Evidence: Law and Context explains the key concepts of evidence law in England and Wales clearly and concisely, set against the backdrop of the broader political and theoretical contexts.
Traditionally, criminal profiling texts have focused on the technicalities of conducting an investigation, but recent developments in criminal justice have encouraged greater consideration of related fields.
This unique volume presents cutting-edge research on the nature and extent of a wide range of scams, cons, frauds, and deceptive activities, including sextortion, the use of ransomware, phishing, identity theft, Ponzi schemes, online shopping fraud, gift card scams, and health care fraud targeting elderly victims.
New edition with bonus featuresThis hard-hitting verbatim play is based on a tragic drink drive accident that results in the death of the vehicle s front seat passenger, Jo.
Preventing Prison Violence introduces the idea of 'prison ecologies' - a multi-layered perspective to understanding prison violence as a 'product' of human, environment (social and physical), systemic, and societal influences - and how an ecological approach is helpful to prevention efforts.
This book examines the representation and misrepresentation of queer people in true crime, addressing their status as both victims and perpetrators in actual crime, as well as how the media portrays them.
Introduction to Forensic Psychology, Second Edition is an original approach to understanding how psychologists impact the research, practice, and policy of crime, law, and justice.
Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel illuminates the psychological, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual impact of police work on police officers, administrators, emergency communicators, and their families.
Combating white-collar crime is a challenge as these criminals are found among the most powerful members of society, including politicians, business executives, and government officials.
Auf der Jagd nach GerechtigkeitVon den sensationshungrigen Polizei-Gazetten viktorianischer Gassen bis hin zum modernen Podcast-Storytelling: True Crime ist heute Ausdruck morbider Popkultur.
Lawless Youth (1947) is a book prepared under the auspices of the International Committee of the Howard League for Penal Reform during the Second World War, aiming for the day when peace could offer the opportunity for advance on the lines of justice and humanity.
This new textbook provides students with the basic principles and practice standards of forensic victimology--the scientific study of victims for the purposes of addressing investigative and forensic issues.
This book offers a critical examination of the ethical and moral challenges in conducting research about domestic abuse or sexual violence from the perspectives of studentpractitioners and novice researchers within various professional disciplines, offering rich insights based on the experiences of each author.
Using the mid-twentieth-century microhistorical example of the so-called 'Mummy in the Cupboard Murder', Lizzie Seal examines the significance of the Gothic to understandings of crime.
Using the mid-twentieth-century microhistorical example of the so-called 'Mummy in the Cupboard Murder', Lizzie Seal examines the significance of the Gothic to understandings of crime.
Offering an in-depth, multidisciplinary exploration of drugs used to enhance the structure and function of muscle, weight loss, the appearance of the skin and hair, sexual function and behaviour, cognitive function, and mood and social behaviour, this book builds on the first volume by investigating the categorising of these drugs, new populations, emerging issues and harm reduction strategies, advancing the global understanding of human enhancement.
Offering an in-depth, multidisciplinary exploration of drugs used to enhance the structure and function of muscle, weight loss, the appearance of the skin and hair, sexual function and behaviour, cognitive function, and mood and social behaviour, this book builds on the first volume by investigating the categorising of these drugs, new populations, emerging issues and harm reduction strategies, advancing the global understanding of human enhancement.
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interviews in Hong Kong, this book offers an investigation of the lives of older triad members who use drugs, focusing on their social exclusion within the underground criminal economy.
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interviews in Hong Kong, this book offers an investigation of the lives of older triad members who use drugs, focusing on their social exclusion within the underground criminal economy.
Transforming Relationships in Forensic Psychological Practice is first and foremost a clinicians' guide: it has been written with the aim of supporting people to develop, maintain and repair relationships within their work as forensic practitioners.
Transforming Relationships in Forensic Psychological Practice is first and foremost a clinicians' guide: it has been written with the aim of supporting people to develop, maintain and repair relationships within their work as forensic practitioners.
Focusing on discourses surrounding the introduction and use of body-worn cameras, this book contends that the principal catalyst for equipping frontline officers with cameras is linked to media narratives concerning beliefs about their effectiveness in bringing about police reform.
Focusing on discourses surrounding the introduction and use of body-worn cameras, this book contends that the principal catalyst for equipping frontline officers with cameras is linked to media narratives concerning beliefs about their effectiveness in bringing about police reform.
