Legal aspects of criminology

This essential book brings together leading criminology researchers from across the globe to explore the critical role of the 'evidence base' in crime and criminal justice.

This comprehensive volume examines the complex intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), legal frameworks, ethics, and human rights in contemporary society.

Once dominant and institutionalised, the Yakuza, one of Japan's best known criminal organisations, is now shrinking under the combined pressure of legal exclusion, social stigmatisation, and market regulation.

This book provides the reader with an introduction to the jury system in the United States.

The new edition of the bestselling Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides a complete practical guide for the busy practitioner.

Advanced Investigation Strategies for IoT Forensics: Technical Approaches to Encrypting, Security, and Investigation Strategies in IoT Forensics is an edited book that explores the crossroads of digital forensics and the Internet of Things.

This unprecedentedly expansive international collection of empirical and theoretical material explores the nascent field of criminology and affect.

Drawing on empirical research that examines how processes of victim identification unfold in relation to cases of child criminal exploitation in the UK, the book explores four different qualities of the concept 'victim'.

Why do young people engage in acts of crime and what is it that drives their criminal careers?

In November 2016, the flight Lamia Flight 2933 crashed, claiming nearly all members of the Brazilian Chapecoense soccer team.

Why do young people engage in acts of crime and what is it that drives their criminal careers?

Classifying people as 'victims' is a historical phenomenon with remarkable growth since the second half of the 20th century.

Classifying people as 'victims' is a historical phenomenon with remarkable growth since the second half of the 20th century.

This book examines the history and current context of racism in housing and neighborhoods to understand how racism and white supremacy have hindered true equality.

This is the pioneering book that investigates reputation laundering at an institutional - state - level.

Inhabitants of Medellin, Colombia, suffered from the war-like violence perpetrated by drug cartels and other actors in the 1980s and 1990s.

This unprecedentedly expansive international collection of empirical and theoretical material explores the nascent field of criminology and affect.

This book provides the reader with an introduction to the jury system in the United States.

Advanced Investigation Strategies for IoT Forensics: Technical Approaches to Encrypting, Security, and Investigation Strategies in IoT Forensics is an edited book that explores the crossroads of digital forensics and the Internet of Things.

This is an open access title.

The centennial of the American Law Institute is a landmark event.

Few contemporary scholars have done more in their work to develop the idea of responsibility than Nicola Lacey.

Since May 1966 when Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were sentenced to lifeimprisonment at Chester Assizes the British public has been absorbed andhorrified by the Moors Murders.

In criminal cases, practitioners such as police officers, crime scene investigators, pathologists, prosecutors, and judges are expected to make decisions that are objective and impartial.

In criminal cases, practitioners such as police officers, crime scene investigators, pathologists, prosecutors, and judges are expected to make decisions that are objective and impartial.

Inhabitants of Medellin, Colombia, suffered from the war-like violence perpetrated by drug cartels and other actors in the 1980s and 1990s.

Drawing on empirical research that examines how processes of victim identification unfold in relation to cases of child criminal exploitation in the UK, the book explores four different qualities of the concept 'victim'.

236 pages, 666 images, 21 contributorsIn cases of sexual assault, it is important that investigators and care providers be able to respond quickly and appropriately in examining survivors, not only to ensure their health and safety but also to preserve any physical evidence left by the perpetrator.

232 pages, 555 images, 25 contributorsWhile examining suspected sexual assault survivors, it is important that investigators be able to accurately assess not only for those findings indicative of assault but also for normal or otherwise nonassaultive findings.

232 pages, 555 images, 25 contributorsWhile examining suspected sexual assault survivors, it is important that investigators be able to accurately assess not only for those findings indicative of assault but also for normal or otherwise nonassaultive findings.

236 pages, 666 images, 21 contributorsIn cases of sexual assault, it is important that investigators and care providers be able to respond quickly and appropriately in examining survivors, not only to ensure their health and safety but also to preserve any physical evidence left by the perpetrator.

Since the mid-2000s Venezuela has been ranked one of the most violent countries in the world as homicides and police violence skyrocketed.

Celebrating the scholarship of Andrew Ashworth, Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford, this collection brings together leading international scholars to explore questions of principle and value in criminal law and criminal justice.

Since the mid-2000s Venezuela has been ranked one of the most violent countries in the world as homicides and police violence skyrocketed.

This essential book brings together leading criminology researchers from across the globe to explore the critical role of the 'evidence base' in crime and criminal justice.

This book examines the various systems, processes, and agencies responsible for overseeing police conduct across Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and to a lesser extent, the United States, and Republic of Ireland.

Now in its 3rd edition, The Crime Investigators Handbook provides straightforward, practical information and advice for crime investigators.

Now in its 3rd edition, The Crime Investigators Handbook provides straightforward, practical information and advice for crime investigators.

As community corrections gains popularity and importance-due to the decarceration trend and the economics of seeking incarceration alternatives-it is becoming ever more essential for students preparing for careers in the field to have an understanding of current politics and practices in this area.

Examining the theory behind the headlines and engaging with current debates, this new edition provides thoughtful, impartial, and unbiased coverage of sentencing and punishment in the UK.

This book examines the various systems, processes, and agencies responsible for overseeing police conduct across Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and to a lesser extent, the United States, and Republic of Ireland.

This volume explores the futures of transitional justice by presenting its multiple pasts and presents across nearly half a century.

This volume explores the futures of transitional justice by presenting its multiple pasts and presents across nearly half a century.

This book is a monograph devoted to one of the key challenges of modern transport - the safety strategy for telematics systems being used in the movement of people and cargo.

This book is a monograph devoted to one of the key challenges of modern transport - the safety strategy for telematics systems being used in the movement of people and cargo.

Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook 2026 is the only book specifically designed for police officers while out on patrol.

Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook 2024 is the only book specifically designed for police officers while out on patrol.

Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook 2024 is the only book specifically designed for police officers while out on patrol.

Blackstone's Police Operational Handbook 2025 is the only book specifically designed for police officers while out on patrol.

Examining the theory behind the headlines and engaging with current debates, this new edition provides thoughtful, impartial, and unbiased coverage of sentencing and punishment in the UK.