Legal aspects of criminology

This book explores how we can re-constitute our approach to analysing and empirically investigating the organisation of white-collar and corporate crimes, with a view to building fuller theoretical and empirical accounts.

Policing is changing rapidly and radically.

Policing is changing rapidly and radically.

Amidst the sensationalist claims about the dangers of the Internet, Virtually Criminal provides an empirically grounded criminological analysis of deviance and regulation within an online community.

Amidst the sensationalist claims about the dangers of the Internet, Virtually Criminal provides an empirically grounded criminological analysis of deviance and regulation within an online community.

The importance of addressing security issues in communication devices, networks, and computing models in Industry 5.

With a comprehensive analysis, this book links theory, evidence and practical application to bridge gaps between planning, design and criminology.

With a comprehensive analysis, this book links theory, evidence and practical application to bridge gaps between planning, design and criminology.

The female spy has long exerted a strong grip on the popular imagination.

The female spy has long exerted a strong grip on the popular imagination.

Presenting a clear, comprehensive review of theoretical thinking on crime, this book encourages students to develop a deeper understanding of classic and contemporary theories and provides an interdisciplinary approach to criminology through the contributions of sociology, psychology and biology.

Presenting a clear, comprehensive review of theoretical thinking on crime, this book encourages students to develop a deeper understanding of classic and contemporary theories and provides an interdisciplinary approach to criminology through the contributions of sociology, psychology and biology.

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

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

Over the last two decades, empirical evidence has increasingly supported the view that it is possible to reduce re-offending rates by rehabilitating offenders rather than simply punishing them.

Over the last two decades, empirical evidence has increasingly supported the view that it is possible to reduce re-offending rates by rehabilitating offenders rather than simply punishing them.

This book employs actor-network theory in order to examine how representations of crime are produced for contemporary prime-time television dramas.

This book employs actor-network theory in order to examine how representations of crime are produced for contemporary prime-time television dramas.

Does the development of new technology cause an increase in the level of surveillance used by central government?

Does the development of new technology cause an increase in the level of surveillance used by central government?

Drawing on a body of empirical, qualitative work spanning three decades, this unique text traces the significance of critical social research and critical analyses in understanding some of the most significant and controversial issues in contemporary society.

Drawing on a body of empirical, qualitative work spanning three decades, this unique text traces the significance of critical social research and critical analyses in understanding some of the most significant and controversial issues in contemporary society.

There are enormous challenges in establishing policing systems in young democracies.

There are enormous challenges in establishing policing systems in young democracies.

Fines and monetary damages account for the majority of legal sanctions across the whole spectrum of legal governance.

Fines and monetary damages account for the majority of legal sanctions across the whole spectrum of legal governance.

Revised and updated in light of the reissued Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance and the Children's Act (2004), this concise guide will help health and allied professionals negotiate the complexities of child protection practice, with the aim of preventing abuse and neglect and protecting children from further harm once it has occurred.

Revised and updated in light of the reissued Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance and the Children's Act (2004), this concise guide will help health and allied professionals negotiate the complexities of child protection practice, with the aim of preventing abuse and neglect and protecting children from further harm once it has occurred.

The decade after 11 September 2001 saw the enactment of counter-terrorism laws around the world.

The decade after 11 September 2001 saw the enactment of counter-terrorism laws around the world.

Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras are a prominent, if increasingly familiar, feature of urbanism.

The 'reparational turn' in the field of law has resulted in the increased use of so-called 'informal' approaches to conflict resolution, including primarily the three mechanisms considered in this book: mediation, restorative justice and reparations.

The 'reparational turn' in the field of law has resulted in the increased use of so-called 'informal' approaches to conflict resolution, including primarily the three mechanisms considered in this book: mediation, restorative justice and reparations.

Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras are a prominent, if increasingly familiar, feature of urbanism.

Sentencing is the process through which the legitimacy of punishment is declared and justified.

Sentencing is the process through which the legitimacy of punishment is declared and justified.

International Criminology is an easy-access critical introduction to how conventional criminologists in the international arena think about and research crime.

International Criminology is an easy-access critical introduction to how conventional criminologists in the international arena think about and research crime.

First published in 1973, this book offers a fascinating and systematic description of the debt-collection process in 1970s England.

Giving victims of crime a greater role in the criminal justice system is a relatively recent development, a trend likely to continue and increase in the foreseeable future.

Giving victims of crime a greater role in the criminal justice system is a relatively recent development, a trend likely to continue and increase in the foreseeable future.

First published in 1973, this book offers a fascinating and systematic description of the debt-collection process in 1970s England.

An attention to the 'fear of crime' has found its way into governmental interventions in crime prevention and into popular discourse with many newspapers, local government and the like conducting their own fear of crime surveys.

An attention to the 'fear of crime' has found its way into governmental interventions in crime prevention and into popular discourse with many newspapers, local government and the like conducting their own fear of crime surveys.

Paediatric Neurosurgery for Nurses: Evidence-based care for children and their families provides accessible and up-to-date information for nurses working in paediatric neurosurgery.

Paediatric Neurosurgery for Nurses: Evidence-based care for children and their families provides accessible and up-to-date information for nurses working in paediatric neurosurgery.

Fully updated, this new edition provides an introduction to normal, healthy physical development for all professionals who specialise in working with children.

Fully updated, this new edition provides an introduction to normal, healthy physical development for all professionals who specialise in working with children.

The increase in the number of countries that have abolished the death penalty since the end of the Second World War shows a steady trend towards worldwide abolition of capital punishment.

The increase in the number of countries that have abolished the death penalty since the end of the Second World War shows a steady trend towards worldwide abolition of capital punishment.