Organized crime

This book presents an ethnographic study of contemporary ticket touts in the UK.

The eminent contributors to a new collection, Policing in France, provide an updated and realistic picture of how the French police system really works in the 21st century.

Evidence: Law and Context explains the key concepts of evidence law in England and Wales clearly and concisely, set against the backdrop of the broader political and theoretical contexts.

This book seeks to break new ground in the way in which adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse is understood.

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

In Fraud Examiners in White-Collar Crime Investigations, Petter Gottschalk examines and evaluates the investigative processes used to combat white-collar crime.

Few issues attract greater concern and censure than those that surround youth 'gangs'.

In the flow of drugs to the United States from Latin America, women have always played key roles as bosses, business partners, money launderers, confidantes, and couriers-work rarely acknowledged.

This Element interprets how narcotrafficking and private armies interacted with the process of configuration of the state in Colombia.

Persistent international conflicts, increasing inequality in many regions or the world, and acute environmental and climate-related threats to humanity call for a better understanding of the processes, actors and tools available to face the challenges of achieving global justice.

In Gangs and Organized Crime, George W.

Das vorliegende Werk ist als Kompendium zum erst kürzlich vom Landesgesetzgeber verabschiedeten Niedersächsischen Polizei- und Ordnungsbehördengesetz (NPOG) gedacht.

"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.

When Lynda Lustig met Louie Milito, she was a sixteen-year-old high-schooldropout with a taste for adventure and an agonizing childhood.

The revised tenth edition of this core textbook provides an understanding of major world criminal justice systems by discussing and comparing the systems of six of the world's countries - each representative of a different type of legal system.

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 explores challenges posed by the use of DNA evidence to the traditional features, procedures and principles of the criminal trial.

Family Group Conferences are seen as a progressive and influential form of practice in child welfare across the globe.

This handbook is an up-to-date examination of advances in the fields of juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice that includes interdisciplinary perspectives from leading scholars and practitioners.

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.

This well-respected and highly regarded book provides straightforward coverage of all aspects of law and police procedure that affect the community at large.

The Tiandihui, also known as the Heaven and Earth Association or the Triads, was one of the earliest, largest, and most enduring of the Chinese secret societies that have played crucial roles at decisive junctures in modern Chinese history.

The Routledge International Handbook of Juvenile Homicide is the definitive work on juvenile homicide.

No one can deny that mob boss James "e;Whitey"e; Bulger and Stephen "e;The Rifleman"e; Flemmi are two of the most brutal killers in American historynot even the two gangsters themselves.

Kriminalistisches Denken ist der Ausgangspunkt und zugleich die wichtigste Voraussetzung für erfolgreiches kriminalistisches Arbeiten.

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.

The police are perhaps the most visible representation of government.

Forensic medicine covers an amazing range of different subjects and no single individual can expect to be an expert in all of them.

This book analyses the punitive crime discourse in the Argentinean press during the 1990s.

Following the much publicised Mark Kennedy case, the question of the necessity and proportionality of covert police operations has been widely debated.

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.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of probably the most horrific solo terrorist operation the world has ever seen.

The field of crime and delinquency attracts a great deal of heated and partial opinion, prejudice and other forms of mal-thinking.

Increasing Resilience in Police and Emergency Personnel illuminates the psychological, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual impact of police work on police officers, administrators, emergency communicators, and their families.

Graphic depictions of crime in Mexico abound in the global imagination, fueled not merely by media representations, but also by an abundant body of scholarship that reproduces grotesque, simplistic characterizations of Mexico's people, cities and towns as crime-ridden and almost inherently violent.

Innovative Possibilities: Global Policing Research and Practice brings together observations that reflect upon the state of police (and policing) across the globe and associated forms of policing scholarship with inputs from Africa, Australia, South and Central America, China, Europe, and the USA.

Policing in an Age of Austerity uniquely examines the effects on one key public service: the state police of England and Wales.

This is the first book on the policy questions raised by two revolutions in recording the police - copwatching and police-worn body cameras.

This book deals with child soldiers' involvement in crimes under international law.

This two-volume, edited collection lays the groundwork for an international exploration of incarceration and generation, cover a range of geographic, judicial and administrative contexts of incarceration from contributors across a range of subjects.

This book describes the main patterns and trends of drug trafficking in Latin America and analyzes its political, economic and social effects on several countries over the last twenty years.

Cyber-risks are moving targets and societal responses to combat cyber-victimization are often met by the distrust of young people.

A how-to guide for the discovery and prevention of the illegal transfer of money Written for the private sector where most money laundering takes place this book clearly explains shows business professionals how to deter, detect, and resolve financial fraud cases internally.

A Guide to National Security offers an analysis of the threats and policy responses facing the UK, presented within the framework of the Government's National Security Strategy and the Strategic Defence and Security Review.

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

This book analyses new forms of human trafficking taking into account the transposition of the Directive 2011/36/UE which sets out minimum standards to be applied throughout the European Union in preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims.

This book provides a fully-contextualised, multidisciplinary examination of bullying and violence in South Korean society.