Causes and prevention of crime

The proliferation of information systems throughout the criminal justice system has prompted many universities supporting criminal justice programs to add criminal justice information systems technology to their curriculums.

Understanding and Reducing Prison Violence considers both the individual and prison characteristics associated with violence perpetration and violent victimization among both prison inmates and staff.

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.

This book offers the first in-depth investigation into the relationship between today's criminal identities and consumer culture.

The digitalization of companies is a recurrent topic of conversation for managers.

Capital punishment is one of the more controversial subjects in the social sciences, especially in criminal justice and criminology.

There is growing recognition that sexual offending is a multi-determined phenomenon requiring a multi-disciplinary perspective.

In the past fifty years, street crime rates in America have increased eightfold.

Introduction to Criminal Justice, Tenth Edition, offers a student-friendly description of the criminal justice process-outlining the decisions, practices, people, and issues involved.

This new addition to the Fast Facts series delivers the core information for orienting novice nurses or nursing students to the challenging field of pediatric nursing.

Let's be realistic here.

This edited text draws together the insights of numerous worldwide eminent academics to evaluate the condition of predictive policing and artificial intelligence (AI) as interlocked policy areas.

This volume presents new research in artificial intelligence (AI) and Law with special reference to criminal justice.

Technology and digitization are a great social good.

Presenting a clear, comprehensive review of theoretical thinking on crime, this book encourages students to develop a deeper understanding of classic and contemporary theories and provides an interdisciplinary approach to criminology through the contributions of sociology, psychology and biology.

This definitive textbook provides accessible information on best practice for assessing the needs and strengths of vulnerable children and their families.

Feminist Theory, Crime, and Social Justice offers an insightful look at the primarily masculine-driven perspective on crime and justice through the lens of feminist theory.

Increasingly there is global attention on the prevalence of women's deaths resulting from intimate partner violence.

The book provides a pentapartite theoretical analysis of socio-economic factors as the grand basis for the evolution of Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria.

This volume is a collation of articles on counter forensics practices and digital investigative methods from the perspective of crime science.

In Gangs and Organized Crime, George W.

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

"e;The chapters in this book reveal that police education, training, and practices are now closely tied to collaboration between police, academics, professional practitioners, and community agencies, and such collaboration is described and evaluated.

Delivers strategic, evidence-based measures for recognizing and treating abnormal behaviors in children in the content of primary care practiceWritten for practicing pediatric and family nurse practitioners, and PNP and FNP students, this pediatric primary care text expands on the crucial role of the healthcare provider to assess, identify, and intercept potential behavioral health problems.

This book addresses the use of biometrics - including fingerprint identification, DNA identification and facial recognition - in the criminal justice system: balancing the need to ensure society is protected from harms, such as crime and terrorism, while also preserving individual rights.

This book explains and illustrates criminal justice research topics, including ethics in research, research design, causation, operationalization of variables, sampling, methods of data collection (including surveys), reliance on existing data, validity, and reliability.

This book, first published in 1984, is a selective, annotated bibliography on women and deviance that includes historical, cross cultural, sociological, psychological, political, legal, philosophical, and social policy perspectives.

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

This book, first published in 1984, is a selective, annotated bibliography on women and deviance that includes historical, cross cultural, sociological, psychological, political, legal, philosophical, and social policy perspectives.

This collection of essays reflects the current interdisciplinary and international nature of the history of nursing scholarship.

The modern public prosecutor is a figure both powerful and enigmatic.

The Art of Investigation Revisited: Practical Tips from the Experts examines the qual- ities required to be a professional, thorough, and effective investigator and is a follow up to the authors' highly touted book, The Art of Investigation (2019).

Rural-oriented scholarship in criminology is growing, in part motivated by governmental, community and academic recognition that, despite stereotypes of the 'rural idyll', crime and justice are significant issues in the rural landscape.

Tradecraft is a term used within the intelligence community to describe the methods, practices, and techniques used in espionage and clandestine investigations.

Respectable Citizens - Shady Practices seeks to explore a previously neglected aspect of crime in modern society - namely those crimes that are committed by otherwise 'respectable' citizens in the market arena.

Safety and Security for Churches and Other Places of Worship is a reference book focused on how to form a first responder team for churches, synagogues, temples, and other places of worship.

This book examines the process and purpose of sentencing in the criminal justice system, beyond the confines of its legalistic aspects.

Literature in the child abuse and child protection arena has tended to adopt either a practice or legal perspective.

Millions of pounds are spent every year trying to tackle human trafficking, modern slavery and child sexual exploitation.

The internet has launched the world into an era into which enormous amounts of data aregenerated every day through technologies with both positive and negative consequences.

Investigative Interviewing: Adopting a Forensic Mindset is a straight-forward, practical textbook outlining proper interview planning and techniques, detailing all relevant case law concerning confessions.

Crime, Law and Justice in New Zealand examines the recent crime trends and the social, political, and legal changes in New Zealand from the end of the twentieth century to the present.

Canada is actively involved through various agencies in the domestic affairs of countries in the Global South.

Security for Business Professionals offers business executives and managers everything they need to set-up a security program, especially for those who don't have the resources to hire an in-house security staff.

Advanced Topics in Forensic DNA Typing: Interpretation builds upon the previous two editions of John Butler's internationally acclaimed Forensic DNA Typing textbook with forensic DNA analysts as its primary audience.

To counteract a cyber attacker, organizations need to learn to think like one.

Contemporary probation practice is developing rapidly and is become increasingly professionalized.

The Handbooks of Homeland Security Handbook is a convenient, one-stop reference and guide to the latest regulations and developments in all things relevant to the homeland security and defense domain.

Law today is incomplete, inaccessible, unclear, underdeveloped, and often perplexing to those whom it affects.

Tourism security is an important part of both security management and tourism.