Crime and criminology

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This detailed study of the criminal justice system in Victorian Britain highlights the dilemmas facing those responsible for administering justice and protecting society from "e;the criminal.

This work is an accurate, wide-ranging, and entertaining account of the illegal liquor traffic during the Prohibition Era (1920 to 1933).

The use of third-party funding in the UK has been increasing and has moved into the mainstream as a funding option for clients involved in litigation, particularly following on from the positive endorsement of litigation funding by Lord Justice Jackson in his Review of Civil Litigation Costs where he said: 'I remain of the view that, in principle, third-party funding is beneficial and should be supported.

Only in the 1960s did the Soviet government begin to praise Sytin as an important figure in the publishing industry.

This practical and accessible book focuses on the Written Exercise, which forms a key part of the Police Recruit Assessment Process.

Now more than ever, the criminal justice system, and the programs, policies, and practices within it, are subject to increased public scrutiny, due to well-founded concerns over effectiveness, fairness, and potential unintended consequences.

In recent years, the use of illegal substances has increased, particularly 'designer' drugs which have rapidly become part of youth culture.

Now in its third edition, Globalization & Crime provides students with a comprehensive overview of the essential themes and conceptual debates surrounding globalization and global criminology.

This book examines the relationship between immigration, crime, police and politics in the city of Buenos Aires during the Cambiemos ("e;Let's Change"e;) administration, which took place in Argentina between 2015 and 2019.

The structure of policing is undergoing change in Scotland at present and the profile of the police officer differs from that of the past.

Wide-ranging study that explores how ''old books'' have been represented and interpreted from the eighteenth century to the present day.

Lawmakers and judges often enact and enforce laws and policies that impact youth.

Anyone alive, and wanting to stay that way, must deal with food.

This book draws on the voices of sex workers and their clients to critically assess the criminalization of prostitution in favour of decriminalization.

Labeling theory has been an extremely important and influential development in criminology, but its recent advances have been largely neglected.

This in-depth case study of a mid-sized police department captures the dynamics, struggles, and successes of police change, revealing the positive organizational and community outcomes that resulted from a persistent drive to reinvent public safety and community relationships.

'I have him bitched, balloxed and bewildered, for there's a system and a science in taking the piss out of a screw and I'm a well-trained man at it.

The vast and mysterious world of criminals, from ancient times through the 21st century, is vividly captured in The Great Pictorial History of World Crime.

This book offers a comprehensive approach to understanding hate crime, its causes, consequences, prevention, and prosecution.

The use of solitary confinement in prisons became common with the rise of the modern penitentiary during the first half of the nineteenth century and his since remained a feature of many prison systems all over the world.

Crime Online is concerned to explore the dual capacity of the Internet to pervert and to democratize: it offers its users freedom, democracy, and communication with people around the world while at the same time generating anxieties concerning its potential to corrupt vulnerable minds and facilitate heinous crimes.

The Analysis of Burned Human Remains, Second Edition, provides a primary source for osteologists and the medical/legal community for the understanding of burned bone remains in forensic or archaeological contexts.

The Northern Ireland peace process has been heralded by those involved as a successful example of transformation from a violent conflict to a peaceful society.

This book speaks to those interested in topics related to punitiveness and public attitudes to crime and punishment.

The issue of third parties in the sex industry - individuals who are neither the client nor the service provider - has become especially urgent in our current socio-political context.

This edited volume presents the work of academics from the Global South and explores, from local and regional settings, how the legal order and people's perceptions of it translates into an understanding of what constitutes "e;criminal"e; behaviors or activities.

This book provides and accessible text and critical analysis of the concepts and delivery of community justice, a focal point in contemporary criminal justice.

In Harlots, Hussies, and Poor Unfortunate Women, Edith M.

Forensic Engineering, the latest edition in the Advanced Forensic Science series that grew out of recommendations from the 2009 NAS Report: Strengthening Forensic Science: A Path Forward, serves as a graduate level text for those studying and teaching digital forensic engineering, as well as an excellent reference for a forensic scientist's library or for their use in casework.

Das Jahrbuch Soziale Interaktion bietet dem Forschungs- und Denkstil des Symbolischen Interaktionismus im deutschen Sprachraum eine Plattform.

This book provides an anthropological exploration of the ways in which crime is perceived and defined, focusing on notions of truth, intentionality, and evidence.

In the child welfare system some youth do well in their lives, but far too many do not experience positive outcomes by the time they are leaving government services.

The best way to grasp the essence of death scene investigation (DSI) is to witness its application, called the psychological autopsy, by an expert forensic scientist/clinician.

The New Phase of Global Terrorism explores the nuances of the shift in the organization, strategy, and operation of terrorist groups into smaller and more robust terror groups in both the United States and international levels.

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

Crime is undergoing a metamorphosis.

Wireless Connectivity: An Intuitive and Fundamental Guide Wireless connectivity has become an indispensable part, a commodity associated with the way we work and play.

For the past twenty to thirty years, control theories of crime have been at the center of theoretical development in criminology.

Cybercrime continues to skyrocket but we are not combatting it effectively yet.

Originally published in 1990.

A unique contribution to the understanding of social science, showing the implications of quantum physics for the nature of human society.

This book examines the role of agencies and agency-like bodies in the EU's Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ).

This book is the first dedicated collection aimed at examining teaching and learning issues within criminology.

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.

This book examines the role of Chief Executives in white collar crime from a convenience theory perspective.

This book explores contemporary migration by boat through the intertwined, and under-explored, elements of empirical data, governance and geopolitics, and discourses.

Essential Criminal Law provides a highly accessible introduction to U.

This history of radio news reporting recounts and assesses the contributions of radio toward keeping America informed since the 1920s.

Devilry, Deviance, and Public Sphere draws on criminology and social theory to explore and expand social historical themes in the analysis of perceptions of deviance and crime in the eighteenth century.