Crime and criminology

Despite 15 years of reform efforts, the incarceration rate in the United States remains unprecedentedly high.

There are more than 800,000 sworn law enforcement officers employed within the United States, many of whom are regularly tasked with photographing crime scenes or evidence associated with criminal investigations.

This volume in the series Sociology of Crime, Law, and Deviance deals with aspects of punishment, including sentencing, incarceration, and prison conditions, in a variety of settings at local, national, and/or regional levels.

What makes someone responsible for a crime and therefore liable to punishment under the criminal law?

Entering the shady world of what he calls "e;violent entrepreneurship,"e; Vadim Volkov explores the economic uses of violence and coercion in Russia in the 1990s.

This book explores the relevance of utopia in relation to contemporary criminology.

This volume follows one man's revolutionary journey from deficient early education to his incarceration on North Carolina's death row, where he was given the opportunity to pursue higher education.

This Brief provides a theoretical and conceptual development of a new Risk Assessment Toolbox (RAT) for the early detection of violent extremists.

Current anxiety about the future of news makes it opportune to revisit the notion of professionalism in journalism.

Based on first-hand interviews with survivors, people who have committed offences, and others on the frontlines, Indictment puts the Canadian criminal justice system on trial and proposes a bold new vision of transformative justice.

Information security is about people, yet in most organizations protection remains focused on technical countermeasures.

In Taiho-Jutsu: Law and Order in the Age of the Samurai, author and judo second-dan Don Cunningham provides a fascinating introduction to the civil society of Edo-period (1603-1867) Japanparticularly the role played by the well-known warrior class, the samurai.

Homicide and Severe Mental Disorder: Understanding and Prevention provides a complete picture of how severe mental disorder can be assessed in cases of homicide, and how improved understanding can impact risk reduction and prevention.

This is a unique interdisciplinary exploration of the contemporary phenomenon of online medicine purchasing.

This collection focuses on media representations of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, defendants in the Meredith Kercher murder case.

The book's primary purpose is to understand the economic, social, and political impact of financial crimes and earning management on the Indian national economy.

This book provides an overview of the history of policing in the UK.

Controversies in Media Ethics offers students, instructors and professionals multiple perspectives on media ethics issues presenting vast "e;gray areas"e; and few, if any, easy answers.

Digital Forensics with Open Source Tools is the definitive book on investigating and analyzing computer systems and media using open source tools.

This book examines the nexus of East Asian media, culture, and digital technologies in the early 21st century from a Global South perspective.

Crime Scene Management and Evidence Recovery is a must-have for first responders and crime scene investigators alike.

Volume III of The Official History of Criminal Justice in England and Wales draws on archival sources and individual accounts to offer a history of penal policymaking in England and Wales between 1959 and 1997.

This book presents an existential and psychosocial interpretation of the experiences of mental health care practitioners whose work involves use of coercion.

The new 12th edition of Scholastic Journalism is fully revised and updated to encompass the complete range of cross platform multimedia writing and design to bring this classic into the convergence age.

Law and Regulation of Tax Professionals examines all aspects of the obligations and liabilities of tax advisers arising out of professional standards, contract, tort, tax legislation (including DOTAS, POTAS and DAC6) and criminal tax evasion sanctions against the backdrop of legislative and case law.

Jack the Ripper is a gothic tale of Victorian conspiracies, the supernatural, secret societies and the police.

Diese Studie begeht einen neuen Weg zur Erklärung von Devianz und Gewalt im Jugendalter, indem sie versucht, zwei soziologische Ansätze, die Theorie Sozialer Desintegration und die Control Balance Theory, miteinander zu verknüpfen.

This study investigates the experiences of women journalists during the last phase of Namibia's liberation struggle against South African rule.

Nowadays in cyberspace, there is a burst of information to which everyone has access.

Der Band widmet sich Praktiken der Zeugenschaft in gerichtlichen und außergerichtlichen Kontexten.

This book offers a short and accessible introduction to criminology.

Cyber-Security Threats, Actors, and Dynamic Mitigation provides both a technical and state-of-the-art perspective as well as a systematic overview of the recent advances in different facets of cyber-security.

Why do some modern societies punish their offenders differently to others?

Fear is a powerful emotion and a formidable spur to action, a source of worry and – when it is manipulated – a source of injustice.

In modern countries, a company is commonly categorized as either public or privately-held, depending on whether securities are publicly traded on the open market, into a government-owned company or private company depending on government ownership, or a financial company or non-financial company depending on its main business, and so on.

This volume is a new chapter in the future history of law.

Details the new phenomena of copycat crime inspired by technology and the hyperreality fueled in some people by digital culture and video games.

This interdisciplinary volume aims to understand the linkages between the origins and aftermaths of genocide.

Studies of global media and journalism have repeatedly returned to discussions of ethics.

In Violence and Desire in Brazilian Lesbian Relationships, Allen examines the lives of Brazilian women in same-sex relationships.

This book explores the challenges of transitional justice in West Africa, specifically how countries in the region have dealt with transitional justice problems in the last 30 years (1990-2020), and how they have managed the process.

Political Illustration introduces students of illustration, visual communication, art, and political science to how political illustration works, when it's used and why.

This book explores how journalism is practiced around the world and how there are multiple factors at the structural and contextual level shaping journalism practice.

Told over a period of public service spanning thirty years, this compelling true story unravels the nuts and bolts of policing London, providing an insider's perspective on the challenges, triumphs, and transformations that shaped an era.

It is often assumed that the law and religion address different spheres of human life.

Photocommunication Across Media is a must-have for aspiring mass media professionals who are striving to compete in the new landscape of convergence journalism and media.

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