Crime and criminology

Olof Dahlback's book breaks new ground for the analysis of crime from a rationality perspective by presenting models and methods that go far beyond those with which researchers have hitherto been equipped.

This 2nd edition of the Handbook explores how to conceptualize new realities of race and ethnic relations.

Whether you're new to higher education, coming to legal study for the first time or just wondering what Evidence Law is all about, Beginning Evidence is the ideal introduction to help you hit the ground running.

This book examines the gun-related policy responses to three school shooting incidents in the United States.

Modern Intellectual Property Law combines coverage of each intellectual property right granted for creations of the mind into a thoughtful, unified textbook.

Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy: Mechanisms and New Methods for Analyzing Risks builds on earlier works focusing on the clinical problem of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).

This guide to publishing poetry is designed for the poet on a journey from producing a pile of poems to celebrating at a book launch.

Explores the fundamentals required to understand, analyze, and implement space modulation techniques (SMTs) in coherent and non-coherent radio frequency environments This book focuses on the concept of space modulation techniques (SMTs), and covers those emerging high data rate wireless communication techniques.

Forgeries present a daunting problem to art historians, museums, galleries and curators who face challenges in determining the authenticity of paintings.

This comprehensive collection contributes to, advances and consolidates discussions of the range of research methods in criminology through the presentation of diverse international case studies in which contributors reflect upon their experiences with powerless and powerful individuals or groups.

This book uses the Canadian cannabis legalization experiment, analyzed in the historical context of wider drug criminalization in Canada and placed in an international perspective, to examine important lessons about the differential implementation of federal law in jurisdictions within federalist constitutional democracies.

Countering Cyber Sabotage: Introducing Consequence-Driven, Cyber-Informed Engineering (CCE) introduces a new methodology to help critical infrastructure owners, operators and their security practitioners make demonstrable improvements in securing their most important functions and processes.

This collection focuses on media representations of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito, defendants in the Meredith Kercher murder case.

The Retailer's Guide to Loss Prevention and Security is an introduction to retail security.

Canadian news reports are riddled with accounts of Access to Information requests denied and government reports released with large swaths of content redacted.

This book provides a unique analysis of prisons and the violence at work inside them.

Mischa Engelbracht untersucht freiheitsentziehende Maßnahmen in der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe.

Seventy years ago, an Ivy League-educated lawyer, his wife from a prominent Midwestern media family, and their four children moved to a small town in Southwestern Colorado.

This new text encourages students to develop a deeper understanding of the context and the current workings of the criminal justice system.

"e;This book is an important analysis of how police themselves define and respond to police corruption and wrongdoing.

What impact on the safety of incarcerated individuals does race, gender, and sexual orientation have?

What is the moral of the human trafficking story, and how can the narrative be shaped and evolved?

The rational choice perspective developed by Cornish and Clarke in 1986 provides criminologists with a valuable and practical framework for purposes of crime control and prevention.

This book untangles the components of police education and advocates a robust community-based training model with significant civilian oversight.

Challenging Bias in Forensic Psychological Assessment and Testing is a groundbreaking work that addresses the biases and inequalities within the field of forensic psychology.

This book will expand students' knowledge and understanding of the evolution of juvenile justice in the last 50 years.

"e;An eye-opening and riveting account of how guns make it into the black market and into the hands of criminals and drug lords.

CNBC anchor Trish Regan takes you behind the scenes of America's thriving pot industry, to show readers things only drug dealers know about this secret world.

Monsters, Law, Crime, an edited collection composed of essays written by prominent U.

Outlining the different types of financial crime and their impact, this book is a user-friendly, up-to-date guide to the regulatory processes, systems and legislation which exist in the UK.

This seminal book explores the complex relationship between popular geopolitics and nation branding among the Newly Independent States of Eurasia, and their combined role in shaping contemporary national image and statecraft within and beyond the region.

The Third Edition of Cybercrime and Society provides readers with expert analysis on the most important cybercrime issues affecting modern society.

This book provides inspiration for social workers to explore the possibilities of using Photovoice to engage with communities.

The History of Fashion Journalism is a uniquely comprehensive study of the development of the industry from its origins to the present day, and including professionals' such as Dylan Jones's vision of the future.

Dieses Übungsbuch ergänzt das gleichnamige Lehrbuch.

This book explores an increasingly important issue for legal systems across the world.

Los Angeles incarcerates more people than any other city in the United States, which imprisons more people than any other nation on Earth.

The ninth edition of Introduction to Criminology provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of lawmaking, lawbreaking, and reactions to crime.

Requiring no prior hacking experience, Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing Guide supplies a complete introduction to the steps required to complete a penetration test, or ethical hack, from beginning to end.

Scholarly engagement with the magazine form has, in the last two decades, produced a substantial amount of valuable research.

This book assesses the implications of how children and young people are represented in print media in Northern Ireland - a post-conflict transitioning society.

This textbook discusses the role of community-oriented policing, including the police image, public expectations, ethics in law enforcement, community wellness, civilian review boards, and what the community can do to help decrease crime rates.

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.

When we think of the Italian Mafia, we think of Marlon Brando, Tony Soprano, and the Corleones iconic actors and characters who give shady dealings a mythical pop presence.

The question "e;what is science"e; has been one of the most vigorously contested legal questions as to what is legally acceptable scientific foundation for the submission of expert opinion in a wide variety of cases, especially in products liability cases.

Police use of force has been a major concern for police departments and citizens in the United States since the 1840s, when police first started carrying guns.

This book presents a detailed analysis of Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) program.