Criminal justice law

This book presents the first detailed study of 'indirect criminalisation' (the legal treatment of antisocial behaviour through civil preventative measures such as the ASBO) in England and Wales.

Dangerousness, Risk and the Governance of Serious Sexual and Violent Offenders is a fully up-to-date, comprehensive and user-friendly guide on those offenders who are often assessed as being dangerous.

Sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations (UN) peacekeepers is not an isolated or recent problem, but it has been present in almost every peacekeeping operation.

First published in 1976, this book examines the practical workings of the English criminal court system, focusing on the defendant's experiences of the system and the decisions he takes as he passes through it.

Este trabajo es un estudio reducido de la tesis presentada en el libro Fundamentos de la Teoría Significativa de la Imputación, publicado por esta Editora en 2019, y presenta la estructura de una teoría alternativa a la teoría de la imputación, trayendo un concepto unitario de dolo que excluye toda posibilidad de clasificar el delito doloso, acabando con los denominados dolo directo de segundo grado y el dolo eventual, cambiándolos en nuevos tipos de imputación, como la imprudencia consciente gravísima y la imprudencia consciente grave, respectivamente.

Life is characterised by movement, change and development, including transitions, losses and grief.

A great deal has been written about the political, policy and practice changes that have shaped probation work but little has been written on the changes to occupational cultures and the ways in which probation workers themselves view their role.

This book explores femicide, and scrutinizes the three key American criminal doctrines usually applied in its cases: provocation; the felony murder rule; self-defence.

Despite 15 years of reform efforts, the incarceration rate in the United States remains unprecedentedly high.

Criminal Law, Twelfth Edition, a classic introduction to criminal law for criminal justice students, combines the best features of a casebook and a textbook.

Providing a comparative analysis of both vulnerable witnesses and vulnerable suspects, this book discusses the increasingly difficult issue faced by many in modern policing, forensic psychology, criminology, and social justice studies.

This research monograph provides a comparative analysis of juvenile court outcomes, exploring the influence of contextual factors on juvenile punishment across systems and communities.

This edited collection illuminates the weaknesses and strengths of crime reporting across a wide range of countries, with a focus on democratic countries in which the police bear some accountability to citizens.

In contrast to the widespread focus on ethnicity in relation to engagement in offending, the question of whether or not processes associated with desistance - that is the cessation and curtailment of offending behaviour - vary by ethnicity has received less attention.

This fully updated fourth edition of Jon S.

In the years between 1750 and 1868, English criminal justice underwent significant changes.

William Walsh and Gennaro Vito have adapted the strategic management process to the police organizational world in this innovative new text, Police Leadership and Administration: A 21st-Century Approach.

Time is an abducted child's worst enemy.

This book contributes to and broadens the field of Border Criminology, by bringing together a collection of chapters from leading scholars engaged in cross-national and comparative conversations on bordered penality and crimmigration practices, with a specific focus on research conducted in places that may be considered peripheral and semi-peripheral jurisdictions.

This volume addresses major issues and research in corrections and sentencing with the goal of using previous research and findings as a platform for recommendations about future research, evaluation, and policy.

Killer Data examines the phenomenon of serial murder using data collected from international sources to review offender patterning with a focus on contemporary cases.

Forgotten Reformer traces criminal justice practice and reform developments in late nineteenth-century America through the life and career of Robert McClaughry, a leading reformer.

In Gangs and Organized Crime, George W.

This volume interrogates global perspectives and issues that constitute and characterize survivor-centred justice, exploring both conceptual and theoretical issues surrounding the definition of a 'survivor', practical considerations of what constitutes a survivor-centred approach to justice and available avenues of justice for survivors of mass atrocities.

Ethical principles and concerns are at the heart of criminological research and can arise at the planning, implementation and reporting stages.

This edited collection reflects contemporary challenges faced by police forces across the globe and the role of technology in addressing them.

As the number of prisoners in the UK, USA and elsewhere continues to rise, so have concerns risen about the damaging short term and long term effects this has on prisoners.

Sex, Sexuality, Law, and (In)Justice covers a wide range of legal issues associated with sexuality, gender, reproduction, and identity.

Mit der Föderalismusreform des Jahres 2007 hat eine bewährte Praxis auf der Grundlage eines Bundesgesetzes und bundeseinheitlich vereinbarter Verwaltungsvorschriften ein Ende gefunden.

In 1997 the newly modernized Labour party swept into power promising a radical overhaul of the youth justice system.

The high profile cases of Charlie Gard, Alfie Evans, and Tafida Raqeeb raised the questions as to why the state intrudes into the exercise of parental responsibility concerning the medical treatment of children and why parents may not be permitted to decide what is in the best interests of their child.

Alonso se propone la tarea de acercar la filosofía del derecho a la dogmática jurídica, especialmente a la dogmática penal.

This groundbreaking volume of original essays presents fresh avenues of inquiry at the intersection of philosophy and psychiatry.

Less than one percent of the sexual assaults that occur each year in Canada result in legal sanction for those who commit these offences.

Developing a forensic practice can be confusing and intimidating.

This book explores practical examples of co-production in criminal justice research and practice.

This book tracks post 9/11 developments in national security and policing intelligence and their relevance to new emerging areas of intelligence practice such as: corrections, biosecurity, private industry and regulatory environments.

"La creciente expansión y protagonismo del Derecho penal en gran parte del mundo, y especialmente en Estados Unidos, se ha traducido en una gran cantidad de leyes penales y muchos más castigos que resultan sospechosos en términos de legitimidad.

Notoriously difficult to access, armed robbers have mostly eluded the attempts of authors to access their lives.

This book is a survival guide for all nurses who provide emergency care to children and young people.

While there is extensive research published concerning juvenile justice and sentencing, most of the research focuses on individual and extra-legal factors, such as age, race, and gender, with scant attention paid to the impact of macro-level factors.

Forensic practice in the community is a neglected subject.

This book provides theoretical foundations and practical guidelines for an ethically competent integration of Islam and mental health practice.

Cybercrime and Digital Deviance is a work that combines insights from sociology, criminology, and computer science to explore cybercrimes such as hacking and romance scams, along with forms of cyberdeviance such as pornography addiction, trolling, and flaming.

This book provides an analysis of how penal discourses are used to legitimate post-Cold War military interventions through three main case studies: Kosovo, Iraq and Libya.

In the past two decades, many prevention and suppression programs have been initiated on a national and local level to combat street gangs--but what do we really know about them?

Praise for the Fifth Edition:"e;This book provides a complete look at neonatal healthcare delivery.

Policing in South Africa has gained notoriety through its extensive history of oppressive law enforcement.

The Police Manager provides a roadmap for the challenges that police administrators face in their day-to-day duties, including considerations for dealing with subordinate officers and for interacting with the public.

Policing is a highly pragmatic occupation.