Offenders

This book provides a comprehensive dissemination of theoretically grounded and empirically sound research on sex offenders and sex offending.

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

Why is there currently such strong academic and popular interest in 'the body' in contemporary societies?

This book is about people who are marginalised in criminology; it is an attempt to make space and amplify voices that are too often overlooked, spoken about, or for.

Since its introduction in the latter half of the 1980s, the meticulous study of distinct criminal career dimensions, like onset, frequency, and crime mix, has yielded a wealth of information on the way crime develops over the life-span.

The contention that young people commit offences due to inadequate parenting and parental difficulties has been an abiding feature of the debates on juvenile offending.

This book compiles research on female crime and delinquency in Portugal in order to critically and reflectively explore interdisciplinary views on the link between gender, crime and delinquency.

Ten years ago there were no faith-based units in prisons outside South America.

There are more than 20 theories that explain crime.

This book examines the nature of relations between penal reform campaigners, journalists and policymakers at the crime-media nexus.

This textbook provides the reader with an insight into the needs of children with both physical and learning disabilities, particularly within an acute care setting.

This book examines the role of religion and spirituality in desistance from crime and disengagement from gangs.

The Britain of the early twenty-first century has become consumed by heightened concerns about violent crime and terrorism in relation to Muslim communities in the West.

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

In Arts in Corrections, the author-a poet, translator and teacher-takes readers on a chronological journey through an annotated selection of 24 of his own publications from 1981 to 2014 which recount his experiences teaching, consulting and documenting US arts programs in prisons, jails and juvenile facilities.

This comprehensive reference by nationally recognized experts provides an interdisciplinary overview of existing knowledge about sex offenders.

How can we end the inter-generational cycle of poverty and dysfunction in the US's urban ghettos?

Young Offenders provides one of the most in-depth studies of young males seeking, if often failing, to find a life beyond crime and punishment.

For a practical, hands-on approach to learning forensic psychology, Experiments in Anti-Social Behaviour: Ten Studies for Students presents a collection of unique projects for students that illustrate the many ways research into anti-social behaviour can be conducted whilst also highlighting social psychological aspects of criminality.

The social processes which underpin and shape our lives have the power to significantly transform the trajectories of people experiencing recovery from addiction and desistance from crime.

Anti-social behaviour has become a major political preoccupation of government and combating it is now a major plank of criminal justice policy.

The second edition of Women and Crime is a carefully revised version of what has become the standard text on this subject.

This pocket-sized guide can be taken conveniently to meetings, interviews and visits, to be used as a quick reference point for information about the practical application of restorative justice.

This book offers a solution-focused and strengths-based guide to becoming an effective Prison Officer.

This book is the culmination of three years of research into sexual violence policies and sexual consent education at post-secondary institutions across Canada.

El hallazgo en el Archivo General de la Nación de las actas originales del debate que en el seno de la comisión de asesoramiento legislativo dio origen al Régimen penal de la minoridad hoy vigente (decreto 22.

First published in 1976, Psychopath is a study of Patrick Mackay who, in 1974 - with a string of muggings and killings behind him - was on trial for murder and was imprisoned in November 1975.

"e;The lessons in this book remind us that we can and that we must do better, for the sake of our children, their futures, and the sake of our nation.

Legal socialization is the process by which children and adolescents acquire their law related values, attitudes, and reasoning capacities.

The first special juvenile court was created in 1899.

Japan is often described as an inclusive society, and yet the media reports record highs in crime and suicide figures.

Paediatric Neurosurgery for Nurses: Evidence-based care for children and their families provides accessible and up-to-date information for nurses working in paediatric neurosurgery.

Because people's contact with the criminal justice system comes in different shapes and forms, scholars are now broadening their analytical scope and examining the overall repercussions of criminal justice contact on families of offenders.

This title, first published in 1930, examines the events of eleven female criminals and the conditions that surrounded their crimes.

Drawing on Foucault's later work on governmentality, this book traces the effects of 'the rise of risk' on contemporary social work practice.

This book analyses the Youth Justice Conferencing Program in New South Wales, Australia.

The question of 'why' and 'how' certain individuals are drawn towards behaving in a way that contravenes the 'Law of the Land' is not an easy one to address.

Restorative practice is an innovative approach to thinking about, and addressing, conflict and bullying, as well as disruptive, challenging and criminal behaviour.

What is a crime and how do we construct it?

A timely investigation of the history, legislation, and perpetrators of school violence, this guide debunks the myths and misconceptions about this terrible problem of national concern.

This innovative volume makes a key contribution to debates around the role of the university as a space of resistance by highlighting the liberatory practices undertaken to oppose dual pressures of state repression and neoliberal reform at the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA) in Nicaragua.

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

Exploring both principles and best practice of the spiritual care of sick children and young people, this remarkable and inspiring book equips the reader to think critically and creatively about how to provide care in hospitals, hospices and other care contexts for ill and disabled children.

This book is a study of the workings of the Discretionary Lifer Panels of the Parole Board, the body charged with the responsibility for making decisions on the release of discretionary life sentence prisoners.

First published in 1990, The Politics of Redress is a product of and commentary on significant developments in critical criminology.

The increasing trend and prevalence of incivilities-targeting punitive regulatory measures across Europe raises important issues regarding the legitimacy, effectiveness and impact of such formal social control.

Desistance is one of the big news stories of the criminological world.

Nach der Haftentlassung stehen Menschen großen Herausforderungen gegenüber und es ist schwierig, in die Gesellschaft zurückzufinden.

Advancing Quantitative Methods in Criminology and Criminal Justice is designed to promote the understanding of various quantitative research methods and to encourage their use among those seeking answers to questions about crime and justice.