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Privilege and Punishment: How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court by Matthew Clair
RRP: $73.50$58.25How the attorney-client relationship favors the privileged in criminal court-and denies justice to the poor and to working-class people of colorThe number of Americans arrested, brought to court, and incarcerated has skyrocketed in recent decades... -
A Handbook of Food Crime: Immoral and Illegal Practices in the Food Industry and What to Do About Them Sugandi del Canto (University of Saskatchewan) 9781447356288
RRP: $60.88$47.65In this insightful book, Gray and Hinch explore the phenomenon of food crime. Through discussions of food safety, food fraud, food insecurity, agricultural labour, livestock welfare, genetically modified foods, food sustainability, food waste, food... -
Making Neighborhoods Safer: Focused Deterrence, Legitimacy, and Crime Prevention by Anthony A. Braga
RRP: $35.70$30.91This Element examines an increasingly important community crime prevention strategy - focused deterrence. This strategy seeks to change offender behavior by understanding underlying crime-producing dynamics and conditions that sustain recurring crime... -
Handbook of Public Protection Mike Nash (Portsmouth University, UK) 9781843928508
RRP: $123.88$109.37Public protection has become an increasingly central theme in the work of the criminal justice agencies in many parts of the world in recent years. Its high public profile and consequent political sensitivity means that growing numbers of criminal... -
Women in Solitary: Inside South Africa's Female Resistance to Apartheid Shanthini Naidoo 9781032133652
RRP: $48.28$42.34Women in Solitary offers a new account based around the narratives of four women who experienced detention and torture in South Africa in the late 1960s when the regime tried to stage a trial to convict leading anti-apartheid activists. This timely book... -
Routledge International Handbook of Visual Criminology by Michelle Brown
RRP: $92.38$82.82Dynamically written and richly illustrated, the Routledge International Handbook of Visual Criminology offers the first foundational primer on visual criminology. Spanning a variety of media and visual modes, this volume assembles established researchers... -
Cybercrime and its victims by Elena Martellozzo
RRP: $92.38$80.72The last twenty years have seen an explosion in the development of information technology, to the point that people spend a major portion of waking life in online spaces. While there are enormous benefits associated with this technology, there are also... -
Modern Control Theory and the Limits of Criminal Justice by Michael Gottfredson
$66.63In 1990 when Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hisrchi published A General Theory of Crime, now often referred to as self control theory, it quickly became among the most discussed and researched perspectives in criminology. In Modern Control Theory and the... -
Crime in Literature: Sociology of Deviance and Fiction by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero 9781859844823
$42.04Crime in Literature addresses the issues of crime and crime control through the reading of several classical literary works. It is not a work of literary criticism, but a book written by a sociologist who reads fiction sociologically.Vincenzo Ruggiero's... -
Immigration Judicial Reviews: An Empirical Study by Robert Thomas
RRP: $230.98$209.39This book analyses how the system of immigration judicial reviews works in practice, as an area which has, for decades, constituted the majority of judicial review cases and is politically controversial. Drawing upon extensive empirical research and... -
Conflict and Crisis Communication: Principles and Practice by Carol A. Ireland
RRP: $100.78$87.80Conflict and crisis communication is the management of a critical incident which has the potential for resolution through successful negotiations. This can include negotiating with individuals in crisis, such as those threatening self-harm or taking... -
The Crime of All Crimes: Toward a Criminology of Genocide by Nicole Rafter
RRP: $60.88$53.26Cambodia. Rwanda. Armenia. Nazi Germany. History remembers these places as the sites of unspeakable crimes against humanity, and indisputably, of genocide. Yet, throughout the twentieth century, the world has seen many instances of violence committed by... -
Mafias on the Move: How Organized Crime Conquers New Territories by Federico Varese
RRP: $94.50$74.17Organized crime is spreading like a global virus as mobs take advantage of open borders to establish local franchises at will. That at least is the fear, inspired by stories of Russian mobsters in New York, Chinese triads in London, and Italian mafias... -
Criminal Justice and Forensic Science: A Multidisciplinary Introduction by Lisa Smith
$88.12An accessible guide for students across a variety of disciplines who are studying forensic evidence throughout the criminal justice system. Containing up to date and classic case studies, photos and examples, it assumes no prior scientific knowledge to... -
Fitness to Plead: International and Comparative Perspectives by Ronnie MacKay 9780198788478
RRP: $191.10$174.05The law relating to fitness to plead is an increasingly important area of the criminal law. While criminalization may be justified whenever an offender commits a sufficiently serious moral wrong requiring that he or she be called to account, the doctrine... -
Environmental Criminology: Evolution, Theory, and Practice by Martin A. Andresen 9781032454757
RRP: $75.58$66.55This is the only single-authored textbook on environmental criminology. The main competitor is our own book from Wortley and Townsley, an edited book bringing together key figures in the field. The new edition contains more coverage of the application... -
Cops, Cameras, and Crisis: The Potential and the Perils of Police Body-Worn Cameras by Michael D. White
RRP: $46.18$40.302021 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine The first expert and comprehensive analysis of the surprising impact of body-worn cameras Following the tragic deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and others at the hands of police, interest in... -
Market Criminology: State-Corporate Crime in the Petroleum Extraction Industry by Ifeanyi Ezeonu 9780367482275
RRP: $88.18$77.18Building on original research into the petroleum industry and on the theory of crimes of globalization, this book introduces the concept of Market Criminology: the criminology of preventable market-generated harms and the criminogenic effects of market... -
The Emerald Handbook of Narrative Criminology by Jennifer Fleetwood 9781787690080
RRP: $111.28$93.37Narrative criminology is an approach to studying crime and other harm that puts stories first. It investigates how such stories are composed, when and why they are told and what their effects are. This edited collection explores the methodological... -
Family Affair: Greed, Treachery, and Betrayal in the Chicago Mafia by Sam Giancana 9780425228319
RRP: $16.78$12.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425228319Author Sam GiancanaFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)... -
Race & Crime by Michael Rowe 9781849207270
RRP: $83.98$68.59In this original and cutting-edge new textbook, Mike Rowe explores the key topics in race and crime. Examining the main issues from a historical and comparative approach, the book fully situates arguments and ideas in a global context with contemporary... -
Bail support schemes for adults by Anthea Hucklesby 9781847429544
RRP: $46.18$36.14Bail is a fundamental human right which measures society's democratic credentials. Taken alongside an increasing prison population, there is an urgent need to find alternatives to custodial remands which do not increase risks to the community. This... -
Irish Policing: Culture, Challenges, and Change in An Garda Si ocha na by Courtney Marsh
$191.63This book examines the organisational culture of the Irish police service, speaking in particular to those interested in policing organisations and organisational culture. It is set against a backdrop of considerations such as community policing, police... -
Historical Perspectives on Organized Crime and Terrorism by James Windle
RRP: $88.18$77.18In recent years, in the context of the War on Terror and globalization, there has been an increased interest in terrorism and organized crime in academia, yet historical research into such phenomena is relatively scarce. This book resets the balance and... -
Gender and Justice Frances Heidensohn (London School of Economics, UK London School of Economics, UK) 9781843921998
RRP: $83.98$74.47Questions about gender, justice and crime are constantly in the public arena, whether they focus on young women getting drunk or taking drugs, or the rising numbers of women going to prison or committing violent crimes, or reports of macho behaviour on... -
Avenging Child Sex Abuse: Vigilante Violence in Prisons and the Community by Joshua Long 9781032490694
RRP: $77.68$68.31This book explores the subjects of child sex abuse, flaws in the justice system, cultural support for vigilantism, prison violence, and the socio-legal philosophy of punishment. Child sex abuse leaves a scar that lasts a lifetime. Can any legal... -
Contemporary Intersectional Criminology in the UK: Examining the Boundaries of Intersectionality and Crime Jane Healy (Bournemouth University) 9781529215953
RRP: $56.68$43.76This is the first collection dedicated to the use of intersectionality as theory, framework and methodology in criminological research. It draws together contemporary British research to demonstrate the value of intersectionality theory in both familiar... -
The Rise and Fall of Violent Crime in America by Barry Latzer 9781594039294
$28.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594039294Author Barry LatzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 424Imprint Encounter Books,USAPublisher Encounter Books,USA -
Safety Crimes Steve Tombs 9781843920854
RRP: $52.48$45.80Every year in the UK, hundreds of workers are killed just doing their jobs, thousands more die of illnesses caused by their work and tens of thousands suffer major injuries such as amputations, loss of sight, serious burns, and so on. Worldwide, two... -
Queer Criminology Carrie L. Buist 9781138824379
RRP: $83.98$73.63Winner of the 2016 Book Award from the American Society of Criminology, Division of Critical Criminology.In this book, Carrie L. Buist and Emily Lenning reflect on the origins of Queer Criminology, survey the foundational research and scholarship in this... -
Dealing with Disaffection by Tim Newburn 9781843920656 [USED COPY]
RRP: $58.78$4.81In recent years increasing attention has been paid to issues of social exclusion and the problematic transition from youthful dependence to adult independence. Often this has had severe consequences, ranging from under achievement and disruptive... -
Dealing with Disaffection Tim Newburn (London School of Economics, UK London School of Economics, UK) 9781843920656
RRP: $58.78$50.99In recent years increasing attention has been paid to issues of social exclusion and the problematic transition from youthful dependence to adult independence. Often this has had severe consequences, ranging from under achievement and disruptive... -
Critique of the Legal Order: Crime Control in Capitalist Society Richard Quinney 9780765807977
RRP: $92.38$80.72Originally published thirty years ago, Critique of the Legal Order remains highly relevant for the twenty-first century. Here Richard Quinney provides a critical look at the legal order in capitalist society. Using a traditional Marxist perspective, he... -
Leaving Prostitution: Getting Out and Staying Out of Sex Work by Sharon S. Oselin 9780814770375
RRP: $46.18$40.30While street prostitutes comprise only a small minority of sex workers, they have the highest rates of physical and sexual abuse, arrest and incarceration, drug addiction, and stigmatization, which stem from both their public visibility and their... -
Why Do They Kill?: Men Who Murder Their Intimate Partners by David Adams 9780826515698
RRP: $71.30$65.67Moving backwards from the murders they committed through their adult lives, relationship histories, and their childhoods, the author sought to understand what motivates the men to kill. The patterns he found reveal that the murders were neither impulsive... -
'Grooming' and the Sexual Abuse of Children: Institutional, Internet, and Familial Dimensions by Anne-Marie McAlinden 9780199583720
$182.07'Grooming' and the Sexual Abuse of Children: Institutional, Internet and Familial Dimensions critically examines the official and popular discourses on grooming, predominantly framed within the context of online sexual exploitation and abuse committed by... -
Punishment and Social Structure Otto Kirchheimer 9780765809216
RRP: $104.98$91.35Why are certain methods of punishment adopted or rejected in a given social situation? To what extent is the development of penal methods determined by basic social relations? The answers to these questions are complex, and go well beyond the thesis that... -
A Companion to Criminal Justice, Mental Health and Risk Paul Taylor (University of Chester) 9781447310341
RRP: $67.18$52.23Within the domains of criminal justice and mental health care, critical debate concerning 'care' versus 'control' and 'therapy' versus 'security' is now commonplace. Indeed, the 'hybridisation' of these areas is now a familiar theme. This unique and... -
Mothering from the Inside: Research on motherhood and imprisonment by Kelly Lockwood 9781789733440
RRP: $153.28$126.38Based on empirical research, this edited collection brings attention to the experiences and perspectives of women who are 'mothering from the inside', along with those of their children, families and wider support networks. Exploring a range of distinct,... -
Co-production and Criminal Justice by Diana Frances Johns
RRP: $104.98$91.35This book explores practical examples of co-production in criminal justice research and practice. Through a series of seven case studies, the authors examine what people do when they co-produce knowledge in criminal justice contexts: in prisons and youth...