Crime and criminology

This book aims at shifting the emphasis from a general vision of gender-based violence to a more opaque, yet equally destructive one, that related to "e;proximity violence"e;.

This edited collection of first-person stories about risk in the field offers an arsenal of practical examples where fieldworkers have attempted to negotiate the complexities and risks of field research.

This book explores sexual crime and intellectual functioning.

This book examines human conflict throughout history, the reasons behind the struggles, and why it persists.

Why do we punish?

Penal Abolitionism and Transformative Justice in Brazil discusses how penal abolitionism provides fundamental theoretical bases and practical references for the construction of a transformative justice in Brazil, supporting the claim that justice is a socially constructed conception and that victims do not unanimously stand for punishment.

This book explores the impact of September 11, 2001 upon interdisciplinary scholarship and pedagogy in the liberal arts.

This book examines the migration of women as gendered subjects to and from Turkey, using feminist research practices to explore a range of diverse experiences of migrant women as refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented or documented migrants.

This book charts the historical development of 'forensic objectivity' through an analysis of the ways in which objective knowledge of crimes, crime scenes, crime materials and criminals is achieved.

This book deals with the widespread economic and financial crime issues of corruption, the shadow economy and money laundering.

This book examines the ways in which the need to belong manifests itself in the post 9/11 world, from a cross-disciplinary perspective.

This book examines the experiences of disabled people on public transport to reveal the everyday abuses that many experience there, and the resilience that they need in order to conduct an ordinary life.

This book brings together a collection of essays by leading criminologists to explore the relationship between the private sector and criminal justice.

This book provides a critical overview of the policy frameworks underpinning the contemporary practices of non-conviction information disclosure during pre-employment 'screening'.

Whether uncovering breaking stories, finding reliable background information, or finding the right contributors for stories and packages, there is now a wealth of information available to journalists online - but where to begin?

This book explores the growing understanding and evidence base for the role of trauma in sexual offending.

The treatment of Muslims is the touchstone of contemporary European racism across its many nations and localities.

This book offers rich ethnographic and narrative accounts of men who have been engaged in serious violence and organised crime in the West Midlands of England, using several theoretical paradigms.

Juvenile Delinquency, Eleventh Edition, discusses delinquency as it relates to and emerges from the youths family, neighborhood, school, peer group, social class, and overall cultural and social environment.

This Palgrave Pivot forms the final part of Andreff's trilogy reviewing the economic aspects of criminal behaviour in sports.

This book examines our contemporary preoccupation with risk and how criminal law and punishment have been transformed as a result of these anxieties.

This book provides a complex, socio-anthropological analysis of organized crime operating in the Vietnamese diaspora in the Czech Republic, and its international implications.

The minutes, hours, and days after President John F.

This book assesses the implications of how children and young people are represented in print media in Northern Ireland - a post-conflict transitioning society.

This highly topical collection of essays addresses contemporary issues facing Indigenous communities from a broad range of multi- and interdisciplinary perspectives.

This volume explores themes originating from the work of Jean Amery (1912-1978), a Holocaust survivor and essayist-mainly, ethics and the past, torture and its implications, death and suicide.

This book uses previously unknown archive materials to explore the meaning of the term 'incapable of work' over a hundred years (1911-present).

#MeToo has sparked a global re-emergence of sexual violence activism and politics.

This book highlights and examines the level, reach and consequences of corruption in international criminal justice systems.

Mega-events such as the Olympic Games, World Cup finals and international political summits are occasions of almost unparalleled economic, political and social significance for host nations and cities.

In the wake of recent violence our nation has experienced, and the paranoia that has ensued, we've directed our attention to potential terrorists in our midst.

In light of asymmetrical security threats in western democracies as well as in conflict regions, this timely book examines the actors, strategies and tactics of Islamist terrorism and transnational organized crime around the globe.

News Narratives and News Framing is a revealing look at how the media's construction of news affects our political, economic, and social realities.

This book examines one of the most contested issues facing feminists, human rights activists and governments around the globe - the international sex trade.

This book examines how the police make decisions in real life situations, particularly in major enquiries.

This book discusses the issues surrounding race, ethnicity, and immigrant status in U.

This book draws on historical and cross-disciplinary studies to critically examine penal practices in Scandinavia.

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

This is a comparative study of prisoners' human rights in England, Wales and the Netherlands.

This book examines the development of women in the Hong Kong Police Force (HKP) over the past 68 years, beginning from the early colonial years when calls to include women in law enforcement first emerged, to the recruitment of the first female sub-inspector in 1949, and through to the current situation where policewomen constitute 15% of the total HKP establishment.

This book brings together a collection of emergent research that moves the debate on desistance beyond a general consideration of individual and social structural influences.

This book highlights historical explanations to and roots of present phenomena of violence, insecurity, and law enforcement in Central America.

This book combines the approaches of history and criminology to study parricide and non-fatal violence against parents from across traditional period and geographical boundaries, encompassing research on Asia as well as Europe and North America.

Many people associate racism with bigoted individuals and radical groups on the fringes of society.

This book presents an in-depth analysis of how statutory and third sector organisations have faced the challenge of dealing with former 'terrorists'.

The Bioarchaeology of Metabolic Bone Disease, Second Edition is a comprehensive source dedicated to better understanding this group of conditions that have significant consequences for health in both past and present communities on a global scale.

Personnel Protection: Security Personnel is a video presentation.

Human Trafficking is a growing transnational criminal phenomenon_conservative estimates put the total number of persons trafficked annually at two million.

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

Criminology: An Integrated Approach is the first criminology textbook to provide an integrated perspective on the developing global and historical relations that unite the studies of criminology/criminologists, criminal justice/justicians, and crime/crime control in the 21st century.