Criminal justice law

First published in 1985, Investigating Rape examines practices related with rape in four United States police departments and suggests what lessons the British police service might draw from them.

This book moves beyond rehabilitative strategies in corrections to engage a more holistic understanding of the communal experiences behind prison walls.

In the nearly four decades since the First International Symposium on Victimology convened in Jerusalem in 1973, some concepts and themes have continued to hold a prominent place in the literature, while new ones have also emerged.

Drawn from recent proceedings of the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES), this volume explores major policing initiatives and evolutions across the globe and presents practical insights on how police are retooling their profession.

Transatlantic policing is experiencing an unprecedented crisis of legitimacy, epitomised by public responses to the murders of George Floyd and Sarah Everard during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This book explores innovative approaches to using and operating within and around both criminal law and civil law in the detection, investigation, and restitution of illicit cultural property.

This book documents the evolution of the United Nations (UN) Crime Programme and its changing priorities, from the early focus on juvenile delinquency and correctional treatment, to the present preoccupation with transnational organized crime.

This book explores innovative approaches to using and operating within and around both criminal law and civil law in the detection, investigation, and restitution of illicit cultural property.

With a focus on the progression and dismantlement of the Asylum system, this book examines key issues around the policy and practice of in-patient mental health provision in the UK, making comparisons with similar services in other parts of the world.

With a focus on the progression and dismantlement of the Asylum system, this book examines key issues around the policy and practice of in-patient mental health provision in the UK, making comparisons with similar services in other parts of the world.

Drawing on empirical work and secondary analysis from the UK and Finnish construction industries, this book contributes a deep-rooted analysis of construction industry harms that originate from corporate-industrialstate processes.

This book explores the unique reentry experiences of incarcerated men and women who are about to be released from prisons in Portugal.

This book explores the unique reentry experiences of incarcerated men and women who are about to be released from prisons in Portugal.

Criminal Procedure and Sentencing provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to each step of criminal procedure, from the arrest of the suspect through to trial, sentencing, and appeals.

Criminal Procedure and Sentencing provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to each step of criminal procedure, from the arrest of the suspect through to trial, sentencing, and appeals.

Drawing on empirical work and secondary analysis from the UK and Finnish construction industries, this book contributes a deep-rooted analysis of construction industry harms that originate from corporate-industrialstate processes.

Standing at the intersection of criminology and philosophy, this book demonstrates the ways in which mythic movies and television series can provide an understanding of actual crimes and social harms.

Standing at the intersection of criminology and philosophy, this book demonstrates the ways in which mythic movies and television series can provide an understanding of actual crimes and social harms.

"e;It pulls no punches, shuns no controversial topic, and glosses over no issues or problems that beset America's law enforcement community in our day.

Millions in our nation are under some type of judicial sanction, with some individuals behind bars but the majority serving their sentences while living and working among us.

Police interviews with suspects and witnesses provide some of the most significant evidence in criminal investigations.

While many police officers undertake their work conforming to the highest ethical standards, the fact remains that unethical police conduct continues to be a recurring problem around the world.

This book explores the infiltration of Italian and Russian organised crime in the UK real estate market, assessing how vulnerable the UK is to these sorts of activities.

By focusing on the role of community courts in Mozambique, this book offers a postcolonial perspective on legal pluralism.

By focusing on the role of community courts in Mozambique, this book offers a postcolonial perspective on legal pluralism.

This book explores the infiltration of Italian and Russian organised crime in the UK real estate market, assessing how vulnerable the UK is to these sorts of activities.

This straightforward, easy-to-understand textbook inspires tools for improving job performance, productivity, and morale in law enforcement.

Higher Education and the Carceral State: Transforming Together explores the diversity of ways in which university faculty and students are intervening in the system of mass incarceration through the development of transformative arts and educational programs for students in correctional institutions.

Domestic Violence and Criminal Justice, Second Edition, offers readers an overview of domestic violence and its effects on society and includes helpful measures to curtail its rapid growth and widespread harm.

This book uncovers the influence of racial and prejudicial stereotyping during police investigation of suspects from stigmatised communities.

This book elaborates a new framework for considering and understanding the relationship between law and memory.

Bringing together cutting edge and diverse research from international and interdisciplinary perspectives, this book initiates and shapes conversations about transgender people within the criminal justice system.

In the early 1970s many sociologists, particularly radical theorists of crime and deviance, had rejected the belief that sociological knowledge was objective or value-free.

Sexual Offences Against Children in India examines the evolution of the law pertaining to sexual violence against children, the judicial decisions since the inception of the POCSO Act till date with respect to aspects of the POCSO Act and the best practices from other developed jurisdictions for handling cases and victims of child abuse.

In the early 1970s many sociologists, particularly radical theorists of crime and deviance, had rejected the belief that sociological knowledge was objective or value-free.

It was my job to look and look and never look away, until I had captured every part of the scene, until I had told the story of those last moments that the dead could not.

Criminology, the discipline that informs our understanding of crime and justice, is facing an identity crisis.

The Routledge Handbook of Homicide Studies comprehensively examines the topic of homicide from a diverse collection of perspectives and backgrounds.

The Routledge Handbook of Homicide Studies comprehensively examines the topic of homicide from a diverse collection of perspectives and backgrounds.

This book explores the connection between ownership, on one hand, and immunity from legal responsibility, on the other.

This book presents a comparative study of desistance from crime by analysing and comparing the narratives of English and French desisters.

This book presents a comparative study of desistance from crime by analysing and comparing the narratives of English and French desisters.

This book explores dementia-related aggression, violence, and homicide through a detailed analysis of "e;gray mist killings.

This book explores dementia-related aggression, violence, and homicide through a detailed analysis of "e;gray mist killings.

Im Zuge einer sich immer stärker wandelnden Mediengesellschaft hat auch in Deutschland das aus dem US-amerikanischen Rechtsraum stammende Phänomen der Litigation-PR an Bedeutung gewonnen.

Discussing social media-related scholarship found in criminology, legal studies, policing, courts, corrections, victimization, and crime prevention, this book presents the current state of our knowledge on the impact of social media and the major sociological frameworks employed to study the U.

This book is a one-stop shop for the vast majority of children and young people's nursing students.

This book is a one-stop shop for the vast majority of children and young people's nursing students.