Causes and prevention of crime

Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) is a practice-oriented approach to reduce the risk of offences such as burglary and fear of crime by modifying the built environment.

This book makes an original contribution to reconnecting criminological inquiry to the core concerns of the classical sociological imagination and to the intellectual resources of comparative and historical sociology.

Information security primarily serves these six distinct purposes-authentication, authorization, prevention of data theft, sensitive data safety / privacy, data protection / integrity, non-repudiation.

This book examines the understudied, yet increasingly applied, concept of Guarantees of Non-Repetition under international human rights law and transitional justice.

Origins of Terrorism: The Rise of the World's Most Formidable Terrorist Groups examines the roots of Islamic terrorism, it's history, and some of the foundational figures in prominent terrorist organizations.

This timely collection crosses international boundaries to highlight criminological issues with a rural focus.

Through an examination of violent neighborhoods this book shows how criminals affect local politics in Colombia, Brazil, and Jamaica.

A fundamental introduction on how to think about, do, and evaluate research in the criminology and criminal justice field.

The Handbook on Prisons and Jails brings together some of the brightest scholars and thinkers in the field to offer a wide range of perspectives for understanding the experiences of persons incarcerated or working/volunteering within carceral institutions.

This book continues the two scholars' endeavours for opening up more spaces for alternative perspectives, analyses and praxis in interculturality.

Shaping National Security: International Emergency Mechanisms and Disaster Risk Reduction presents international emergency mechanisms relative to disaster risk reduction (DRR).

Threats in Context: Identify, Analyze, Anticipate begins with the premise that a risk assessment is relevant primarily-and hinges upon-the correct evaluation of the threat.

'You meets Parasite' JENNIFER HILLIER'Creepy and gripping - I loved it!

Kobayashi Akio, lover of all things flora, but not particularly fond of people.

A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A love letter to police officers and the most vulnerable people they protect and serve' CHRISTIE WATSON, author of THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS'Extraordinary .

'Unbearably moving' Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe story of a young man's coming of age, a tender tribute to a life lost, and a devastating analysis of a broken system.

Cyberflashing has been on the rise since the Covid-19 pandemic.

The outsider who transformed our justice systemNazir Afzal knows a thing or two about justice.

Crime prevention that works - the goal of much government and corporate policy - can be difficult to discover amongst obscure and tedious academic texts.

Crime prevention that works - the goal of much government and corporate policy - can be difficult to discover amongst obscure and tedious academic texts.

*THE GRIPPING NEW DRAMA AS SEEN ON NETFLIX*South Africa, 1987.

'Chris is a powerful force for good in the national debate on criminal justice.

'Chris is a powerful force for good in the national debate on criminal justice.

Columbus, Georgia, has been run by the same tiny clique for over 100 years - the members of the all-white Big Eddy Club.

'Anyone interested in protecting themselves or others should read this book.

We had been there for over 12 hours.

How does the criminal justice system affect women's lives?

Con men, swindlers, snake-oil salesmen, carpetbaggers, and plain everyday liars and cheats - these names and the scoundrels behind them have been around for hundreds of years, though their dodges and deceptions have been refined with the passage of time.

*Winner of Best New True Crime Author, CrimeCon UK True Crime Awards 2023**Shortlisted for the ALCS Gold Dagger award for non-fiction, Crime Writers' Association Awards 2023*The gripping true story of how Detective Superintendent Julie Mackay brought Melanie Road's murderer to justice.

'I came away from this book enraged, enlightened and with a sense of urgency to do something' Annie Mac'Lays down a transformative path to peace' David Lammy MP'Compelling' The Sunday Times; 'Assured' Observer; 'Brilliantly written' Nikesh Shukla_________________________Demetri wants to study criminology at university to understand why people around him carry knives.

Mafia, Macht und Politik in Italien analysiert die Entstehungsgeschichte und Entwicklungsbedingungen Organisierter Kriminalität mafiosen Typs am Beispiel der Cosa Nostra in Sizilien.

A Financial Times Best Summer Book 2023A Waterstones Best True Crime BookNagyrev, Hungary, 1929.

A New York Times Notable BookBest Books of 2021: TIME, SmithsonianNew York Times Book Review * Editors' ChoiceA radical reckoning with the racial inequality of America's past and present, by one of the country's leading scholars of policing and mass incarcerationBetween 1964 and 1972, the United States endured domestic violence on a scale not seen since the Civil War.

'Extraordinary' Daily MailAs seen on BBC BreakfastHorrifying, heartbreaking and eye-opening, these are the stories, the patients and the cases that have characterised a career spent being a doctor behind bars.

Juli ist voller Hass.

"La policía no hace nada.

Published alongside the 2013 film The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Emma Watson, this is the explosive true story of the seven celebrity-obsessed teens who became the most audacious burglary gang in Hollywood history.

Author Peter Seddon gives life to over five centuries of bizarre, macabre and sometimes hilarious criminal cases.

Warum tötet ein 16-Jähriger ein Kind?

Las mujeres y las personas LGBTIQ+ (Lesbianas, gay, bisexuales, transgénero, intersexuales y queer) enfrentaron diversos tipos de violencias en el conflicto armado, sin embargo, las violencias sexual y por prejuicio las afectaron de manera diferenciada y desproporcionada.

Dive back into the gripping underworld of Johannesburg with this bonus material edition to the gripping expose of South Africa's corrupt underbelly with an exclusive postscript and an engaging author interview.

'A bracing account of abuses of power and corruption in the criminal justice system.

The Crystal Stopper Maurice Leblanc - The Crystal Stopper by Maurice Leblanc During a burglary at the home of Deputy Daubrecq a crime is committed, and two accomplices of Arsene Lupin are arrested by the police.

Mick North's daughter Sophie was one of the children killed in the massacre at Dunblane Primary School.

Read the prequel to the Sunday Times bestseller Dark Winter, where DS Aector McAvoy's journey began.

En un país con más de 98 000 personas desaparecidas, las pedagogías de búsqueda se han manifestado y trasladado de familia a familia y de colectivo a colectivo.

THE TENSE NEW THRILLER FROM THE 'MASTER OF SINISTER' (ANGELA CLARKE), FOR FANS OF CHRIS CARTER.

For fans of J.

Winner of 'Best Book' and 'Impact for Change' True Crime Awards 2025The shocking true story of one of Britain's most secretive, groundbreaking and successful police covert operationsBristol, 1979.