Crime and criminology

Following the Front is a compilation of WWII dispatches written by Sidney A.

Following the Front is a compilation of WWII dispatches written by Sidney A.

Bringing a unique rural lens to the analysis of dark tourism in Australia, this book covers a range of sites including convict museums, sites of serial killings and colonial violence, ghost tours and the emerging tourism of bushfire sites.

Soviet Russia Fights Crime (1934) examines the workings of the Soviet penal system in the pre-war years of the Soviet Union.

This essential resource offers extensive updates on the leading Supreme Court cases impacting law enforcement in the United States, creating a must-have reference for police officers to stay up-to-date and have a strong understanding of the law and their function within it.

An organization's employees are often more intimate with its computer system than anyone else.

A CISO is the ultimate guardian of an organization's digital assets.

Corruption is expanding internationally and so are strategic accusations of others being corrupt.

Identifying victims and perpetrators of trafficking and modern slavery has become increasingly challenging as traffickers have become more sophisticated in their recruitment and control of victims and seizure of new opportunities.

This comprehensive review of the relationship between sport and crime explains how the experience of sport can lead to behaviour that's harmful to others and is sometimes self-destructive.

3D bioprinting is an emerging innovative technology that involves the fabrication of essential 3D functional biomedical constructs by combining cells and biomaterials with vital growth and differentiation factors.

The book explores the regulatory and institutional aspects of global governance of space cybersecurity.

Originally published in 1985 Gender, Sex and the Law explores the way in which the law, at its various levels of jurisdiction, justifies its discrimination against women in terms of the physiological differences between the sexes.

First published in 2001, The Criminalisation of Stalking fills a much-needed gap by drawing upon a range of methodologies to present a thorough and comprehensive examination of the way in which stalking became perceived as a pressing and prevalent social problem in need of legal intervention, as well as providing a critical evaluation of the efficacy and sufficiency of the legal responses.

Fuel trafficking has consolidated in recent years as a paramount illegal enterprise and a priority for Mexico's diverse criminal actors.

After 9/11, forensic epidemiology emerged as a leading investigative tool, partnering public health officers with law enforcement like never before.

This book delves into the history of biometrics, the different systems that have been developed to date, problems that have arisen from these systems, the necessity of AI-based biometrics systems, different AI techniques developed to date (including machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, and pattern recognition), their potential uses and applications, security and privacy issues in AI-based Biometric systems, current trends in AI-based biometrics, and presents case studies of AI-based biometrics.

Canvassing the socio-legal context for youth detention in Australia with a focus on international human rights law and legal frameworks within Australian states and territories, this book examines the recurring children's rights-violations of recent years, and puts forward strategies for reform.

Pursuing Justice, Fourth Edition, examines the issue of justice by considering the origins of the idea, formal systems of justice, current global issues of justice, and ways in which justice might be achieved by individuals, organizations, and the global community.

This fully revised seventh edition provides a thorough introduction to both the legal and ethical considerations relevant to students pursuing careers in media, law and communication.

This book integrates research on the causes, responses and protective strategies for vicarious trauma that are recognised in a range of human services and argues their relevance to the legal profession.

Absolute Essentials of Public Relations offers a valuable quick-start introduction to the many facets and forms of public relations theory and practice.

First published in 2001, Punishment and Sentencing provides a way of introducing principle into sentencing.

This book brings together research and studies in the fields of organised crime and of 'green criminality' against the natural environment.

This book explores an increasingly important issue for legal systems across the world.

This book explores an increasingly important issue for legal systems across the world.

A comprehensive scholarly look at the dominance, power, and influence of News Corp as one of the most potent communication giants of current times.

A comprehensive scholarly look at the dominance, power, and influence of News Corp as one of the most potent communication giants of current times.

The demise of the newspaper has long been predicted.

Interpreting Music, Engaging Culture: An Introduction to Music Criticism offers a clear, hands-on guide for emerging music critics that brings together aesthetics, critical theory, and practical music criticism in an accessible format.

First published in 1965, the original blurb reads: "e;At the present time more and more public interest centres on crime, prison and prisoners, and the prison population in this country now exceeds 24, 000.

On the evening of 2nd November 1952, a shot fired from a makeshift weapon on a warehouse roof in Croydon killed PC Sidney Miles.

This work provides comprehensive, practice-oriented coverage of ballistics.

The Criminal Justice System: An Introduction, Fifth Edition incorporates the latest developments in the field while retaining the basic organization of previous editions which made this textbook so popular.

Every day the media floods the airwaves with their often-contradictory version of the role and behavior of the police force.

Forensic Engineering Investigation is a compendium of the investigative methodologies used by engineers and scientific investigators to evaluate some of the more common types of failures and catastrophic events.

As security professionals, we tend to get seduced by the beauty of our technology.

First responders confronted by forensic cases are forced to consider the competing concerns of administering proper medical treatment while at the same time safeguarding vital evidence.

The right to liberty is sacrosanct.

The Gothic, proliferating across different literary, socio-cultural, and scientific spaces, permeated and influenced the project of Italian nation-building, casting a dark and pervasive shadow on Italian history.

Effective Threat Management: A Primer presents the ABCs for identifying, assessing, and managing potentially violent individuals.

This book explores the politics of money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) regulation in several countries across Africa and the Small Island States.

This practical and accessibly written guide introduces what practitioners need to know about Mental Health Tribunals, covering the status of the tribunal, its processes, and the evidence that is required from witnesses.