Crime and criminology

Lynching occurred more in Mississippi than in any other state.

With nearly 600 autopsy photographs, this atlas shows various trauma and diseases of the brain and spinal cord in the forensic context of sudden death investigation.

Prison Recipes and Prison Cookbooks provides an innovative exploration of U.

This book describes the state of the art and future prospects of the most important bio-medicolegal subdisciplines in the post-genomic framework of personalized medicine.

Organized thematically, this book tells the story of the European encyclopedia from 1650 to the present.

This book explores ways in which the increasingly 'measurable' news audience has had an impact on journalistic practices, in an era when digital platforms provide real-time, individualizable, quantitative data about audience consumption practices.

Indecency--arguably among the most provocative and incendiary issues in today's media--is speech at the edge of social tolerance.

First published in 1975, this collection of essays expands upon the themes and ideas developed in the editors' previous work, the visionary and groundbreaking text: The New Criminology.

Since the Second World War, the international community has sought to prevent the repetition of destructive far-right forces by establishing institutions such as the United Nations and by adopting documents such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

An eye-opening, unapologetic explanation of what "e;racial profiling"e; is in modern-day America: systematic targeting of communities and placing of suspicion on populations, on the basis of not only ethnicity but also certain places that are linked to the social identity of that group.

Broadcast News and Writing Stylebook is the go-to resource for writing broadcast news, offering a concise introduction to writing engaging stories for television, radio, podcasts and online media.

This is a study of the noted newspaper proprietor, publisher and editor, George Newnes and his involvement in the so-called New Journalism in Britain from 1880 to 1910.

Sport Integrity examines sports integrity from a range of disciplinary perspectives that will help to enhance the reader's understanding of this burgeoning problematic in sports management.

This book traces a revolution in values that transformed nineteenth-century attitudes to second-hand books, bibliography and collecting.

This study examines a key aspect of regulatory policy in the field of data protection, namely the frameworks governing the sharing of data for law enforcement purposes, both within the EU and between the EU and the US and other third party countries.

Hiding Behind the Keyboard: Uncovering Covert Communication Methods with Forensic Analysis exposes the latest electronic covert communication techniques used by cybercriminals, along with the needed investigative methods for identifying them.

The digitalization of companies is a recurrent topic of conversation for managers.

In January 2000, Illinois Governor George Ryan declared a moratorium on executions-the first such action by any governor in the history of the United States.

Elizabethan Publishing and the Makings of Literary Culture explores the influence of the book trade over English literary culture in the decades following incorporation of the Stationers' Company in 1557.

Emerging Practices in the Age of Automated Digital Journalism provides detailed insight into the current state of journalism and its future challenges.

This book examines the roots of systemic aggression against women in contemporary Mexico, and the connection between social practices and the institutional permissiveness of the Mexican State with regard to gendered violence.

This handbook showcases studies on art theft, fraud and forgeries, cultural heritage offences and related legal and ethical challenges.

As the number of prisoners in the UK, USA and elsewhere continues to rise, so have concerns risen about the damaging short term and long term effects this has on prisoners.

This book reviews how new and promising evidence-based interventions are being used with those involved in the criminal justice system.

What To Do When You Get Hacked: A Practitioner's Guide to Incident Response in the 21st Century teaches you everything that you need to know about preparing your company for a potential data breach.

It has become somewhat axiomatic to refer to the police as the 'gatekeepers' of the criminal justice system and thus as a mechanism for the provision of justice.

This brief explores the justification of the death penalty, using the 2018 Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, as a case study.

This book is the first account of the personal lives of the nearly 1,000 long-term political prisoners arrested under various sedition laws for their opposition to World War I, their trade union activities, or their unpopular political or religious beliefs.

Essential reading for launching a career in computer forensics Internet crime is on the rise, catapulting the need for computer forensics specialists.

This text covers the four forms of fire: diffusion flames, smoldering, spontaneous combustion, and premixed flames.

Capital punishment is one of the more controversial subjects in the social sciences, especially in criminal justice and criminology.

This book presents and brings together research on child sexual abuse from various countries and cultures in the Arab Region.

There is growing recognition that sexual offending is a multi-determined phenomenon requiring a multi-disciplinary perspective.

A troubled Los Angeles socialite is both terrorized and tempted by a killer in this “brilliantly written” true story by the author of A Death in Canaan (Ann Rule).

This easy-to-use guidebook offers an overview of American law that should find a place on the desk of any journalism student or professional journalist.

Wrongful convictions are the result of faulty or false scientific evidence in 50% of the cases.

This project is a critical, rhetorical study of the digital text we call the Internet, in particular the style and figurative surface of its many pages as well as the conceptual, design patterns structuring the content of those same pages.

An anthology of the writing of Wilfred Burchett, perhaps the greatest journalist and war correspondent Australia has ever produced.

Crime narratives form a large and central part of the modern cultural landscape.

In the past fifty years, street crime rates in America have increased eightfold.

This comprehensive reference by nationally recognized experts provides an interdisciplinary overview of existing knowledge about sex offenders.

Killer Data examines the phenomenon of serial murder using data collected from international sources to review offender patterning with a focus on contemporary cases.

This book delves into a previously unexplored realm within criminological scholarship: Israeli organized crime.

Transgression is truly a key idea for our time.

This insightful volume integrates criminological theories, prevention science, and empirical findings to create an up-to-date survey of crime prevention research and strategies.

This book seeks to break new ground in the way in which adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse is understood.

What is it really like in 'the hole'?