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Reducing Youth Gang Violence: The Little Village Gang Project in Chicago by Irving A. Spergel 9780759109988
RRP: £123.00£107.63In this book, Irving Spergel details the efforts of his Chicago youth gang project, a comprehensive, community-based model designed to reduce gang problems, including violence and illegal drug activity. He offers an in-depth description of the Little... -
Stop Trying to Fix Policing: Lessons Learned from the Front Lines of Black Liberation by Tony Gaskew 9781498589529
RRP: £35.00£30.95In Stop Trying to Fix Policing: Lessons Learned from the Front Lines of Black Liberation, Tony Gaskew guides readers through the phenomena of police abolition, using the cultural lens of the Black radical tradition. The author weaves an electrifying... -
The Risk in Crime by Leslie W. Kennedy 9781442200548
RRP: £35.00£30.95Work on risk has developed into a large industry applied in a variety of ways and locations. Here we locate crime research in the overall interdisciplinary study of risk and begin to address how risk can be used as a key element in our understanding of... -
Gendered Justice: Intimate Partner Violence and the Criminal Justice System by Venessa Garcia 9780742566439
RRP: £110.00£96.03Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Myth of Prison Rape: Sexual Culture in American Prisons by Mark S. Fleisher 9780742561656
RRP: £98.00£85.70Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Class, Race, Gender, and Crime: The Social Realities of Justice in America by Gregg Barak 9781442268852
RRP: £55.00£48.43Class, Race, Gender, and Crime is a popular, and provocative, introduction to crime and the criminal justice system through the lens of class, race, gender, and their intersections. The book systematically explores how the main sites of power and... -
Problem Solving Courts: A Measure of Justice by JoAnn Miller 9781442200807
RRP: £64.00£55.72Problem Solving Courts explores a relatively new approach to criminal justice-one that can have a powerful impact on how convicts connect with their communities. Problem solving courts, born out of the drug court movement in the 1980s, are run by judges... -
Reexamining Reentry: The Policies, People, and Programs of the United States Prisoner Reintegration Systems by Rolanda J. West 9781498549561
RRP: £36.00£31.81Reexamining Reentry takes an in-depth look at how and why prisoner reentry programs are developed. Furthermore, this book explains how having access to these programs, or not, could potentially stymie the community reintegration of the formerly... -
Drugs, Crime and Violence: From Trafficking to Treatment by Howard Rahtz 9780761859673
RRP: £37.00£32.66Forty years ago, President Richard Nixon declared a "war on drugs." Since that time, the country has incarcerated thousands of citizens and spent billions of dollars, and yet the drug problem rolls on. Today, the illegal drug market funds... -
Reducing Youth Gang Violence: The Little Village Gang Project in Chicago by Irving A. Spergel 9780759109995
RRP: £52.00£45.87In this book, Irving Spergel details the efforts of his Chicago youth gang project, a comprehensive, community-based model designed to reduce gang problems, including violence and illegal drug activity. He offers an in-depth description of the Little... -
Death Row Welcomes You: Visiting Hours in the Shadow of the Execution Chamber by Steven Hale 9781612199283
RRP: £28.99£19.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612199283Author Steven HaleFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Women Serial and Mass Murderers: A Worldwide Reference, 1580 through 1990 by Kerry Segrave 9780786476176
RRP: £17.99£15.39It is at 31.4 years that the average woman multiple murderer kills the first of her 17 victims, whom she usually knows or is related to. The preferred method is poison, usually arsenic. She is more likely to prey on the vulnerable - the very young or the... -
Survivor Criminology: A Radical Act of Hope by Kimberly J Cook 9781538161333
RRP: £30.00£26.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538161333Author Kimberly J CookFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield -
Policing Terrorism by Christopher Blake 9780857258342
RRP: £113.00£91.67Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Prisons & Punishment: The Essentials by David K. Scott 9781446273463
RRP: £99.00£80.02Covering all the key topics across the subject of Penology, this book gives you the tools you need to delve deeper and critically examine issues relating to prisons and punishment. The second edition: explores prisons and punishment within national,... -
Criminology and Social Policy by Paul Knepper 9781412923385
RRP: £138.00£110.98Criminology and Social Policy systematically examines the relationship between social policy and crime. In this lively and engaging text, Paul Knepper discusses the difference social policy makes, or can make, in any response to crime. He also considers... -
Policing and Psychology by Nicholas Blagden 9780857258335
RRP: £113.00£91.14This book draws on a range of psychological theories, concepts and research to explore the role and relevance of psychology to modern day policing. It focuses on key issues including psychological theories of criminal behaviour, interpersonal skills,... -
Cultural Criminology: An Invitation by Prof. Jeff Ferrell 9781446259153
RRP: £126.00£102.46Cultural Criminology: An Invitation traces the history, theory, methodology and future direction of cultural criminology. Drawing on issues of representation, meaning and politics, this book walks you through the key areas that make up this fascinating... -
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science: Fatal Police Shootings: Patterns, Policy, and Prevention by Lawrence W. Sherman 9781071815564
RRP: £47.99£44.97Each year, more than 1,000 Americans are killed in police-citizen encounters. Fatal police shootings have become commonplace, and their unfortunate frequency continues to shape the public’s perceptions of and individuals’ experiences with safety,... -
Criminological Research: Understanding Qualitative Methods by Emma Wincup 9781446209134
RRP: £129.00£103.84Good research starts with careful planning and a thorough understanding of the research process. The abilities to design a research study and to evaluate those conducted by others are core skills every student of criminology must learn. With guidance... -
Media and Violence: Gendering the Debates by Karen Boyle 9781412903783
RRP: £146.00£118.26Media and Violence pays equal attention to the production, content and reception involved in any representation of violence. This book offers a framework for understanding how violence is represented and consumed. It examines: - The relationship of... -
Introducing Forensic and Criminal Investigation by Dr. Adam Hart 9780857027511
RRP: £126.00£101.46This book is a lucid and practical guide to understanding the core skills and issues involved in the criminal investigation process. Drawing on multiple disciplines and perspectives, the book promotes a critical awareness and practical comprehension... -
Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives by Des Freedman 9781446201572
RRP: £141.00£113.76"This is an excellent source which puts students in the heart of the contemporary discussion and encourages them to form opinions. It is a great resource for seminars as well as gateways to research." - Paul Matthews, University College... -
Surveillance and Crime by Roy Coleman 9781847873521
RRP: £139.00£111.78Surveillance has a long-standing relationship with crime and its identification, prevention, detection and punishment. With information on each citizen spanning up to 700 databases, and over 4 million CCTV cameras in the United Kingdom alone, this book... -
Privatizing Criminal Justice by Roger Matthews 9780803982406
RRP: £138.00£110.98Without abdicating their ultimate responsibility for law enforcement and criminal justice, Western governments are increasingly seeking to delegate aspects of this task to the private and voluntary sectors. The contributors assess both the actual and... -
Corporate and White Collar Crime by John P. Minkes 9781412934572
RRP: £141.00£113.36`This timely collection contains contemporary case studies and critical analyses by leading writers in the study of white collar corporate crime. It makes an invaluable contribution to the 'criminology of the corporation'" - Professor Hazel Croall,... -
Hate Crime: Impact, Causes and Responses by Neil Chakraborti 9781446272503
RRP: £126.00£101.46Hate crime is a particularly pernicious form of criminal behaviour that has significant impacts upon victims, their families and wider communities. In this substantially revised and updated edition the book examines the nature, extent and harms of hate... -
Comparative Criminal Justice: Making Sense of Difference by Professor David Nelken 9781847879363
RRP: £103.00£83.20David Nelken is the 2013 laureate of the Association for Law and Society International Prize The increasingly important topic of comparative criminal justice is examined from an original and insightful perspective by David Nelken, one of the top scholars... -
Gender, Crime and Victimisation by Pamela Davies 9781847870278
RRP: £129.00£103.84Gender, Crime and Victimisation is a thoughtful and thought-provoking book, exploring gender patterns in both offending and victimisation. It offers a thorough examination of how these patterns in society are variously established and represented,... -
Police Ethics and Values by Allyson MacVean 9780857258311
RRP: £113.00£91.14This text provides an accessible, up to date and comprehensive introduction to police ethics and values for all those undertaking degrees and foundation degrees in policing and related subjects. The recent introduction of directives, legislation and... -
Crime and Justice: Learning through Cases by Carolyn Boyes-Watson 9781442220898
RRP: £54.95£49.00Crime and Justice offers a comprehensive introduction to the US criminal justice system through historical and contemporary case studies. Extensively revised and updated, the second edition features new chapters on terrorism, the war on drugs, and... -
Street Justice: Retaliation in the Criminal Underworld by Bruce A. Jacobs 9780521852784
RRP: £38.00£34.44Street criminals live in a dangerous world, but they cannot realistically rely on the criminal justice system to protect them from predation by fellow lawbreakers; they are on their own when it comes to dealing with crimes perpetrated against them and... -
The Lie Detectors: The History of an American Obsession by Ken Alder 9780803224599
RRP: £18.99£15.22In this fascinating history of the lie detector, Ken Alder exposes some persistent truths about our culture: why we long to know the secret thoughts of our fellow citizens; why we believe in popular science; and why we embrace "truthiness." For... -
Policing Problem Places: Crime Hot Spots and Effective Prevention by Anthony A. Braga 9780195341966
£47.66Both those who study crime and those who fight it agree that crime is not spread evenly across city landscapes. Rather, clusters of crime--a few "hot spots"--host a vastly disproportionate amount of criminal activity. Even within the most crime-ridden... -
Trafficking Chains: Modern Slavery in Society by Sylvia Walby 9781529232356
RRP: £27.99£21.57Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND license. This book offers a theory of trafficking and modern slavery with implications for policy. Despite economic development, modern slavery persists all around the world. The issue is not only one of... -
Extraordinary: Stephen Gillen The Search For A Life Worth Living by Stephen Gillen 9781914529795
RRP: £14.99£10.95Delve into the harrowing true story of a man who was entrenched in London's criminal underworld, a tale as much about redemption as it is about crime. Born amidst Northern Ireland's violent conflict, his earliest memory - witnessing a young man's brutal... -
Youth Crime and Violence in the Caribbean by Sherill V C Morris-Francis 9781498549325
RRP: £96.00£84.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498549325Author Sherill V C Morris-FrancisFormat HardbackPage Count 318Imprint Lexington BooksPublisher Lexington Books -
Criminal Careers and Communities in the United States: An Identity Network Perspective by Cynthia Baiqing Zhang 9781793648884
RRP: £77.00£67.62Gender, race, and community, and space all provide important filters for a person’s contact with the criminal justice system. Cynthia Zhang and Meredith Ille analyze current and former inmates through interviews, focus group discussions, and surveys to... -
Correctional Counseling, Treatment, and Rehabilitation by Robert D. Hanser 9781544374109
RRP: £103.00£96.34Written for the undergraduate and graduate future practitioner, Correctional Counseling, Treatment, and Rehabilitation will provide an overview of how counseling exists within the correctional environment, both in institutional settings and... -
The Murder of Angela Mischelle Lawless: An Honest Sheriff and the Exoneration of an Innocent Man by Stephen R. Snodgrass 9781538172063
RRP: £30.00£26.68In a small Missouri town in 1992, the body of 19-year-old Mischelle Lawless was found in her car, stalled on the side of a road. 17-year-old Josh Kezer was convicted of her murder—even though he was several states away at the time, as proven by...