Criminology

This book focuses on what is probably the most frequently asked question about crime: Why do criminals offend? Renowned criminologist Robert Agnew draws on a broad range of crime theories and the latest research to present a general theory of crime and...

Written by Lab, Williams, Holcomb, King, and Buerger, Explaining Criminal Justice is the first brief survey text designed for students entering the field of criminal justice who lack a criminal justice background. This primer's helpful shorthand...

The United Kingdom has more than 4.2 million public closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras-one for every fourteen citizens. Across the United States, hundreds of video surveillance systems are being installed in town centers, public transportation...

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Juvenile offending and anti-social behaviour are enormous societal concerns. This broad-reaching volume summarizes the current evidence on prevention, diversion, causes, and rates of delinquency, as well as assessment of risk and intervention needs. A...

"Getting tough on crime" has been one of the favorite rallying cries of American politicians in the last two decades, and "getting tough" on repeat offenders has been particularly popular. "Three strikes and you're out"...

This book has three main aims: the first is to show that what separates the USA from other countries is not crime rates but lethal violence. Crimes like burglary and theft are a part of modern urban life worldwide; shootings and stabbings are not - they...

Written by a leading scholar of juvenile justice, this book examines the social and legal changes that have transformed the juvenile court in the last three decades from a nominally rehabilitative welfare agency into a scaled-down criminal court for...

Despite the perennial claims of politicians that our courts are coddling hardened criminals, the fact is that America already sends a higher proportion of its citizens to prison-and for longer terms-than any other western nation. To quote the Canadian...

A systematic and comparative analysis of youth gangs and the youth gang problem in the United States, this book deals with hands-on issues of policy and programs, describing the strategies and techniques for dealing with gangs employed by criminal...

Across the country prisons are jammed to capacity and, in extreme cases, barges and mobile homes are used to stem the overflow. Probation officers in some cities have caseloads of 200 and more-hardly a manageable number of offenders to track and...

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Crime continues to be a major area of public policy and debate, and societies expend huge amounts of intellectual and financial capital attempting to measure and understand it. The second edition of this highly respected text provides an accessible,...

The notion that an individual accused of a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty is one of the cornerstones of the American criminal justice system. However, the presumption of innocence creates a number of practical and theoretical issues,...

The idea of American exceptionalism has made frequent appearances in discussions of criminal justice policies-as it has in many other areas-to help portray or explain problems that are especially acute in the U.S., including mass incarceration, retention...

The use of digital surveillance technology is rapidly growing as it becomes significantly cheaper for live and remote monitoring. The second edition of Digital Video Surveillance and Security provides the most current and complete reference for security...

The objective of this book is to quantify the social costs of gun violence in order to help policy makers determine how many and which violence programmes to support. Drawing upon the most detailed and extensive economic study of the cost of gun...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781573562140Author Nicole RafterFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Oryx Press IncPublisher Oryx Press Inc

Over the past several decades, there has been a continuous and growing focus on street gangs, outlaw motorcycle gangs, and domestic extremist groups. Many of these groups have members with military training, and some actively recruit from current and...

The American homicide rate remains dramatically higher than that in other Western nations. News of a murder has become a routine event. How do we explain such high levels of lethal violence in the world's leading democracy? Echoing Durkheim's Suicide,...

The Four I's: Interviewing, Interrogation, Investigating, and Intelligence in Criminal Justice is designed to help readers develop the interpersonal communication skills they need to effectively conduct and support criminal investigations.The text...

This open access book brings together leading international violence researchers to examine the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on experiences of, and responses to, domestic and family violence. In April 2020 the United Nations predicted that for...

Who controls football in Britain today? The FA? The clubs? The fans? The shocking reality is that organised crime is moving in more aggressively than a Wayne Rooney tackle and there's little the authorities can do about it. Football and Gangsters is a...

When ruthless drug baron John Haase was sentenced to 18 years' imprisonment for heroin-trafficking in 1995, it was a major victory for Customs and the police. But in a shock move, after Haase and his partner Paul Bennett had served only 11 months, then...

Secrets of criminal geniuses, habits of notorious mobsters and manipulations of the mafia are brought to light in this informative book. The statistics will shock you, the illustrations will impress you and the tales of the criminal underworld will be...

By focusing on the experiences of users, gamers, and audiences inside one of the world’s largest gaming communities (Xbox Live), this book provides an overview of the landscape, architecture, and socio-technical structure of console gaming. Building on...

Jones explores the background and psyches of fifteen female murderers, from Victorian times to the present day.Book InformationISBN 9780747205050Author Frank JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Headline Book PublishingPublisher Headline Publishing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780886291303Author Claude VincentFormat PaperbackPage Count 209Imprint Carleton University Press,CanadaPublisher Carleton University Press,Canada

Unrivaled in its current coverage of topics, the best-selling JUVENILE DELINQUENCY: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND LAW, International Edition, provides you with timely coverage of theory, policy, and the latest research. Praised for its balanced approach and for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955642814Author Stephen RollesFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Transform Drug Policy FoundationPublisher Transform Drug Policy Foundation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789089743480Author Wim HuismanFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Boom Juridische UitgeversPublisher Boom Juridische Uitgevers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903319881Author Angela NeustatterFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Calouste Gulbenkian FoundationPublisher Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

The Blackstone's Practical Policing Series covers a range of topical subjects of vital importance in today's policing arena. Each practical guide contains clear and detailed explanations of the relevant legislation, accompanied by practical scenarios,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781842367636Author Miles KellyFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Miles Kelly Publishing LtdPublisher Miles Kelly Publishing Ltd

Cracking Crime by Niamh O'Connor, best selling author of The Black Widow, explores the fascinating and ground breaking work of Dr. Jim Donovan and his forensics team. A relatively new and intriguing science, Dr Donovan outlines the history of the...

The author of the true crime "masterpiece" Lobster Boy traces a brutal killer's history across two decades of slipping past the legal system (The Guardian). When police in Tampa, Florida, arrested Larry Singleton in 1997 for brutally murdering...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190207199Author Associate Professor Krista S GehringFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Oxford University Press, USAPublisher Oxford University Press,...

Ronnie Kray was one half of London's most notorious gangster duo. He and his brother Reggie ruled the East End of the 1950s, and the duo's crimes and vendettas, showdowns and rivalries, have become the stuff of legend. Here, natural raconteur and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781460011256Author Charles StickelFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint Epic PressPublisher Epic PressWeight(grams) 222g

An autobiography of the Kray Twins who were convicted of murder in 1969 and sentenced to "a minimum" of 30 years. Ron Kray is in Broadmoor and fears he will never be released. Reg, transferred from Parkhurst to Gartree, burns with a fury to be...