Criminology

The escalation of crime and its detection in this century has been punctuated by what crime writers call classics and criminologists refer to as landmarks. These are the cases which have endured in the minds of writers and social scientists but which...

This full length study provides a basic account of the rationale and content of victimization surveys; it examines the value of crime/victim surveys and deals with the shortcomings of official statistics gathered by the police. Unlike police figures,...

Herbert Asbury, author of The Gangs of New York and The Gangs of Chicago, turns his attention to chronicle the seedy underworld of San Francisco, from its gold-rush glories to its subterranean opium dens. Houses of ill repute play host to shanghaied...

Ever since the collapse of the extradition treaty with the UK in the late 1970s, Spain's southern coastal strip of the Costa Del Sol has been a safe haven for criminals. Drug smuggler Howard Marks; Ronnie Knight and Clifford Saxe, both involved in the $6...

In this unique comparative study of the police in Australia, Finland, India, Japan, and New Zealand, contributors from each country take a macroscopic perspective, analyzing their police as the product of their country's culture. This book is a welcome...

This book reveals the astonishing, known facts about real acts of villainy...and it probes the fascinating, missing facts that confound the law and are kept in a file marked 'unsolved'.Book InformationISBN 9780753706954Author Nigel BlundellFormat...

Divided into ten chapters are tales of treason, murder, robbery, kidnappings, assassinations, fraud and just about every criminal activity you can imagine. Alive with pictures and photographs, this volume depicts chilling and blood-curdling crimes from...

A Queer Praxis for Criminological Research provides an alternative research method, where researchers place themselves second to draw narratives from folx who are typically sought out by scholars because of their identity. Describing the author’s use of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538173282Author Gregg BarakFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

For too long, the adverse impacts of parental incarceration have remained in the shadows. This book, along with its companion volume, Children of Imprisoned Parents: A Guide to Holistic Caregiver and Child Well-Being (ISBN 978-1-4766-8716-2),...

The preoccupation with the unemployment-crime link has meant that a number of other concerns about the way that unemployment affects the criminal justice system, and ways of dealing with offenders, have been largely ignored. This book, originally...

This book examines the field of fintech and the impact of crime legislation on its development. Divided into four parts, it discusses: The background of fintech and its evolution.Financial implication of fintech on practitioners.Criminal opportunities of...

Analysing the representation of youth crime and justice-involved children in popular fictional films, this book explores how what we see on screen contributes to the perceptions of youth justice in society, policy and practice.Putting forward the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538173275Author Gregg BarakFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

The U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment: Bail, Fines, and Punishments is an in-depth exploration of the Eighth Amendment's pivotal role in American jurisprudence. This comprehensive case-book is the very first of its kind, dedicated entirely to the...

The Block Parent® Program of Canada was launched in 1968 following a tragic child abduction and homicide in Ontario. It rapidly expanded across the country, becoming the largest volunteer-led child safety initiative. For over fifty years, the program...

The U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment: Bail, Fines, and Punishments is an in-depth exploration of the Eighth Amendment's pivotal role in American jurisprudence. This comprehensive case-book is the very first of its kind, dedicated entirely to the...

For too long, the adverse impacts of parental incarceration have remained in the shadows. This book, along with its companion volume, Children of Imprisoned Parents: A Workbook for Holistic Caregiver and Child Well-Being (ISBN 978-1-4766-8717-9),...

Motivated by recent instances of vigilantism that have captured media attention, such as the murder of Ahmaud Arbery and the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, Drs. Castle and Meade examine vigilantism through historical contexts, popular culture, and modern...

Originally published in 1922, Juvenile Delinquency was written while the author was Director of the Ohio Bureau of Juvenile Research. He believed that juvenile delinquency could be prevented and therefore a large part of adult criminality could be...

Sitting at the extreme end of criminal justice and offending behaviour, public protection policy has been politicised and used to reshape wider debates. Exploring the development of public protection policy and legislation since the early 1990s, Politics...

Role Exit Within Prison Officers: Returning to ‘Civvy Street’ explores the reasons why prison officers leave His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) England and Wales and examines the processes and trajectories involved in returning back to...

Role Exit Within Prison Officers: Returning to ‘Civvy Street’ explores the reasons why prison officers leave His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) England and Wales and examines the processes and trajectories involved in returning back to...

One of the most elusive pursuits in the study of organized crime is developing a definition, description, or conceptual model that captures its complexity, diversity, and ever-changing nature. This book takes a comprehensive approach to unraveling the...

This book addresses a variety of key issues surrounding mental health and the criminalization of certain individuals and groups by the Criminal Justice System and the impact this can have on their mental health. It challenges the assumption that people...

This book presents critical reflections on the professionalisation of policing through the delivery of the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA), Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP) and Pre-Join degrees by HEIs in the UK. Each chapter is written...

The Contemporary History of Drug-Based Organised Crime in Scotland provides insight into the development of drug based organised crime in the region, and how this process has subsequently shaped the wider criminal landscape of Scotland.

Interest in true crime as a form of popular entertainment has sky-rocketed in recent years. Drawing on this current popularity and its significance in the context of digital culture, Gender, True Crime and Criminology challenges traditional definitions...

Abolitionist thought visualises a world without prisons – or a radical reduction or transformation of prisons and punishment. This fascinating book explores the abolitionist ideas of key early socialists and anarchists, showing how their ideas can assist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032230795Author Roberto MusottoPage Count 131Imprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Building on previous work in rural criminology, this book casts a global and comparative look across nineteen countries, drawing on themes of crime and victimization, safety and fear, practices of policing and police trust, and crime prevention practices.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032257181Author Avi BrismanFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis LtdWeight(grams) 453g

This book comprehensively examines five key areas related to crisis management in policing. These specific issues include: Understanding contemporary terrorism and homeland security threats.Effective counter-terrorism strategies.Practical crisis planning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032306063Author Diana F JohnsImprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781032204482Author David WeasterforsImprint Taylor & Francis LtdPublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

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First published in 1934, International Narcotics Control is concerned with dangerous drugs solely as a subject of international administration. The ultimate questions that this study seeks to answer bear upon the form and function of the international...

This book explicitly and intentionally uses organizational theory concepts and ideas to examine key issues in the criminal legal realm. Addressing some of the many organizational theories, this volume examines a variety of approaches and theoretical...

Rather than simply attributing lethal decision-making to distorted thinking, renowned psychologist Dr. Funk's Why Rampage Killers Emerge proffers a conceptual tableau to explain the genesis of the mentality that engages in sudden acts of mass violence.

Introduction to Forensic Science: The Science of Criminalistics is a new textbook that takes a unique and holistic approach to forensic science.