston
RRP: €103.52€89.89Innovative Possibilities: Global Policing Research and Practice brings together observations that reflect upon the state of police (and policing) across the globe and associated forms of policing scholarship with inputs from Africa, Australia, South and... -
When Crime Appears: The Role of Emergence Jean McGloin (University of Maryland, College Park, USA) 9780415883054
RRP: €64.25€55.78In recent years, the idea of emergence, which suggests that observed patterns in behavior and events are not fully reductive and stem from complex lower-level interactions, has begun to take hold in the social sciences. Criminologists have started to use... -
Advancing Quantitative Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice by Travis C. Pratt
RRP: €57.11€49.75Advancing Quantitative Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice is designed to promote the understanding of various quantitative research methods and to encourage their use among those seeking answers to questions about crime and justice. To this end... -
Lifers: Seeking Redemption in Prison John Irwin 9780415801980
RRP: €42.83€37.71John Irwin writes about prisons from an unusual academic perspective. Before receiving a Ph.D. in sociology, he served five years in a California state penitentiary for armed robbery. This is his sixth book on imprisonment - an ethnography of prisoners... -
Unleashing the Power of Unconditional Respect: Transforming Law Enforcement and Police Training by Jack Colwell
RRP: €39.26€34.70Every day, police officers face challenges ranging from petty annoyances to the risk of death in the line of duty. Coupled with these difficulties is, in some cases, lack of community respect for the officers despite the dangers these men and women... -
Changing Narratives of Youth Crime: From Social Causes to Threats to the Social Bernd Dollinger 9780367726980
RRP: €47.59€41.72In recent years, western societies have experienced a fundamental transformation in the way crime is understood and dealt with. Against the backdrop of a current great interest in narratives in criminology, this book draws on a narrative perspective to... -
United Nations International Police Officers in Peacekeeping Missions: A Phenomenological Exploration of Complex Acculturation by Michael R. Sanchez
RRP: €49.97€43.73Why do international policing missions often fail to achieve their mandate? Why do United Nations Police officers struggle when serving in foreign peacekeeping missions? United Nations International Police Officers in Peacekeeping Missions: A... -
Towards a Southern Approach to Sex Work: Lived Experience and Resilience in a Bangladeshi Brothel by Habiba Sultana
RRP: €160.65€139.56This book delves into this almost unchartered territory, documenting the lived experiences of sex workers in Bangladesh, considering the complex realities of their day-to-day lives and the ways they negotiate their working conditions and relationships... -
A Dictionary of Criminology by Dermot Walsh
RRP: €42.83€37.71Originally published in 1983. This Dictionary provides a wide-ranging guide to concepts and terminology frequently used in criminology. It will not only inform and stimulate, but will also bring clarity and integration to a subject where the... -
School Security: How to Build and Strengthen a School Safety Program by Paul Timm
RRP: €55.92€51.29School safety challenges continue to evolve as it seems every day there's a new story about a security lapse, lock-down, or violent act taking place. In this thoroughly revised edition, Paul Timm, a nationally acclaimed school security expert, explains... -
Murder 101: Homicide and Its Investigation Robert L. Snow 9780275984328
RRP: €59.50€55.70Of all crimes, murder fascinates the public more than any other. While considered a detestable act, for which society reserves its severest punishments, homicide still captivates the American public. But the way homicide and its investigation are... -
An American Travesty: Legal Responses to Adolescent Sexual Offending: 2004 by Franklin E. Zimring
RRP: €28.56€27.41"An American Travesty" is the first scholarly book in half a century to analyze the justice system's response to sexual misconduct by children and adolescents in the United States. Writing with a refreshing dose of common sense, Franklin E... -
Crime and Justice: A Review of Research: Volume 44 by Michael Tonry
RRP: €80.33€67.54Volume 44 of Crime and Justice is essential reading for scholars, policy makers, and practitioners who need to know about the latest advances in knowledge concerning crime, its causes, and its control. Contents include Robert D. Crutchfield on the... -
Language of the Gun: Youth, Crime, and Public Policy Bernard E. Harcourt 9780226316093
RRP: €38.08€37.02Legal and public policies concerning youth gun violence tend to rely heavily on crime reports, survey data, and statistical methods. Rarely is attention given to the young voices belonging to those who carry high-powered semiautomatic handguns. In... -
Collective Violence James F., Jr. Short 9780202362663
RRP: €59.49€52.24Collective violence has played an important role throughout American history, though we have typically denied it. But it is not enough to repress violence or to suppress our knowledge of it. We must understand the phenomenon, and to do this, we must... -
Profit Without Honor: White Collar Crime and the Looting of America by Stephen M. Rosoff
RRP: €117.52€105.22Well-written, witty, and authoritative. Profit Without Honor clearly exposes the battle between personal gain and individual integrity and provides a comprehensive overview of white-collar crime in American society. Presenting a vivid picture... -
Confessions of a Dying Thief by Darrell J. Steffensmeier
RRP: €52.35€46.22*Recipient of the American Society of Criminology's 2006 Michael J. Hindelang Award for a book, published within the past three calendar years, that is "the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology." *Nominated for the 2007... -
Policing and Minority Communities: Contemporary Issues and Global Perspectives by James F. Albrecht
RRP: €65.44€64.74This insightful book examines the allegations against the professionalism, transparency, and integrity of law enforcement toward minority groups, from a global perspective. It addresses the challenges inherent in maintaining strong ties with members of... -
The Surveillance Web Mike McCahill 9781903240809
RRP: €160.65€139.56The rise of CCTV and surveillance technologies has been one of the key developments in contemporary society, but its impact has often been analysed in a fragmented manner. This book addresses this issue by providing a detailed, micro-sociological account... -
Cultural Property Acquisitions: Navigating the Shifting Landscape by Aimee L. Taberner
RRP: €160.65€139.56Museum staff--whether new to the field or working with collections for decades--are often overwhelmed by the complexities of acquiring cultural property, particularly antiquities and archaeological material. Collecting practices now require a greater... -
The Disappearance of Criminal Law: Police Powers and the Supreme Court by Richard Jochelson
RRP: €16.60€14.03In The Disappearance of Criminal Law, Richard Jochelson and Kirsten Kramar examine the rationales underpinning Supreme Court of Canada cases that address the power of the police. These cases involve police power in relation to search, seizure and... -
Criminological Theory: Context and Consequences by J Robert Lilly
RRP: €179.69€133.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506387307Author J Robert LillyFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint SAGE Publications IncPublisher SAGE Publications IncWeight(grams) 930gDimensions(mm)... -
From Deportation to Prison: The Politics of Immigration Enforcement in Post-Civil Rights America by Patrisia Macias-Rojas
RRP: €29.74€25.79Winner, 2017 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award A thorough and captivating exploration of how mass incarceration and law and order policies of the past forty years have transformed immigration and border enforcement Criminal prosecutions for... -
Women Doing Life: Gender, Punishment and the Struggle for Identity by Lora Bex Lempert
RRP: €29.74€25.79The carceral experiences of women serving life sentences. 2017 Michigan Notable Book Selection presented by The Detroit Free Press How do women - mothers, daughters, aunts, nieces and grandmothers - make sense of judgment to a lifetime behind bars? In...