Crime and criminology

This book explores the subjects of child sex abuse, flaws in the justice system, cultural support for vigilantism, prison violence, and the socio-legal philosophy of punishment.

The first collective work devoted exclusively to the ethical and penal theoretical considerations of the use of artificial intelligence at sentencing Is it morally acceptable to use artificial intelligence (AI) in the determination of sentences on those who have broken the law?

Pro-Social and Anti-Social Behaviour describes the nature and causes of pro-social and anti-social behaviour.

Based primarily upon information from the UK Special Branch Counterterrorism Unit, Policing Terrorism: Research Studies into Police Counterterrorism Investigations takes you through the mechanics of a counterterrorism investigation.

With multitasking and more than a 100 other new features, iPhone 4.

Explore the production of bestsellers at the Frankfurt Book Fair, through an investigation involving three consecutive years of fieldwork.

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.

Criminological research has historically been based on the study of men, boys and crime.

Taking sexual violence in the form of rape and hetero-psychological/physical abuse, trafficking, and harassment as a point of departure, the authors of this volume explore questions about the relationship between sex, sexuality and violence in order to better understand the terms on which women's sexual suffering is perpetuated, thereby undermining their capacity for personhood and autonomy.

Informed debate on how, why, or even if, drugs and those that use them should be controlled needs an insight into the background of such controls, how effective they have been and what reasonable alternatives there may be.

This book explores how the 'new' Asian criminal entrepreneurs in Canada, known as The Big Circle Boys (BCB), competitively dominated the Canadian heroin market in the 1990s without a formal organisation or explicit hierarchical structure.

Organised crime puts on a smiley face.

This book begins from a critical account of the final months of the Sri Lankan civil war, tracing themes of nationalism, discourse and conflict memory through this period of immense violence and into its aftermath.

This book offers an applied approach to criminology suitable for prospective police officers.

This Palgrave Pivot surveys facts and cases exhibiting and exemplifying corruption in sport.

In her colorful insider's account, Susan Bridge analyzes the bitter struggle that ensued when a sophisticated entrepreneurial leadership tried to diversify and reposition "e;The Christian Science Monitor"e; beyond the failing newspaper into radio, the Internet, multimedia publishing, and -- the highest-ticket item of all -- The Monitor Channel, a CNN-style, 24-hour news and public affairs channel.

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.

How did a really unhip country suddenly become cool?

Sentencing is not a neutral or mechanical act; it is a human process, highly charged affectively and motivationally.

In 1904, sixteen women travelled together by train to cover the St Louis World's Fair.

Sports Journalism is a comprehensive guide to the purpose, principles and practice of this unique profession.

In this pioneering monograph based upon extensive primary research, Gottschalk and Hamerton explore and evaluate the developing global field of internal investigations within complex organizations.

This multivolume resource is the most extensive reference of its kind, offering a comprehensive summary of the misdeeds, perpetrators, and victims involved in the most memorable crime events in American history.

Victim-offender mediation schemes have experienced significant growth in the last decade.

Marxist Ideology and Soviet Criminal Law (1980) is about differences between theory and practice in the Soviet Union.

Decades before the Salem Witch trials, 11 people were hanged as witches in the Connecticut River Valley.

This book asks a critical question for our times: why do an increasing number of people support, admire and aspire to be outlaws?

Unfamiliar with today's job market, many ex-offenders could use good advice on how to best land a job.

This book analyses the relationship between the Olympic Games, with its ethos of openness and collectivism, and the security concerns and surveillance technologies that are becoming increasingly prevalent in the organisation of public events.

Reflecting the recent completion of LTE's specification, the new edition of this bestseller has been fully updated to provide a complete picture of the LTE system.

In order for forensic fibre examiners to fully utilize fibre and textile evidence during their analysis, they require not only specialised forensic knowledge but also in-depth knowledge of fibres, yarns and fabrics themselves.

The authors take three particular sociological perspectives, and use them to offer a distinct and critical reading of criminology, highlighting the ways that crime is, first and foremost, a matter of social definition.

Introduction to Criminal Justice, Tenth Edition, offers a student-friendly description of the criminal justice process-outlining the decisions, practices, people, and issues involved.

This book examines the significance of values in Supreme Court decision making.

Crime control has risen rapidly up the social and political agendas to become a central feature of western societies.

This collection presents a summary of current knowledge regarding autistic suspects, defendants and offenders in the criminal justice system of England and Wales.

Discourse and Social Media is a unique and timely collection that breaks ground on how discourse scholars, coming from a range of disciplinary perspectives, can critically analyse different social media, including YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and News.

Domestic violence continues to be a social problem that is rarely understood or discussed in many parts of the world.

Bayesian Networks This book should have a place on the bookshelf of every forensic scientist who cares about the science of evidence interpretation.

This report is a summary of the first meeting of the Science, Technology, and Law Panel.

This book is an ambitious attempt to map the main changes in the criminal justice system in the Victorian period through to the twentieth century.

Nowadays in cyberspace, there is a burst of information to which everyone has access.

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This book will lead readers into a medieval culture of ambition, greed, and jealousy that motivated men and women to take the lives of individuals who trusted them.

Reporting Islam examines the coverage of Muslim women in the New York Times from 1979-2011.

Over the past 25 years, Harold and Darren Franck have investigated hundreds of accidents involving vehicles of almost every shape, size, and type imaginable.

This volume synthesizes and critically analyzes the literature on response to the writing of second language students, and discusses the implications of the research for teaching practice in the areas of written and oral teacher commentary on student writing, error correction, and facilitation of peer response.