Crime and criminology

The American crime film has recently enjoyed a surge in popularity and proliferation, making it the most pervasive genre in contemporary cinema.

From the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Honor and The Last Gangster-"e;one of the most respected crime reporters in the country"e; (60 Minutes)-comes the sure to be headline-making inside story of the Gotti and Gambino families, told from the unique viewpoint of notorious mob hit-man John Alite, a close associate of Junior Gotti who later testified against him.

This book argues that the expressivist justice model provides a meaningful foundation for the participation of victims in international criminal proceedings.

Understanding and Reducing Prison Violence considers both the individual and prison characteristics associated with violence perpetration and violent victimization among both prison inmates and staff.

This short book provides a European-wide survey of mental health and probation.

This book looks back to the early days of new and social media, to examine the potential threat that such technologies and platforms posed to the mainstream corporate media's gatekeeping, and its ability to exploit, humiliate, and even violate famous women.

This book explores the various ways in which participation in sport and physical activity might contribute to effective solutions within criminal justice systems.

GIS Tutorial for Crime Analysis, second edition, is a workbook for crime analysts and students of criminology.

Because the investigation of cold cases is usually an arduous and time-consuming task, most law enforcement agencies in the United States are not able to dedicate the resources necessary to support the cold case investigation process.

This book explores the extent to which the International Criminal Court (ICC) has influenced peace processes in Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya and Uganda.

To counteract a cyber attacker, organizations need to learn to think like one.

A true story of sexual violence, a corrupt property market, and the fight for justice.

Find out how the exciting new developments towards 4G mobile services and technologies will put the user at centre stage.

Written by two award-winning broadcast journalists, this book offers a practical, hands-on guide to the modern digital TV newsroom.

Dominik Gerstner beschäftigt sich mit der Bedeutung von Gleichaltrigen bzw.

Fundamentals of Children s Applied Pathophysiology introduces nursing and healthcare students to the pathophysiology of the child, and offers an applied full-colour visual approach throughout.

Mobile Lifeworlds illustrates how the imaginaries and ideals of Western travellers, especially those of untouched nature and spiritual enlightenment, are consistent with media representations of the Himalayan region, romanticism and modernity at large.

Comprehensive and accessible, Tim Newburn's bestselling Criminology provides an introduction to the fundamental themes, concepts, theories, methods and events that underpin the subject and form the basis for all undergraduate degree courses and modules in Criminology and Criminal Justice.

In the nearly four decades since the First International Symposium on Victimology convened in Jerusalem in 1973, some concepts and themes have continued to hold a prominent place in the literature, while new ones have also emerged.

Information Risk and Security explains the complex and diverse sources of risk for any organization and provides clear guidance and strategies to address these threats before they happen, and to investigate them, if and when they do.

First published in 1966, The Delinquent Solution presents a study of crime associated with the nature of subcultures.

During the last ten years an increasing number of government and media reports, scholarly books and journal articles, and other publications have focused our attention on the expanded range of interactions between international organized crime and terrorist networks.

In the advent of managed care and the continuing decline in reimbursement felt across the various disciplines of mental health have had profound impacts upon the quality and quantity of care in the field.

Why Don't You Just Talk to Him?

Radical journalist Claud Cockburn fought successfully against the political and media establishment, writing for publications as varied as The Times and Private Eye.

This book examines the construction of national, regional, and group identities in the football journalism of five European countries: England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.

Gender Justice and Human Rights in International Development Assistance provides a critical analysis of how frameworks of gender equality play out in the field of international development assistance, at theoretical, international legislative and policy levels, donor and national policy levels and programme levels.

This volume presents recent insights in the sociological study of surveillance and governance in the context of criminal justice and other control strategies.

This book explores the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform public relations (PR) and offers guidance on maintaining authenticity in this new era of communication.

Prison is seen by most people as an inevitable part of the penal system, but there is a growing awareness that its effects on offenders are rarely beneficial and may be positively harmful.

Introduction to Environmental Forensics helps readers unravel the complexities of environmental pollution cases.

Also Serving Time informs readers about the realities of provincial and territorial prison work in Canada.

How does an idea that forms in the minds of a few activists in one part of the world become a global norm that nearly all states obey?

This book develops a more nuanced, and technically rigorous, account of persons and groups in the context of intentional action and responsibility.

This book discusses motherhood of Nigerian and Romanian women in Italy and Romania, who are human trafficking victims for sexual purposes.

What can the analysis of violence and terror tell us about the modern world?

Will the rare autographed baseball your great-uncle gave you put your children through college?

Die vorliegende Studie bietet eine differenzierte qualitativ-empirische Analyse rechter Jugendbiografien.

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Although stalking is an age-old phenomenon, it is only recently receiving due attention.

This book offers a critical appreciation of the nature and impact of coercive control in interpersonal relationships.

This edited collection sheds light on an under-researched and often misconceived form of prison life, that of prisoner leadership.

A must-read collection featuring the best in sports journalism J.

Often described as 'two solitudes', law enforcement and national security intelligence agencies engage in intensive collaboration to address both international and domestic threats.

As law is instituted by society to serve society, there can be no question that psychology plays an important and inevitable role in the legal process, clarifying or complicating legal issues.

Dieses Lehrbuch soll Studierenden den Einstieg in die Gebiete der Forensik und Bioinformatik gleichermaßen erleichtern.

A Fresh Look at Fraud features psychologists, criminologists, and computer scientists to address the state-of-the-art research on the rising problem of fraud, scams, and financial abuse, stimulating a cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas, theories, methods, and practices.

Examining the erosion of people's democratic rights and the potential catastrophic dangers of neglecting civil liberties, this book explores the endemic danger of the enlarged power of the state and the central role of Government in undermining personal freedoms through the use of state force in the name of the protection of security.