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Intelligence and Intelligence Analysis Patrick Walsh 9781843927396
RRP: $61.91$53.93This book tracks post 9/11 developments in national security and policing intelligence and their relevance to new emerging areas of intelligence practice such as: corrections, biosecurity, private industry and regulatory environments. Developments are... -
Contemporary Organized Crime: Developments, Challenges and Responses by Hans Nelen 9783030565916
RRP: $154.79$141.84This edited volume explores recent research and developments in the study of organized crime. It covers six key areas: drug-related issues; human trafficking and prostitution; sports and crime; procurement and corruption; and enforcement and prevention... -
Criminal (In)Justice: What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most by Rafael Mangual
RRP: $32.25$22.45After a summer of violent protests in 2020-sparked by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Rayshard Brooks-a dangerously false narrative gained mainstream acceptance: Criminal justice in the United States is overly punitive and racially... -
Introducing Criminological Thinking: Maps, Theories, and Understanding by Jonathon M. Heidt 9781483333892
RRP: $132.87$117.44Visual techniques for applying criminological theory to social science research Introducing Criminological Thinking: Maps, Theories, and Understanding is an accessible and user-friendly criminological theory text for students, instructors and... -
Sex Offenders: Punish, Help, Change or Control?: Theory, Policy and Practice Explored Jo Brayford 9780415533720
RRP: $64.49$56.63Sex offending, and in particular child sex offending, is a complex area for policy makers, theorists and practitioners. A focus on punishment has reinforced sex offending as a problem that is essentially 'other' to society and discourages engagement with... -
A Circular Argument: A Creative Exploration of Power and Space Martin Cathcart Froeden (Malmoe University, Sweden) 9781800713857
RRP: $33.53$27.98Uniquely combining two parts, one critical in the form of a research piece, and the other creative in the form of a fictional novel, this ground-breaking book spans creative writing, criminology and architecture to look at the ways in which power and... -
Law Enforcement in the Age of Black Lives Matter: Policing Black and Brown Bodies by Sandra E. Weissinger 9781498553599
RRP: $116.10$101.66There is a reason why people claim great respect for officers of the law: the job, by description, is hard-if not deadly. It takes a certain kind of person to accept the consequences of the job- seeing the very worst situations, on a regular basis, and... -
Police Brutality: A Philadelphia Story by Ife Williams 9781666901542
RRP: $109.65$96.12Using Philadelphia as a case study, this book examines numerous themes within policing, such as historical-cultural sentiment, the role of city officials in the exacerbation of abuse, federal litigation, and civil activism aimed at curbing police... -
Routine Activity and Rational Choice: Volume 5 Ronald V. Clarke 9780765808318
RRP: $59.33$52.28Two new criminological approaches are defined and applied to categories of crime in Routine Activity and Rational Choice, now available in paperback. Routine activity analyzes the criminal event, and avoids motivations and psychology as topics for... -
The Politics of Restorative Justice: A Critical Introduction by Andrew Woolford 9781773631417
RRP: $32.25$26.16In this updated edition of The Politics of Restorative Justice, Andrew Woolford and Amanda Nelund reconsider restorative justice and its politics and ask how restorative justice might work better to provide transformative justice. To achieve a... -
Participation in Crime: Domestic and Comparative Perspectives Alan Reed 9780367601522
RRP: $51.59$45.74Following on from the earlier edited collection, Loss of Control and Diminished Responbility, this book is the first volume in the Substantive Issues in Criminal Law series. It serves as a leading point of reference in the area relating to participation... -
The New True Crime: How the Rise of Serialized Storytelling Is Transforming Innocence by Diana Rickard 9781479816040
RRP: $30.95$26.88How serialized crime shows became an American obsession TV shows and podcasts like Making a Murderer, Serial, and Atlanta Monster have taken the cultural zeitgeist by storm, and contributed to the release of wrongly imprisoned people-such as Adnan... -
The Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice by Michael L. Hadley 9780791448526
$33.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791448526Author Michael L. HadleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 274Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Comparative Histories of Crime Barry Godfrey 9781843920366
RRP: $23.21$20.69This book aims to both reflect and take forward current thinking on comparative and cross-national and cross-cultural aspects of the history of crime. Its content is wide-ranging: some chapters discuss the value of comparative approaches in aiding... -
Transforming Probation: Social Theories and the Criminal Justice System Philip Whitehead (Retired from Teesside University.) 9781447327660
RRP: $38.69$29.70Written by an established author in the field, this book explores the politics of modernisation and transformation of probation in the criminal justice system. It is unique in drawing upon innovative social theories and moral perspectives to analyse... -
The Politics of Injustice: Crime and Punishment in America by Katherine Beckett 9780761929949
RRP: $98.04$86.12Examining the role of crime in American politics and culture, The Politics of Injustice, Second Edition provides a better understanding of the nature of crime and punishment in America, as well as the cultural and political contexts in which they occur... -
Plural policing: The mixed economy of visible patrols in England and Wales by Adam Crawford 9781861346711
RRP: $25.79$20.33This timely and important report draws together the findings of an extensive two-year study of developments in the provision of visible policing in England and Wales. Exploring the dynamic relations between different public and private providers, it... -
Restorative Justice and Civil Society by Heather Strang
RRP: $42.56$38.75Advocates of restorative justice question the state's ability to deliver satisfactory justice to the community, both in criminal and other cases. This collaborative 2001 volume looks at the burgeoning restorative justice movement and considers the... -
Visual Criminology Bill McClanahan (Eastern Kentucky University) 9781529207453
RRP: $28.37$22.20From fine art to popular digital culture, criminologists are increasingly engaged in the processes of the visual. In this pioneering work, Bill McClanahan provides a concise and lively overview of the origins and contemporary role of visual criminology... -
Policing and Psychology by Nicholas Blagden 9780857254658
RRP: $41.27$34.00This 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,... -
Applying Social Policy to Criminal Justice Practice: What Every Practitioner Should Know Clive Sealey (Social Policy and Theory, University of Worcester) 9781447324058
RRP: $37.40$28.75This book aims to make clear the interconnections between social policy and criminal justice practice, bringing together key social policy concepts within a framework for reducing reoffending rates. The book focuses on the key social policy issues of... -
Women in Charge by Marisa Silvestri 9781843920465 [USED COPY]
RRP: $174.15$5.53This book is concerned with the gendered world of police leadership at a time when calls are being made for a different kind of police leader to guide the organisation through the twenty-first century. Drawing on in-depth interviews carried out with... -
Understanding Victimology: An Active-Learning Approach by Shelly Clevenger
RRP: $109.64$106.90Understanding Victimology: An Active-Learning Approach explains what the field of victimology is-including its major theoretical perspectives and research methods-and provides insight into the dynamics of various offline and online crimes from the... -
The Politics of Policing: Between Force and Legitimacy by Mathieu Deflem 9781786350305
RRP: $140.60$116.82This volume in the series Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance edited by Mathieu Deflem addresses contemporary issues of policing with a focus on the characteristics of police power as a coercive force in society and its continued need for legitimacy in... -
Positive Growth and Redemption in Prison: Finding Light Behind Bars and Beyond Lila Kazemian 9781032048338
RRP: $51.59$45.23Although the negative consequences of rising incarceration rates have been well-established, criminological research has largely neglected to document psychological, social, and behavioral changes that occur during periods of incarceration. Drawing on an... -
Crime, Social Control and Human Rights: From Moral Panics to States of Denial, Essays in Honour of Stanley Cohen David Downes (London School of Economics London School of Economics, UK) 9781843924043
RRP: $56.75$50.10The work of Stanley Cohen over four decades has come to acquire a classical status in the fields of criminology, sociology and human rights. His writing, research, teaching and practical engagement in these fields have been at once rigorously analytical... -
Street capital: Black cannabis dealers in a white welfare state by Sveinung Sandberg 9781847429018
RRP: $38.69$29.70'Street capital' introduces the worlds of young black men dealing cannabis at a drug scene called The River in Oslo, Norway. The lives of these men are structured by a huge and complex cannabis economy and they are involved in fights, robberies and... -
Police in the Age of Improvement David Barrie 9781843922667
RRP: $174.15$151.81The study of police history in Scotland has largely been neglected. Little is known about the Scottish police's origins, development and character despite growing interest in the machinery of law enforcement in other parts of the United Kingdom. This... -
Critical Mass: Understanding and Fixing the Social Roots of Mass Shootings in the United States by Dinur Blum 9780367470586
RRP: $46.43$40.88This book examines social patterns in 2,000 mass shootings in the United States between 2013 through 2020. While mass shootings are often described as psychological, the authors show that there are social factors that produce the anger needed to commit a... -
Criminological Research: A Student's Guide by Jamie Harding
RRP: $41.27$34.09The ultimate new guide to your criminological research project, this introductory textbook supports you through your research journey, providing all the knowledge and skills you need to conduct your own research in criminology, and confidently evaluate... -
Police Response to Mental Health Calls for Service: Gatekeepers and Street Corner Psychiatrists by Kayla G. Jachimowski 9781793601742
RRP: $45.15$39.93Police Response to Mental Health Calls for Service: Gatekeepers and Street Corner Psychiatrists focuses on closing the gap in literature surrounding police responses to mental health calls for service, with an emphasis on the effect of training and... -
Anti-social behaviour strategies: Finding a balance by Andrew Millie 9781861347633
RRP: $28.37$22.20The Government has introduced new powers for tackling anti-social behaviour, such as Anti-Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs). This study examines how the new powers are being used, and what people think about them. Its findings will advance strategic... -
Investigative Interviewing Tom Williamson 9781843921240
RRP: $174.15$151.81The objective of this book is to review the position of investigative interviewing in a variety of different countries, with different types of criminal justice systems, and consists of chapters written by leading authorities in the field, both academics... -
Crime Prevention Policies in Comparative Perspective Adam Crawford (University of Leeds, Leeds, England, UK) 9781843924128
RRP: $51.59$45.23This book brings together a collection of leading international experts to explore the lessons learnt through implementation and the future directions of crime prevention policies. Through a comparative analysis of developments in crime prevention... -
Ideology, Crime and Criminal Justice Anthony Bottoms 9781903240908
RRP: $116.09$100.74In this book six leading criminologists address the central issues of ideology, crime and criminal justice in a series of essays originally presented at a symposium held in honour of Sir Leon Radzinowicz in Cambridge in March 2001. This book is concerned... -
Offending Girls: Young Women and Youth Justice Gilly Sharpe (University of Sheffield, UK) 9780415870498
RRP: $64.49$56.12At the dawn of the twenty-first century, panic about girls' offending in Britain reached fever pitch. No longer sugar and spice, a 'new breed' of girl, the hedonistic, violent, binge-drinking 'ladette', was reported to have emerged. At the same time, the... -
Dealing, Music and Youth Violence: Neighbourhood Relational Change, Isolation and Youth Criminality James Alexander (London Metropolitan University) 9781529216516
RRP: $109.65$84.31Depending on their dynamics, neighbourhoods may serve to contain or exacerbate youth violence. This book uses fascinating ethnographic and interview data to explore the disappearance of localized relationships in a South London housing estate. Through a... -
Secrets of Life and Death: Women and the Mafia by Renate Siebert 9781859840238
$36.80Secrets of Life and Death is the first book to focus on women whose lives are entangled in the workings of the mafia. Drawing on courtroom testimonies, interviews, contemporary journalism and recent research, Siebert cuts through the mafia's myth of... -
Violent Crime: Clinical and Social Implications by Christopher J. Ferguson 9781412959933
RRP: $98.04$87.26This edited volume is designed to cover both the foundations of criminal behavior as well as 'cutting edge' research on the etiology, nature, assessment, and treatment of individuals who commit violent crime. Interdisciplinary in nature, this text draws... -
Out of Hours by Mark Thompson 9781788485661
RRP: $14.18$10.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788485661Author Mark ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers