Legal aspects of criminology

The first resource of its kind, this authoritative handbook holistically addresses the multidimensional aspects of perinatal and neonatal palliative care.

Most discourses on victims in international criminal justice take the subject of victims for granted, as an identity and category existing exogenously to the judicial process.

This monograph considers the correlation between the relative success of retributive penal policies in English-speaking liberal democracies since the 1970s, and the practical evidence of increasingly excessive reliance on the penal State in those jurisdictions.

Taking an innovative approach, this book looks at how U.

Human Remains - Another Dimension: The Application of 3D Imaging in the Funerary Contextbrings together scattered literature on the topic, assimilating disparate pieces that relate to the novel use of non-invasive three-dimensional imaging techniques in the forensic context.

Empathy versus Offending, Aggression, and Bullying advances knowledge about the measurement of empathy, using the Basic Empathy Scale (BES), and how empathy is related to offending, aggression, and bullying in community and incarcerated groups.

In this fully updated and revised new edition of his landmark study of violence in and around contemporary sport, Kevin Young offers a comprehensive sociological analysis of an issue of central importance within sport studies.

As retail businesses migrate to the digital realm, internal information theft incidents continue to threaten on-line and off-line retail operations.

This book provides an essential and critical overview of the most significant issues concerning the domestication of international criminal law, in particular with regard to the implementation of the ICC Statute.

ADHD is one of the most commonly diagnosed behavioural disorders in children and young people.

The first book to focus on an exciting new alternative to the controversial ''lie-detector tests'': the Concealed Information Test.

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.

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Expertly drawing on international examples and existing literature, Penal Populism closes a gap in the field of criminology.

The rule of law is becoming a victim of the struggle against terrorism.

Violence is a complex subject that is rooted in a multitude of disciplines, including not only criminology but also psychology, sociology, biology, and other social science disciplines.

The Journey from Prison to Community: Developing Identity, Meaning and Belonging with Men in the UK provides a practical guide for practitioners working with men to successfully make the transition between prison and the community.

This book provides a detailed critical analysis of the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on domestic abuse.

These essays, first published in 1996, focus on class, race, and gender as organising and analytical concepts in criminology.

This book examines the best language fair trial practices of the courts in arguably the most multilingual region of the world.

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Even in multicultural North America, few whites, blacks, or Hispanics have extensive experience or understanding of Asian culture.

This book explicates "e;bullying"e; as a concept and as a social and cultural phenomenon that has become a defining reality of the times in which we live.

What information should jurors have during court proceedings to render a just decision?

Sex-Positive Criminology proposes a new way to think about sexuality in the fields of criminology and criminal justice.

Through an examination of Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men, this book demonstrates the ability of cinematic fictions, and other complex narrative fictions, to contribute to meeting the climate challenge by shaping the desires of audiences.

Just a decade ago security had little claim to criminological attention.

This book investigates what happens to criminal evidence after the conclusion of legal proceedings.

It is widely observed that the study of war has been paid limited attention within criminology.

A Hands-On Introduction to Forensic Science, Second Edition continues in the tradition of the first edition taking a wholly unique approach to teaching forensic science.

In Tackling Rape Culture: Ending Patriarchy, Jan Jordan asks why, despite decades of feminist activism, does rape culture remain so endemic within contemporary society.

How crime and security are governed has become a critical issue in criminology over the first quarter of the twenty-first century.

Criminological theory texts typically follow a conventional format.

This book addresses immensely consequential crimes in the world today that, to date, have been almost wholly neglected by students of crime and criminal justice: crimes of globalization.

Examine cutting-edge research on the social worker's role in the legal system!

The concept of deviance is complex, given that norms vary considerably across groups, times, and places.

The research revolution in police work has uncovered a multitude of data, but this contemporary knowledge has done very little to change the way things are done in most police departments across the U.

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

Shakespeare in the Age of Mass Incarceration offers invaluable insight into how Shakespeare appears in prison.

This book applies a structural model of convenience theory to suspected crime and a maturity model to investigation reports.

EMS in Crime Scene: Role of Medical Emergency Teams in Forensic Cases addresses the different settings that occur in pre-hospital environments, along with the medical-forensic relevance surrounding evidence preservation.

This groundbreaking edited volume evaluates prisoner reentry using a critical approach to demonstrate how the many issues surrounding reentry do not merely intersect but are in fact reinforcing and interdependent.

It is widely observed that the study of war has been paid limited attention within criminology.

This book analyses collective punishment in the context of human rights law.

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Infancy: The Basics offers an introduction to the developmental science behind the fascinating world of infant development.

Encyclopedia of Forensic Sciences, Four Volume Set, Third Edition presents content that is logically built around the following sections and topics, via a taxonomic approach, as opposed to the previous old-style alphabetical mode, thus resulting in far easier navigation for the user.

This book examines the UK's response to terrorist communication.

The definitive guide to analysis techniques for examining the geography of crime Understanding Crime: Analyzing the Geography of Crime delves into both theory and technique to explain the geographic analysis of crime.