Offenders

This book presents one of the world''s most descriptive accounts of the criminal careers of 411 South London boys followed to age 40.

This critical textbook looks beyond the immediate data on knife crime to try and make sense of what is a global phenomenon.

This book is about relating the concepts of rape and murder in both senses of the term; that is the way rape and murder are linked and related and also how stories of rape and murder are related or told.

Documented evidence suggests that community safety is best achievedthrough policies promoting human services rather than relyingtotally on prisons and that promoting intervention in anindividual's own environment (known as 'ecological integrity') isclosely associated with effective intervention.

In recent years European prison law and policy have emerged as a force to be reckoned with.

Disruptive Prisoners reconstitutes the history of Canada's federal prison system in the mid-twentieth century through a process of collective biography - one involving prisoners, administrators, prison reformers, and politicians.

This book provides a thorough compilation of the types, specific incidents, relevant agencies, theories, responses, and prevention programs relevant to crime and violence in schools and on campuses.

This book considers the global discourses and debates about 'intoxication', engaging in critical academic discussion around this concept.

Long-term prisoners need to be given the space to reflect, and grow.

Education and Global Justice discusses key themes concerning the relationship between education and global justice in a varied series of highly relevant national contexts.

This volume makes a case for engaging critical approaches for teaching adults in prison higher education (or "e;college-in-prison"e;) programs.

Understanding Tourette Syndrome provides accessible, concise, evidence-based guidelines on this neurodevelopmental disorder, offering parents and professionals a deeper scientific understanding of the condition and its consequences.

Global Perspectives on Interventions in Forensic Therapeutic Communities: A Practitioner's Guide explores the validity and effectiveness of secure settings as therapeutic communities (TCs).

The late 1970s saw the emergence of a heated debate on the treatment of juvenile delinquents.

[This] is a story of love, hope, and healing.

This book provides a comprehensive, student-friendly and critical introduction to youth justice in England and Wales, offering a balanced evaluation of its development, rationale, nature and evidence base.

Numeracy in Children's Nursing and Healthcare is a handy, practical book which highlights the importance of numbers, numeracy and calculations in children's nursing practice, instilling nursing students and qualified nurses with confidence and competence when working with numbers and calculating drug doses.

THE REHABILITATION OF PARTNER-VIOLENT MEN Informed by theory and evidence, this text offers a full account of a pressing social problem.

This brief investigates school shootings and their impact on individual, community, and societal levels.

One man's account of Alcatraz, a rare and intimate memoir of life inside the world's most notorious prison.

Exploring the experiences of both male clients and female sex workers, China's Commercial Sexscapes expands upon the complex dynamics of sex worker and client relationships, and places them within the wider implications of expanding globalization and capitalism.

This innovative textbook uses a problem-based learning (PBL) approach to cover content that is most common to child branch nursing courses.

Psychiatry in Prisons provides a comprehensive overview of the history, problems and development of psychiatric health care in prisons, focusing particularly on the UK.

Is there a genetic predisposition to crime?

Despite the fact that media bombard the public with the notion that sex offenders are everywhere-and could be just next door-official sources show that official sex offense rates have been steadily declining over the past 10 years.

Theories of Delinquency is a comprehensive survey of the theoretical approaches towards understanding delinquent behavior.

Parents who care for children with special needs, particularly those whose children have multiple disabilities or intellectual delays, are pioneers in home health care and caregiving, yet their experience and expertise are rarely recognized.

From Birth to Five Years: Practical Developmental Examination is a step-by-step 'how to' guide to the developmental examination of pre-school children.

Praise for previous editions of Juvenile Sexual Offending A stimulating presentation of clinical thinking that demonstrates why the authors are leaders in the juvenile sex offending field.

The second edition of Deviance Today is a contemporary collection of original chapters in the field of deviant behavior.

Caring for Children with Special Healthcare Needs and Their Families: A Handbook for Healthcare Professionals provides a guide for addressing the challenges of providing optimal general and routine care for the special needs population.

Focuses on nurturing the emotional health of patients and families to ensure improved outcomesThis innovative clinical practice resource for neonatal nurses embodies family-centered care strategies for optimal outcomes through every phase of the NICU experience.

The Routledge Handbook of Graffiti and Street Art integrates and reviews current scholarship in the field of graffiti and street art.

Written by an established author in the field, this book explores the politics of modernisation and transformation of probation in the criminal justice system.

Focusing on male-on-male rape, this book looks at the common myths surrounding this taboo issue, including the idea that 'men who rape other men must be homosexual' and that 'real men can't be raped'.

Every year thousands of people compete for employment in the UK.

Homicide: Towards a Deeper Understanding offers an in-depth analysis into the phenomenon of homicide, examining different types of homicide and how these types have changed over time.

Treatment of High-Risk Sexual Offenders addresses concrete management strategies, from initial intake to community treatment programs, and describes a detailed program for high risk offenders which has been developed, tested and refined for over 15 years.

It is no secret that America's sentencing and corrections systems are in crisis, and neither system can be understood or repaired fully without careful consideration of the other.

Lawmakers and judges often enact and enforce laws and policies that impact youth.

In the child welfare system some youth do well in their lives, but far too many do not experience positive outcomes by the time they are leaving government services.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) is an important actor in the American gun debate.

Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing The needs of critically ill children are unique and highly specialised.

Criminological research has largely neglected the possibility that positive peer influence is a potentially powerful source of social control.

Considering the question of how levels of security allow state power to be increased to the point at which it infringes essential civil liberties, this book explores the creeping power of the executive and the unfeasibility of widespread use of the Human Rights Act as a bulwark against the oppressive use of state power.

Family members provide the majority of care for individuals with disabilities in the United States.

COGNITIVE SELF CHANGE The consensus amongst the leading researchers in the offender treatment area is that the comprehensive and sophisticated clinical methods the authors have derived for offender treatment are unsurpassed.