Crime and criminology

On Tuesday morning, 23rd September 1975, the corpses of three unmarried siblings, last surviving members of the ancient Luxton clan of Winkleigh, North Devon, were found on their remote farm.

As cyber threat actors have become more sophisticated, data breaches, phishing attacks, and ransomware are increasing, and the global cybercrime damage in 2021 was $16.

Public opinion about homosexuality varies substantially around the world.

Assuming only a previous course in basic microeconomics, Economics of Crime and Enforcement is an innovative book which is strongly linked to the new theoretical and empirical journal literature.

Designed to engage, inspire and challenge students while laying out the fundamentals of the craft, this textbook-now in its fourth edition-introduces readers to the core values of journalism and its singular role in a democracy.

This book critically considers how and why centring race in the analysis of journalism deepens our understanding of how race is constructed and experienced in society.

Human Rights, Impunity and Anti-Press Violence is a qualitative, comparative and interdisciplinary exploration of journalists' responses to impunity for anti-press violence in two Latin American partial democracies, Mexico and Honduras.

This book aims to demonstrate the use of business driven risk assessments to address government regulations and guidelines specific to the management of risks related to all third party arrangements and emphasises that organisations retain accountability for business activities, functions and services outsourced to a third party.

Everyday Prison Governance in Myanmar analyses prison life in Myanmar during a short-lived period of democratic transition.

Identifying and exploring the challenges in understanding and responding to youth crime, this book investigates the different contexts which contribute to youth offending as well as those which either help or hinder effective youth justice responses to it.

Since the 2000 elections toppled the PRI, over 150 Mexican journalists have been murdered.

This brief examines Canadian police incident command response teams’ process of decision-making during major, critical, and public order events.

I could've died a thousand times.

Changing attitudes towards cannabis across Europe are challenging old convictions of drug prohibition and making space for new approaches to the drug.

Reflections on Methodology offers a new and engaging means of teaching Honours students or those starting a PhD in Sociology about methodological issues.

Considering the potential and peril of Domestic Abuse-Related Death Reviews (DARDRs) in England and Wales as a way of learning from domestic abuserelated deaths, this book examines what DARDRs - first known as Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs) - are understood as being for, what is used by and in DARDRs, and how DARDRs are themselves used.

Now in its fifth edition, this book is one of the leading texts on the evolution of electronic mass communication in the last century, giving students a clear understanding of how the media of yesterday shaped the media world of today.

This book proposes using a 'jury-centric approach' for improving laws, practices, and procedures in jury trials.

Now in a fully revised and updated third edition, Sport and the Media: Managing the Nexus combines in-depth analysis of the rapidly developing sport media industry with a clear and straightforward guide to practical sport media management skills.

The United States has poured over a billion dollars into a network of interagency intelligence centers called ';fusion centers.

Civil Protection and Domestic Security in Contemporary Hybrid Warfare presents a comprehensive approach to civil protection and domestic security in contemporary hybrid armed conflict.

Nationally representative studies confirm that LGBTQ individuals are at an elevated risk of experiencing intimate partner violence.

Ballistics examines the analytical and computational tools for predicting a weapon's behavior in terms of pressure, stress, and velocity, demonstrating their applications in ammunition and weapons design.

Exploring the rationales behind legal anger, its logic and origins, this book builds on the perspectives of judges and prosecutors in Italy, Sweden, the United States, and Scotland.

Getting Wrecked provides a rich ethnographic account of women battling addiction as they cycle through jail, prison, and community treatment programs in Massachusetts.

"e;The Four-Pools Mystery"e; is a 1908 novel by Jean Webster.

The high rate of incarceration in the United States contributes significantly to the nation's health inequities, extending beyond those who are imprisoned to families, communities, and the entire society.

Building on previous work in rural criminology, this book casts a global and comparative look across 19 countries, drawing on themes of crime and victimisation, safety and fear, practices of policing and police trust, and crime prevention practices.

This essential text introduces criminal justice students to the topics of stress and wellness in personal and professional pursuits and provides them with the tools they will need to identify the signs of stress in their own lives and the lives of others.

Forensic science is playing an increasingly important role in criminal investigations, as it provides scientific methods and techniques to gather and analyse evidence from crime scenes.

Imprisonment was rarely used as punishment in Britain before 1800.

Crime and Its Correction: An International Survey of Attitudes and Practices offers a groundbreaking exploration into the global landscape of corrections.

Deviance Management examines how individuals and subcultures manage the stigma of being labeled socially deviant.

This book examines Canadian news content that references different terms related to fake news and disinformation while providing an analysis of Canadian journalists' views on how to report on fake news and its impact in today's society.

Forensic science is playing an increasingly important role in criminal investigations, as it provides scientific methods and techniques to gather and analyse evidence from crime scenes.