Crime and criminology

This book provides insights into the history, development, and practice of restorative justice methods in China.

"e;A book of rare power and beauty, majestic in its structure, filled with the truth of imagination and the truth of actuality, emphatic in its declarations and noble in its reach.

Financial crime in Canada remains a mystery: omnipresent, but we know little about its operation.

Arising from Soviet prison camps in the 1930s, career criminals known as 'thieves-in-law' exist in one form or another throughout post-Soviet countries and have evolved into major transnational organized criminal networks since the dissolution of the USSR.

Over the past few years, opposition to the privatisation in public services in the United Kingdom and elsewhere has grown, especially in areas related to criminal justice.

The geopolitics of American law enforcement and how it changed corporate criminal accountability in other countriesOver the past decade, many of the world's biggest companies have found themselves embroiled in legal disputes over corruption, fraud, environmental damage, tax evasion, or sanction violations.

In the 1980s the relationship between alcohol and aggression and violence was a controversial one.

With expert evidence used more and more often in criminal jury cases, evaluation of its admissibility and presentation is being increasingly thrust into the spotlight.

The Handbook of Psychology for Forensic Practioners discusses some of the ways in which psychological research and methods can be applied by a wide variety of professional groups working with offenders.

A little more than a century ago, the famous social scientist W.

Whatever Happened to the Washington Reporters, 19782012, is the first book to comprehensively examine career patterns in American journalism.

"e;Polygraphy;' "e;lie detection;' and the "e;detection of deception"e; are all terms that refer to an application of the science of psychophysiology, which itself employs physiological measures to study and differentiate between psychological processes.

First published in 1998, this volume examines risk in probation practice through consideration of the context, the risk differences and how to reconcile them.

Contributions from Finn Trosby, Kevin Holley, Ian Harris Written to celebrate the 25th anniversary of SMS standardization by the people who produced the standards, Short Message Service (SMS): The Creation of Personal Text Messaging, describes the development of the SMS standard and its ongoing evolution.

In this original and cutting-edge new textbook, Mike Rowe explores the key topics in race and crime.

Evaluating Children's Writing: A Handbook of Grading Choices for Classroom Teachers, Second Edition introduces and explains a wide range of specific evaluation strategies used by classroom teachers to arrive at grades and gives explicit instructions for implementing them.

Families of the Missing interrogates the current practice of transitional justice from the viewpoint of the families of those disappeared and missing as a result of conflict and political violence.

This book examines communication between police and residents of a designated crime 'hotspot' community in the Global South.

A comprehensive introduction to green criminology, this book is a discussion of the relationship between mainstream criminal justice and green crimes.

This is an essential introduction to undergraduate studies in criminology.

Covering some of the most hotly contested topics in crime and criminal justice, including proposed sentencing and prison reforms, controversial developments like Stand Your Ground laws, and Supreme Court decisions, this work supplies essential background, current data, and a range of viewpoints on these important issues.

This expert analysis addresses the many interconnections between political violence and crime, including the transnational crimes of non-state actors and the international crimes of states.

In 1904 William Garrott Brown traveled the American South, investigating the region's political, economic, and social conditions.

As businesses continue to expand globally into new and emerging markets, bribery and corruption risks have increased exponentially.

Addressing common myths and misconceptions about sexual offending, this book highlights the current state of scientific knowledge about the origins and the development of sexual offending.

The Poetics of Crime provides an invitation to reconsider and reimagine how criminological knowledge may be creatively and poetically constructed, obtained, corroborated and applied.

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Focusing on the trafficking of women and girls from a feminist perspective, this book examines how social structures and gender influence human trafficking.

Crowning a decade of innovative efforts in the historical study of law and legal phenomena in the region, Crime and Punishment in Latin America offers a collection of essays that deal with the multiple aspects of the relationship between ordinary people and the law.

Adopting a multidisciplinary perspective, this book explores the key challenges associated with the proliferation of cyber capabilities.

First Published in 2014.

FORENSIC SCIENCE Forensic Science: Current Issues, Future Directions presents a comprehensive, international discussion of key issues within the forensic sciences.

Liberally illustrated with photographs, maps, and other images, Advances in Forensic Taphonomy: Method, Theory, and Archaeological Perspectives offers modern techniques for obtaining clues from postmortem evidence.

Originally published in 1982, From Author to Reader, the first of its kind, is a complete review of books in modern society that draws upon the author's own and many other published sources concerning the social aspects of books.

Social problems are endemic to all societies.

This book focuses on the history and development of criminological thought from the pre-Enlightenment period to the present and offers a detailed and chronological overview of competing theoretical perspectives in criminology in their social and political context.

This superbly illustrated book examines all aspects of the use of modern post-mortem imaging in forensic investigations, which has flourished since the introduction of multidetector computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.

A practical handbook for programming directors, this guide focuses on achieving specific objectives in today's modern, competitive environment.

Criminology is a dynamic and evolving field of study.

Cybercrime and Information Technology: Theory and Practice-The Computer Network Infostructure and Computer Security, Cybersecurity Laws, Internet of Things (IoT), and Mobile Devices is an introductory text addressing current technology, trends, and security issues.

First published in 1998, this volume examines risk in probation practice through consideration of the context, the risk differences and how to reconcile them.

With the aim to synthesise and simplify the core concepts of corporate communications, this book offers a clear look at the history of the discipline and profession with attention to essential principles for practice.

"e;Tell me what you eat, I'll tell you who you are,"e; said Anthelme Brillat-Savarin.

Originally published in 1954, this was a new study of aggressive behaviour and phantasies in children of school age, combining the scientific-experimental with the clinical approach.

This title, first published in 1930, examines the events of eleven female criminals and the conditions that surrounded their crimes.

This book shows how the police functioned in the cities of the Napoleonic Empire.

This book examines the position of 'contextual elements' as a constitutive element of the legal definition of the crime of genocide, and determines the extent to which an individual genocidaire is required to act within a particular genocidal context.

This textbook provides students across Social Sciences, Humanities, Politics, and International Studies with an in-depth understanding of the issues, policies, and strategies for addressing the symptoms and root causes of violence against women (VAW) in sub-Saharan Africa.

A revelatory look at how the NYPD has resisted change through strategic and selective community engagement.

Japan is one of the world's most literate societies.