Causes and prevention of crime

The Story-Takers charts new territory in public pedagogy through an exploration of the multiple forms of communal protests against the mafia in Sicily.

What is a crime and how do we construct it?

What is a crime and how do we construct it?

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It has long been suggested that poverty was responsible for a criminal underclass emerging in Britain during the nineteenth century.

Crime, Regulation and Control during the Blitz looks at the social effect of bombing on urban centres like Liverpool, Coventry and London, critically examining how the wartime authorities struggled to regulate and control crime and offending during the Blitz.

Crime, Regulation and Control during the Blitz looks at the social effect of bombing on urban centres like Liverpool, Coventry and London, critically examining how the wartime authorities struggled to regulate and control crime and offending during the Blitz.

It has long been suggested that poverty was responsible for a criminal underclass emerging in Britain during the nineteenth century.

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.

Reflecting the diverse and specialized nature of the security industry, this volume provides an up-to-date treatment of a topic that has become increasingly complex as more vulnerabilities arise.

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Indigenous communities are typically those that challenge the laws of the nation states of which they have become-often very reluctantly-a part.

The third edition of this popular volume continues to supply an up-to-date, nuts-and-bolts learning tool for students and an everyday reference for investigative professionals at all levels.

Human trafficking is a crime that undermines fundamental human rights and a broader sense of global order.

The problem of gangs and gang subculture is a growing threat to the stability of neighborhoods and entire communities.

As gang violence continues to rise across the country and the world, police departments, prosecutors, and community members are seeking new methods to reduce the spread of gang-related criminal activity.

While professional courses and how-to manuals can prepare us for expected events that will occur in the course of our careers, there remains an untapped reservoir of life experience that cannot be prepared for in training or study.

Financial market reform has focused chiefly on the threats to stability arising from the risky, uncontrolled activity of the leaders of financial institutions.

Gangs have long been a social and criminal threat to society.

Drawn from case examples of incidents from around the world, Targeted Violence: A Statistical and Tactical Analysis of Assassinations, Contract Killings, and Kidnappings is the most complete resource of information on the attack methodologies, tactics used, and groups responsible for targeted killings and kidnappings.

Human trafficking is a crime that undermines fundamental human rights and a broader sense of global order.

Sweeping changes have altered the cultural landscape of China.

In the mid-1990s, the NYPD created a performance management strategy known as Compstat.

Every day the media floods the airwaves with their often-contradictory version of the role and behavior of the police force.

As police work has become increasingly professionalized, classrooms have become a preferred environment for training.

The process of investigation is dynamic and fluid.

When criminal activity is as straightforward as a childs game of cops and robbers, the role of the police is obvious, but today's bad guys don't always wear black.

The world of Cybersecurity today is becoming increasingly complex.

In modern industrial societies, the demand for policing services frequently exceeds the current and foreseeable availability of public policing resources.

Community-oriented policing (COP) is the ideology and policy model espoused in the mission statements of nearly all policing forces throughout the world.

Policing is undergoing rapid change in Africa as a result of democratization, the commercialization of security, conflicts that disrupt policing services, and peace negotiations among former adversaries.

As drug trafficking and the abuse of illicit drugs continue to inflict untold harm upon our society, it is clear that a global initiative and an intense domestic strategy are vital to address the sophisticated drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) that are prevalent in many regions.

Research has shown that the majority of crimes are committed by persistent or serial offenders, with as little as seven percent of offenders accounting for approximately 60 percent of all crimes.

In terms of raw numbers, the amount of world urban dwellers have increased four-fold, skyrocketing from 740 million in 1950 to almost 3.

Crime prevention, surveillance, and restorative justice have transformed the response to crime in recent years.

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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.

Every year, esteemed scholars and practitioners meet at the International Police Executive Symposium to discuss contemporary issues in policing and share ideas about effective strategies in their jurisdictions.

Highlighting the importance of transportation to a country's infrastructure and survival, Transportation Systems Security presents the strategic and practical considerations involved in the implementation of physical, procedural, and managerial safeguards required to keep all modes of transportation up and running during an actual or potenti

War, poverty, and famine; political, social, and economic change; and the deep seated views and rituals rooted in a culture's history and traditions all contribute to the widespread and growing trafficking of women and children.

At the outset of the twenty-first century, more than 9 million people are held in custody in over 200 countries around the world.

Our need for security has not waned since the dawn of civilization - it has only increased and become more complicated.

AN INSIDE LOOK INTO INVESTIGATING THE MOST VIOLENT SUB-CULTURE IN THE WORLDOnce an offender is behind bars, many people believe that he is no longer a threat to society.

Nonproliferation Issues for Weapons of Mass Destruction provides an understanding of WMD proliferation risks by bridging complex technical and political issues.

Using the best scientific decision-making practices, this book introduces the concept of risk management and its application in the structure of national security decisions.

Security is always a concern with any new technology.