Legal aspects of criminology

Electronic monitoring (EM) is a way of supervising offenders in the community whilst they are on bail, serving a community sentence or after release from prison.

Electronic monitoring (EM) is a way of supervising offenders in the community whilst they are on bail, serving a community sentence or after release from prison.

Criminology is at a crossroads.

Criminology is at a crossroads.

Offender rehabilitation has become increasingly and almost exclusively associated with structured cognitive-behavioural programmes.

Offender rehabilitation has become increasingly and almost exclusively associated with structured cognitive-behavioural programmes.

The problems associated with groups that commit crime are well known and notoriously complex.

The problems associated with groups that commit crime are well known and notoriously complex.

Over the last two decades, "e;green criminology"e; has emerged as a unique area of study, bringing together criminologists and sociologists from a wide range of research backgrounds and varying theoretical orientations.

This study examines the ways in which the moral community is "e;talked into being"e; in relation to crime, and the objects of concern that typically occupy its attention.

This study examines the ways in which the moral community is "e;talked into being"e; in relation to crime, and the objects of concern that typically occupy its attention.

Low confidence in the police and the increasing crime rates during the 1990s led to a series of government initiatives directed at changing both the structure and management of the police service.

Low confidence in the police and the increasing crime rates during the 1990s led to a series of government initiatives directed at changing both the structure and management of the police service.

Women's incarceration is on the rise globally and this has significant intergenerational, economic and humanitarian costs for communities across the world.

Women's incarceration is on the rise globally and this has significant intergenerational, economic and humanitarian costs for communities across the world.

More than half of children either in foster care, or adopted from care in the developed world, have a measurable need for mental health services, while up to one quarter present with complex and severe trauma- and attachment-related psychological disorders.

More than half of children either in foster care, or adopted from care in the developed world, have a measurable need for mental health services, while up to one quarter present with complex and severe trauma- and attachment-related psychological disorders.

Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently to others?

Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently to others?

Over the past ten years, the study of environmental harm and 'crimes against nature' has become an increasingly popular area of research amongst criminologists.

Over the past ten years, the study of environmental harm and 'crimes against nature' has become an increasingly popular area of research amongst criminologists.

This book examines the relationship between police, media and the public and analyses the shifting techniques and technologies through which they communicate.

This book examines the relationship between police, media and the public and analyses the shifting techniques and technologies through which they communicate.

Training and education constitutes the backbone of a significant amount of police activity and expenditure in developing the most important resources involved in policing work.

Training and education constitutes the backbone of a significant amount of police activity and expenditure in developing the most important resources involved in policing work.

Criminological and penological scholarship has in recent years explored how and why institutions and systems of punishment change - and how and why these changes differ in different contexts.

Criminological and penological scholarship has in recent years explored how and why institutions and systems of punishment change - and how and why these changes differ in different contexts.

This book focuses on the use of drugs in our lives and how we respond to them.

This book focuses on the use of drugs in our lives and how we respond to them.

The use of intersectionality theory in the social sciences has proliferated in the past several years, putting forward the argument that the interconnected identities of individuals, and the way these identities are perceived and responded to by others, must be a necessary part of any analysis.

The use of intersectionality theory in the social sciences has proliferated in the past several years, putting forward the argument that the interconnected identities of individuals, and the way these identities are perceived and responded to by others, must be a necessary part of any analysis.

Rural crime is a fast growing area of interest among scholars in criminology.

Rural crime is a fast growing area of interest among scholars in criminology.

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

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

Law, Rights and Power: Re-Reading Foucault is the first collection in English to fully address the relevance of Foucault's thought for law.

Law, Rights and Power: Re-Reading Foucault is the first collection in English to fully address the relevance of Foucault's thought for law.

The prison has often been the focus for concerns about human rights violations, and campaigns aimed at achieving social justice, for those with an interest in the criminalisation of women.

The prison has often been the focus for concerns about human rights violations, and campaigns aimed at achieving social justice, for those with an interest in the criminalisation of women.

Millions of people have been victimized by the actions and omissions of states and governments.

Millions of people have been victimized by the actions and omissions of states and governments.

Few subjects provoke as much public fascination and political concern as crime, criminality, criminology, and criminal justice policy and practice.

Few subjects provoke as much public fascination and political concern as crime, criminality, criminology, and criminal justice policy and practice.

The structure of policing is undergoing change in Scotland at present and the profile of the police officer differs from that of the past.

The structure of policing is undergoing change in Scotland at present and the profile of the police officer differs from that of the past.

The words we use to talk about justice have an enormous impact on our everyday lives.

The words we use to talk about justice have an enormous impact on our everyday lives.

On the public roads boy racers are a foreboding presence, viewed with suspicion and derision by the 'respectable' motorist.

On the public roads boy racers are a foreboding presence, viewed with suspicion and derision by the 'respectable' motorist.

Organised Sexual Abuse offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary investigation of this phenomenon.