Crime and criminology

This book provides an analysis of how penal discourses are used to legitimate post-Cold War military interventions through three main case studies: Kosovo, Iraq and Libya.

In the past two decades, many prevention and suppression programs have been initiated on a national and local level to combat street gangs--but what do we really know about them?

Highlights the role of anthropologists in revealing the histories and contemporary social facts that are reflected in dead bodies.

Learn the fundamentals of efficient design and management of state-of-the-art mobile data networks with this unique and comprehensive text.

This book addresses the crisis of sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America, the region of the world with the highest percentage of Catholics.

512 pages, 238 images, with 24 contributorsSexual assault remains one of the most problematic and controversial issues in law, medicine, and in society at large.

When most people think of prison gangs, they think of chaotic bands of violent, racist thugs.

This title was first published in 2003.

Praise for the Fifth Edition:"e;This book provides a complete look at neonatal healthcare delivery.

In this learned and delightful book, John L.

Policing in South Africa has gained notoriety through its extensive history of oppressive law enforcement.

The Police Manager provides a roadmap for the challenges that police administrators face in their day-to-day duties, including considerations for dealing with subordinate officers and for interacting with the public.

"e;If a child falls victim to a crime, or becomes witness to it, they may well be questioned by the police.

Policing is a highly pragmatic occupation.

The eminent contributors to a new collection, Policing in France, provide an updated and realistic picture of how the French police system really works in the 21st century.

Wireless Public Safety Networks, Volume Two: A Systematic Approach presents the latest advances in the wireless Public Safety Networks (PSNs) field, the networks established by authorities to either prepare the population for an eminent catastrophe, or those used for support during crisis and normalization phases.

Established in 1853, after the end of penal transportation to Australia, the convict prison system and the sentence of penal servitude offered the most severe form of punishment - short of death - in the criminal justice system, and they remained in place for nearly a century.

Sexual aggression is a pervasive societal problem with devastating and sometimes permanent effects on its victims.

The Routledge Handbook of Deradicalisation and Disengagement offers an overview of the historical settings, theoretical debates, national approaches and practical strategies to deradicalisation and disengagement.

This book examines literary authorship in the twentieth century and covers such topics as publishing, book distribution, the trade editor, the literary agent, the magazine market, subsidiary rights, and the blockbuster mentality.

Curing systemic inequalities in the criminal justice system is the unfinished business of the Civil Rights movement.

This book examines the brief yet accelerated evolution of newsgames, a genre that has emerged from puzzles, quizzes, and interactives augmenting digital journalism into full-fledged immersive video games from open-world designs to virtual reality experiences.

This innovative collection of essays re-examines conventional ideas of the history of childhood, exploring the child's increasing prominence in eighteenth-century discourse and the establishment of the category of age as a marker of social distinction alongside race, class and gender.

This book examines the experiences of those dedicated drinkers at the forefront of the new night-time leisure industries that revolutionized the way we think about our city centres.

We now know vastly more about the killing of John F.

Blackstone's Emergency Planning, Crisis, and Disaster Management is a practical guide for those involved in all aspects of emergency preparedness, resilience, and response.

Active killer attacks frequently dominate the headlines with stories of seemingly random mass killings in school, campus, and workplace settings.

This book examines the latest developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based metaheuristics algorithms with applications in information security for digital media.

This book examines the extent to which peacebuilding processes such as disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration are possible in the attempt to demilitarize Nigeria's oil region and establish a stable post-conflict environment for nurturing durable peace.

The work considers the international and European obligations of the UK in the realm of challenging the far-right and assesses the extent to which it adheres to them.

Thoroughly updated throughout, this classic, practical text on how to write and publish a scientific paper takes its own advice to be "e;as clear and simple as possible.

Expanding the influence of auto/biography studies into cultural criminology, Radicalization: The Life Writings of Political Prisoners addresses the origins, processes and cultures of terrorist criminality and political resistance in a globalized world.

Winchell and Runyon is about the bittersweet bonding of two legendary journalists who started out as adversaries but ended up as everlasting friends.

A shockingly intimate look at the world of honor killings, as seen through the eyes of both the perpetrators and the victims.

This introductory book offers a coherent history of twentieth century crime and the law in Britain, with chapters on topics ranging from homicide to racial hate crime, from incest to anarchism, from gangs to the death penalty.

Harvey Dorfman was an educator for twenty-seven years before entering the field of sport psychology.

The main objective of this book is to propose an alternative criminal opportunity theory.

In Reporting Conflict, a correspondent turned lecturer draws on his personal experience of journalism in wartime.

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, safeguarding critical data and systems has never been more vital-or more challenging.

This book provides a comprehensive and authoritative account and analysis of restorative justice, one of the most rapidly growing phenomena in the field of criminology and justice studies.

Respect and Criminal Justice offers the first sustained examination of 'respect' in criminal justice in England and Wales, where the value is elusive but of persisting significance.

What is it that police and policing actually do?

This interdisciplinary volume presents a nuanced critique of the prison experience in diverse detention facilities across Africa.

As any police officer who has ever walked a beat or worked a crime scene knows, the street has its hot spots, patterns, and rhythms: drug dealers work their markets, prostitutes stroll their favorite corners, and burglars hit their favorite neighborhoods.

Describes the application of gas chromatography to various aspects of forensic chemistry.

The regulation of pornography has always been a contentious issue, which has sparked wide-ranging debates surrounding the acceptability and place of pornography in society.

Resisting the News brings together unique insights from activists and alternative-media users to offer a distinctive perspective on the problems of journalism today-and how to fix them.

This book brings together leading scholars from law, psychology and criminology to address timely and important topics in US criminal justice.

Compliance has long been identified by scholars of white-collar crime as a key strategic control device in the regulation of corporations and complex organisations.

Covid-19 is reshaping and challenging governments, societies and economies in previously unimaginable ways-but gangsters and profiteers have adapted.