Legal aspects of criminology

A comprehensive survey of the theory, research and forensic implications related to suggestibility in legal contexts that includes the latest research.

A new global history perspective on the relationship between convict mobility and governance, nation building, imperial expansion, and knowledge formation.

Originally published in 1991, The Case for the Prosecution examines the entire process of arrest through to conviction.

This book explores how Bangladeshi women from poor and undereducated/semi-educated backgrounds who have crossed the Indo-Bangladesh border find themselves in prisons serving sentences under the Foreigners Act, 1946.

The Routledge International Handbook of Penal Abolition provides an authoritative and comprehensive look at the latest developments in the 21st-century penal abolitionism movement, both reflecting on key critical thought and setting the agenda for local and global abolitionist ideas and interventions over the coming decade.

Unaccompanied child asylum seekers are amongst the world's most vulnerable populations, and their numbers are increasing.

This book is the result of research conducted in Polish post-criminal isolation units related to the accessibility of religious practices and services for people incarcerated there.

In recent years European prison law and policy have emerged as a force to be reckoned with.

The problem of social control has constituted the acid test for the entire issue of immigration and integration.

This book examines the rise and proliferation of 'Supermaxes', large prisons dedicated to holding prisoners in prolonged and strict solitary confinement, in the United States since the late 1980s.

Essential Criminal Law and Criminal Practice for SQE1 explains the key principles of criminal law, criminal practice and ethics in a clear, concise and easy-to-follow style.

An expansion of Dr.

Does parole have a future?

Research and theorizing on criminal decision making has not kept pace with recent developments in other fields of human decision making.

This book examines the question of whether justice or security is the primary virtue of 21st-century society.

This book explores the relationship between policing and mental health.

Exploring both principles and best practice of the spiritual care of sick children and young people, this remarkable and inspiring book equips the reader to think critically and creatively about how to provide care in hospitals, hospices and other care contexts for ill and disabled children.

This book offers an interdisciplinary perspective on femicide, using Israel as an illuminating case study, given its diverse communities and common-law-based legal system.

This book argues that South Africa is haunted by the spectre of reparation.

This book is a study of the workings of the Discretionary Lifer Panels of the Parole Board, the body charged with the responsibility for making decisions on the release of discretionary life sentence prisoners.

Transitional Justice Theories is the first volume to approach the politically sensitive subject of post-conflict or post-authoritarian justice from a theoretical perspective.

What remains anti-democratic in our criminal justice systems, and where does it come from?

This book examines the lessons learned from twenty-five years of using DNA to free innocent prisoners and identifies lingering challenges.

Every day, police officers face challenges ranging from petty annoyances to the risk of death in the line of duty.

This book showcases recent advances in the theoretical and empirical understanding of the economic aspects of organised crime and illegal markets.

First published in 1990, The Politics of Redress is a product of and commentary on significant developments in critical criminology.

This book considers the rapidly evolving, both legally and socially, nature of image-based abuse, for both minors and adults.

From ancient to modern times, sexualised war violence against women was tolerated if not encouraged as a means of reward, propaganda, humiliation, and terror.

Policing and Human Rights analyses the implementation of human rights standards, tracing them from the nodal points of their production in Geneva, through the board rooms of national police management and training facilities, to the streets of downtown Johannesburg.

The increasing trend and prevalence of incivilities-targeting punitive regulatory measures across Europe raises important issues regarding the legitimacy, effectiveness and impact of such formal social control.

Police Ethics, Fourth Edition, provides an analysis of corruption in law enforcement organizations.

Key Cases has been specifically written for students studying law.

Over the last few decades, the racial and ethnic composition of the United States has changed dramatically.

This book examines the impact of neoliberalism on society, bringing to the forefront a discussion of violence and harm, the inherent inequalities of neoliberalism and the ways in which our everyday lives in the Global North reproduce and facilitate this violence and harm.

This collection, by leading legal scholars, judges and practitioners, together with theologians and church historians, presents historical, theological, philosophical and legal perspectives on Christianity and criminal law.

Several years ago, the Trends in Policing series unveiled insiders accounts of how police leaders perceive the work they do.

Criminal Justice, Mental Health and the Politics of Risk addresses the important issues which lie at the forefront of decision making and policy in criminal justice and health care.

Despite illustrious origins dating to the 1920s, qualitative crime research has long been overshadowed by quantitative inquiry.

A riveting account of one inmate's quest to die on death rowand a fearless look at a system of punishment that has failed the public it claims to serve.

Autonomy is a fundamental though contested concept.

Existe actualmente un conjunto de ciudadanos privados de su libertad en forma coercitiva cuyo volumen resulta absolutamente desconocido.

For centuries, criminologists have looked for scientific ways to study, understand, and ultimately prevent crime.

Counterterrorism: Reassessing the Policy Response promotes a more nuanced understanding of the effectiveness of current counterterrorism practices and the need for reform.

In recent years, the fields of crime analysis and environmental criminology have grown in prominence for their advancements made in understanding crime.

In a liberal democracy, theory suggests that the political order and character of a civil society are closely connected: the political order allows for a dynamic and pluralistic civil society, and people's civic participation encourages support for the political order.

The manner in which criminal investigators are trained is neither uniform nor consistent, ranging from sophisticated training protocols in some departments to on-the-job experience alongside senior investigators in others.

Studies the largest foreign bribery case in history to identify the drivers, impact and dilemmas of resolute anti-corruption efforts.

Literature in the child abuse and child protection arena has tended to adopt either a practice or legal perspective.