Crime and criminology

The first volume of the Trends in Corrections: Interviews with Corrections Leaders Around the World series introduced readers to the great diversity that exists cross-culturally in the political, social, and economic context of the correctional system.

First published in 2004.

There have been significant changes in public attitudes towards surveillance in the last few years as a consequence of the Snowden disclosures and the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Marketing practitioners have begun to target gays and lesbians as consumers, although little is known about their buying behavior, expectations in consumption, or of their treatment in the marketplace.

Presents an analysis and visualization of social networks integrating theory, applications, and professional software for performing network analysis (Pajek).

This new edition of the casebook includes extensive excerpts from 25 major decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States in media law or related to media law.

This book systematically introduces the practice of restorative justice in India, as a resource for comparative criminal justice research.

"e;Death Scene Investigation: Procedural Guide is the answer to a long recognized dilemma: how to have every death investigated by an experienced death investigator.

The human brain is made up of billions of neurons that communicate with each other through chemical messengers, which are referred to as neuroactive substances.

In 1993, the U.

This book explores criminal justice responses to Sudanese Australians, crime and victimization.

Policing in an Age of Austerity uniquely examines the effects on one key public service: the state police of England and Wales.

First published in 1998, this volume seeks to examine a range of policing techniques which are new, if not in their conception, then at least in their importance to the form of police enquiries in the late 20th century.

A Hands-On Introduction to Forensic Science, Second Edition continues in the tradition of the first edition taking a wholly unique approach to teaching forensic science.

Documentary filmmaking is one of the most vibrant areas of media activity in the Chinese world, with many independent filmmakers producing documentaries that deal with a range of sensitive socio-political problems, bringing to their work a strongly ethical approach.

An evocative, candid reveal of the media and design worlds by an award-winning journalist and activist urban planner in search of the soul of cities and himself.

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

What can social theory really teach us about crime in the world today?

In Australia, as in many comparable democracies, the role of the media in the political process is high on the public agenda.

This volume addresses some of the central issues of journalism today -- the nature and needs of the individual versus the nature and needs of the broader society; theories of communitarianism versus Enlightenment liberalism; independence versus interdependence (vs.

This compact reference makes the case for a middle ground between clinical and actuarial methods in predicting future violence, domestic violence, and sexual offending.

Survival Driving: Staying Alive on the World's Most Dangerous Roads, Second Edition was written to inform and protect: to keep people alive by making them more situationally aware.

This book explores the complicated relationship between constitutions and transitional justice.

THE REHABILITATION OF PARTNER-VIOLENT MEN Informed by theory and evidence, this text offers a full account of a pressing social problem.

The Borders of Punishment: Migration, Citizenship, and Social Exclusion critically assesses the relationship between immigration control, citizenship, and criminal justice.

InThe Death Penalty in America: Current Controversies, Hugo Adam Bedau, one of our preeminent scholars on the subject,provides a comprehensive sourcebook on the death penalty, making the process of informed consideration not only possible but fascinating as well.

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive historical-geographical lens to the development and evolution of correctional institutions as a specific subset of carceral geographies.

This book develops an evolutionary theory of crime.

When Hate Groups March Down Main Street is a comprehensive, authoritative resource guide for communities, organizations, and individuals who are concerned and intimidated by the resurgence of neo-Nazi and extreme right-wing groups in the United States.

Research on sexual violence has been a growing area of academic study since the 1970s.

This book provides a comprehensive, introductory text for students taking courses in crime and criminal justice history.

A comparative and collaborative study of the foundational principles and concepts that underpin different domestic systems of criminal law.

This publication titled, Applied Criminology provides readers with an introductory overview of applied criminology.

We are witnessing a revolution in storytelling.

This edited volume  presents an innovative and critical analysis of corporate compliance from an interdisciplinary and international perspective.

Conservative Criminology serves as an important counterpoint to virtually every other academic text on crime.

Online media is and will continue to be at the forefront of entertainment; this book introduces readers to this new world and helps them create good content for it.

Can the criminal justice system achieve justice based on its ability to determine the truth?

Criminological research lies at the heart of criminological theory, influences social policy development, as well as informs criminal justice practice.

Of all crimes, murder fascinates the public more than any other.

Reconfiguring Stigma in Studies of Sex for Sale is about the production and effects of stigma in sex work or prostitution with contributions from four continents and different disciplines that taken together explore how such stigma is conditioned by differences in time, place, citizenship, gender, sexuality, class and race.

Holden is one of the few brands that has an emotional grip on Australia (Qantas being another).

The Syrian conflict constitutes one of the most covered events in this century.

This book examines how child protection law has been shaped by the transition to late modernity and how it copes with the ever-changing concept of risk.

Despite an overwhelming scientific consensus, climate change remains one of the most controversial issues of our time.

This book represents a brief treatise on the theory and research behind the concept of desistance from crime.

Trauma Reporting provides vital information on developing a healthy, professional and respectful relationship with those who choose to tell their stories during times of trauma, distress or grief.