Crime and criminology

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The way we see and understand crime falls into two types of story that, in essence, have been told and retold many times throughout human history - in fiction, as in fact.

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The mystique of private investigating draws significant numbers of people to consider it as a career or side business.

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The killer dentist, his mistress, how they murdered their spouses - and how they almost got away with it.

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Here is the most comprehensive introduction to and explanation of the most infamous crime organization in history.

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Can the common criminal get a fresh start?

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In 2003, an FBI-led task force known as Operation Fly Trap attempted to dismantle a significant drug network in two Bloods-controlled, African American neighborhoods in Los Angeles.

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Ever wondered who murdered JonBen t Ramsey, or who terrorized San Francisco as the Zodiac Killer?

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Utilizing Foucault's genealogical method, this book traces the development of the victim from feudal law, arguing that the historical power of the victim to police, prosecute and punish offenders informed the modern criminal law and justice system.

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Shlapentokh asserts that asocial behavior in both medieval France and the contemporary West is not a marginal occurrence but rather a mainstream phenomena, and one that can often be stopped by strong force as the only antidote to social chaos.

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Women, Murder and Justice examines from a feminist perspective, the legal treatment of women who kill their partners in England.

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The New Politics of Youth Crime argues that the centrality of 'law and order' to the New Labour project has generated a youth justice strategy which threatens to deepen the problems it purports to solve.

The notion that women lie about rape is a prevalent belief with pervasive influence.

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Police interviewing is a critical part of the justice process, and more attention is now being paid to training in interview techniques.

Women, Crime and Language examines the relationships between discourses of crime and gender: how women are represented in fiction and reportage, and how they have represented themselves.

An interdisciplinary study of retail crime as a cultural phenomenon, drawing on economics, criminology and management to present a comprehensive explanation for the growth in retail thefts.

Pat Carlen's compelling and compassionate analysis of the penal control of women at the end of the twentieth century is based on new research completed in 1997.