Organized crime

From the point of his arrest through to the final disposition of his case, the authors follow the accused as he proceeds through the criminal control system.

Since its implementation in 2003, the Youth Criminal Justice Act has been the subject of intense political and scholarly debate.

Since its implementation in 2003, the Youth Criminal Justice Act has been the subject of intense political and scholarly debate.

Using an array of cultural documents from 1990 to the present, including diaries, testimonies, fiction, online video postings, and anti-mafia social networks, Robin Pickering-Iazzi examines the myths, values, codes of behaviour, and relationships produced by the Italian mafia through a wide cross-disciplinary lens.

Using an array of cultural documents from 1990 to the present, including diaries, testimonies, fiction, online video postings, and anti-mafia social networks, Robin Pickering-Iazzi examines the myths, values, codes of behaviour, and relationships produced by the Italian mafia through a wide cross-disciplinary lens.

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

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

Winner: The 2001 Frederick Milton Thrasher Award (awarded by the National Gang Crime Research Center)Youth violence and youth gangs are serious social problems.

Even after WWI had ended, the region of Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas stubbornly refused to be tamed.

The novel The Godfather (1969) and the movie of the same name (1972) entrenched the myth of the Mafiosi as valiant knights, men of honor, and defenders of the traditional concept of family.

This engrossing saga begins when Generoso Pope, Sr.

While scholarship on the education of youth behind bars has largely focused on boys, more than one in three youth arrests in the USA is female, and Girls Behind Bars sets out to address this imbalance.

This captivating resource covers the bloody history of Mexican drug cartels from their rise in the 1980s to the latest round of brutal violence, which has seen more than 125,000 Mexican citizens killed over the past decade.

Presenting sociological as well as historical perspectives, this book supplies readers with a fascinating, unprecedented look at the most successful organized-crime family they've probably never heard of.

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Professionalization has come to the field of threat management.

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

The testimony of an expert witness can lead to success or failure in cases that hinge on the presentation's impact on a jury.

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

It is essential that those in the criminal justice system understand the tasks that police dogs perform and the evidence that their work produces.

International illicit trade in human organs is on the increase, fueled by growing demand and unscrupulous traffickers.

Many changes have occurred in the twenty-five years that have passed since the enactment of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986.

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

Time is an abducted child's worst enemy.

"e;Death Scene Investigation: Procedural Guide is the answer to a long recognized dilemma: how to have every death investigated by an experienced death investigator.

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

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

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 sequel to American Mafia chronicles the fifty-year attack by the federal government that virtually extinguished the nation's most powerful crime syndicate.

What if the world of the old New York waterfront was as violent and mob-controlled as it appears in Hollywood movies?

6-page laminated chart includes: Major theories of child development Vital signs Pain assesment in children Lab values and nursing care of children Pediatric tips for practice Mnemonics for practice Medication administration children and procedures Fluid balance Level of consciousness Childhood immunizations Child abuse and neglect Growth and development Communicating with children Play

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

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.

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.

Police leaders possess a plethora of rich experiences and practical and theoretical knowledge that provides fascinating insights into the current state of policing around the world.

Police organizations across the globe are experiencing major changes.

Providing an in-depth interrogation of the practitioner/academic role within the context of criminal justice, this book outlines the benefits and challenges of different roles through exploring the lived experience of the contributing authors.

Prepared by Patrick J.

'A gripping murder mystery and a vivid recreation of Paris under German Occupation.

THE BESTSELLING SERIES THAT INSPIRED AMAZON PRIME'S BALLARD AND BOSCH A CRIME BURIED FOR YEARS.

From the international bestselling author of Dexter come a brilliant new thriller starring Riley Wolfe: a master thief, expert at disguise, and not averse to violence when it's needed.

The epic struggle for control of Los Angeles and the history of the 30s, 40s, and 50s in America's dream city.

This is the true story of Tot Riina, the Cosa Nostra boss who rose from nothing to become the most powerful man in Sicily.

Fast paced and full of grit, this is the first crime novel from the UK's most charismatic sporting genius.

A gritty urban crime thriller from one of the award-winning writers of THE WIRE.

The first in the Nick Stefanos trilogy from one of the acclaimed writers of THE WIRE.

Practical Endocrinology and Diabetes in Children is the ideal bench-side companion for the practising paediatrician and endocrinologist, bridging the gap between large reference books and short reviews of aspects of endocrinology.

Meet Pete Razanskas, 22-year veteran homicide cop and Marcella Winn, a rookie detective who grew up in the 'hood.

In a ranch south of Texas, the man known as The Executioner dumps five hundred body parts in metal barrels.