Criminology

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780972751933Author John ElmoreFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Amber Books (AZ)Publisher Amber Books (AZ)Weight(grams) 268g

The Expanding Prison is a provocative, cogent argument for prison reform. David Cayley argues that our overpopulated prisons are more reflective of a society that is becoming increasingly polarized than of an actual surge in crime. This book considers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780776640297Author Kevin WalbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint University of Ottawa PressPublisher University of Ottawa PressWeight(grams) 245g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692512364Author Jeff ShantzFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Punctum BooksPublisher Punctum BooksWeight(grams) 308g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595189519Author Jack EdenFormat PaperbackPage Count 157Imprint Writers Club PressPublisher Writers Club PressWeight(grams) 290g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595147557Author Tim O'DonnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Writer's Showcase PressPublisher Writer's Showcase PressWeight(grams) 445g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425211595Author Katherine RamslandFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 340g

In April 1981, two white Texas prison officials died at the hands of a black inmate at the Ellis prison farm near Huntsville. Warden Wallace Pack and farm manager Billy Moore were the highest-ranking Texas prison officials ever to die in the line of duty...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345483003Author Miles CorwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint FawcettPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

This book explores storytelling as an innovative means of improving understanding of Indigenous people and their histories and struggles including with the law. It uses the Critical Race Theory ('CRT') tool of 'outsider' or 'counter' storytelling to...

This edited collection offers the first system-wide account of the impact of COVID-19 on crime and justice in England and Wales. It provides a critical discussion of the challenges faced by criminal justice agencies (prison, probation, youth justice,...

Analyzing what is known about violence against women, this book centers on the contrast between the U.S.’s historic focus on a criminal legal framework and the human rights lens used globally by feminist activists.Distilling the existing evidence base...

The mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic in California’s prisons stands out as the state’s worst-ever medical catastrophe in a carceral setting. Fester offers a cultural history of this correctional disaster through first-person accounts, courtroom...

An intimate portrait of LA gang members turning to drugs, nostalgia, and religion as they age and fight to stay relevant in a new era.   Once celebrated in the gang world as rebels who defied the established prison order, veterano Maravilla gang members...

This book provides a contemporary overview of migrant smuggling and trafficking in Southern Europe, focusing on Spain, Italy and Greece. It considers how criminal players increase such activity and investigates institutional and structural constraints to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250871848Author Neil GrossFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 454g

"Never in history has there been a black market tamed from the supply side. From Prohibition to prostitution, from gambling to recreational drugs, the story is the same. Supply-side controls act to encourage production and increase profits. At best a few...

What is a crime and how do we construct it? The answers to these questions are complex and entangled in a web of power relations that require us to think differently about processes of criminalization and regulation. This book draws on Foucault's concept...

Money laundering is the process of converting or transferring cash or other assets, generated from illegal activity, in order to conceal or disguise their origins. In recent years, the international community has decided that focusing on money...

The implications for criminology of territorial borders are relatively unexplored. This book presents the first systematic attempt to develop a critical criminology of borders, offering a unique treatment of the impact of globalisation and mobility...

Based on the expertise of thirty leading experts on confiscation in the EU, this is the first book to analyse the practice of proceeds from crime confiscation in the original fifteen EU Member States. It examines the implementation of confiscation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788187966999Author S.P. KarFormat HardbackPage Count 306Imprint Knowledge World InternationalPublisher Knowledge World International

Digital forensics deals with the acquisition, preservation, examination, analysis and presentation of electronic evidence. Networked computing, wireless communications and portable electronic devices have expanded the role of digital forensics beyond...

An analysis of criminal behavior from the perspectives of rational choice theory leading to suggestions for a criminal policy. Previous edition sold 900 copies world wide since its release in June 2001.Book InformationISBN 9783642063114Author Katri K...

Forensic Science Laboratory Benchmarking: The FORESIGHT Manual takes a step-by-step instructional approach to utilizing FORESIGHT data, detailing how labs can participate in the process to improve efficiencies. The FORESIGHT Project—a business...

Since their spectacular rise in the 1990s, Russian gangs have remained entrenched in many parts of the country. Some gang members have perished in gang wars or ended up behind prison bars, while others have made spectacular careers off the streets and...

Today, all but one U.S. jurisdiction restricts a convicted felon's eligibility for jury service. In the majority of states, this restriction is permanent. Still, the exclusion of convicted felons from juries garners little attention. Are there valid,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780366450909Author Thomas Edward WatsonFormat HardbackPage Count 71Imprint Forgotten BooksPublisher Forgotten Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780331579796Author Unknown AuthorFormat HardbackPage Count 119Imprint Forgotten BooksPublisher Forgotten Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190207137Author Associate Professor Krista S GehringFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint OUP IndiaPublisher OUP IndiaWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197619261Author Anthony WalshFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Oxford University Press, USAPublisher Oxford University Press, USA

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780197545805Author Krista S GehringFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint OUP IndiaPublisher OUP IndiaWeight(grams) 109g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894864633Author Angela MurphyPage Count 432Imprint Folklore PublishingPublisher Folklore PublishingWeight(grams) 648g

What is to be done about prostitution? Is it work or is it violence? Are women involved in prostitution offenders or victims? Is prostitution a private or a political issue? The answers to these questions vary depending on many factors, including where...

Joint Winner of the 2023 ASSAf Humanities Book Award in the Emerging Researcher Category Gang violence is a concern being debated by academics, politicians, and communities around the world. Yet effective solutions are still in short supply, partly...

Sensory Penalities reflects an explosion in explorations of the sensory and disrupts conventional expectations of both form and focus by expanding anthropological practices and craft into the field of criminology and criminological research. In providing...

Analysis of criminal cases reveals that women suspected of killing their newborn children are some of the most vulnerable in our society and that infanticide is not just a historical issue but one that has modern implications. While women are less likely...

Place, Race and Politics presents an integrated analysis of the social and political processes that combined to construct a media-driven ‘crisis’ concerning African youth crime in the city of Melbourne, Australia. Combining original research and analysis...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781783082278Author Kenneth SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 276Imprint Anthem PressPublisher Anthem PressWeight(grams) 454g

Crime research has grown substantially over the past decade, with a rise in evidence-informed approaches to criminal justice, statistics-driven decision-making and predictive analytics. The fuel that has driven this growth is data – and one of its most...