Social services and welfare, criminology

Killing the Messenger reveals the dangerous new face of war and journalism.

The cliche is that prostitution is the oldest profession.

Technology and digitization are a great social good.

Unlike other textbooks on the subject, this book presents a comprehensive and structured account of the process of administering planned change in the criminal justice system.

The new, second edition of this successful Handbook explores the growing and evolving field of Chinese media, offering a window through which to observe multi-directional flows of information, culture and communications within the contexts of globalisation and regionalisation.

This book proposes an explicit recognition of criminology as a moral science: a philosophically textured appreciation of the presence and role of values in people's reasoning and motivation, set within an empirically rigorous social-scientific account.

Book publishing is big business, contributing significant employment in the creative industries and adding billions to the global economy.

Chatting with notorious war criminal Charles Taylor on the lawn of his presidential mansion as ostriches and armed teenagers strut in the background.

Covering some of the most hotly contested topics in crime and criminal justice, including proposed sentencing and prison reforms, controversial developments like Stand Your Ground laws, and Supreme Court decisions, this work supplies essential background, current data, and a range of viewpoints on these important issues.

Although for much of the mid-20th century police departments across the U.

In one of the lengthiest, noisiest, and hottest legal debates in U.

This book proposes an explicit recognition of criminology as a moral science: a philosophically textured appreciation of the presence and role of values in people's reasoning and motivation, set within an empirically rigorous social-scientific account.

This collection of essays demonstrates how the security of Americans is potentially threatened by individuals and governments who are engaged in the illicit trade in arms, drugs, and human beings in distant parts of the globe.

This international study of children's experiences of organized persecution, explores the Holocaust and its aftermath as prototypical social trauma.

A collaborative book by two extraordinary Black artists about finding beauty in the chaos.

Gandhi famously argued that society's moral measure was its treatment of the vulnerable.

With just the right dose of academic pragmatism, Police Misconduct in America assesses the history of police excesses from 1900 to the present.

During the 20th century, only six women were legally executed by the State of New York at Sing Sing Prison.

Explore the Shadows of the American Justice SystemDelve into the unspoken transgressions deeply embedded in the very fabric of Americas legal landscape.

Historically, prime-time television has devoted at least one-third of its programming to crime.

China's boldest advocate for press and speech freedom provides a collection of his 1981-1999 arguments for greater freedom of press and speech, as presented to China's government, Party officials, and its intellectual community.

This volume covers topics on awareness about one's psychological health, management of emotions, mental hygiene, and wellbeing.

In 2004, Charles Cullen was arrested and charged in the deaths of more than 30 patients in his care.

This book is designed to educate sex therapists and mental health professionals on the power of using sand when treating sexual issues, providing guidance in accessing their clients' unconscious to seek new ways of healing.

This book advances a theoretically informed realist criminology of computer crime.

This book advances a theoretically informed realist criminology of computer crime.

Fluorescent Particles in Forensic Engineering examines the significant part that fluorescent particles play in forensic investigations.

This book deconstructs stereotypes about Black men through the exploration of their vulnerability, drawing attention to their demographic-specific issues and needs that are so rarely articulated.

This book guides the reader through the process of creating evidence-based therapy groups for children.

This book guides the reader through the process of creating evidence-based therapy groups for children.

This book explores how both elite and non-elite actors frame societal threats such as the refugee crisis and COVID-19 using both digital and traditional media.

This book deconstructs stereotypes about Black men through the exploration of their vulnerability, drawing attention to their demographic-specific issues and needs that are so rarely articulated.

* With a Foreword by Sir Bob Geldof * 'Essential: full of heart, honesty, humour and helpful advice' - Sir Richard Curtis CBE'Josh Littlejohn is a rockstar of social impact' - Irvine WelshWhen Josh Littlejohn started a small sandwich shop in his home city of Edinburgh, he would never have thought that, within ten years' time, it would be frequented by Hollywood megastars, that he would have opened a string of successful cafes across the UK, and that he would be honoured with an MBE by the Queen.

The Handbook on Prisons and Jails brings together some of the brightest scholars and thinkers in the field to offer a wide range of perspectives for understanding the experiences of persons incarcerated or working/volunteering within carceral institutions.

The Journey from Prison to Community: Developing Identity, Meaning and Belonging with Men in the UK provides a practical guide for practitioners working with men to successfully make the transition between prison and the community.

On the 8th August 1963 a gang of 15 men stopped a mail train in Buckinghamshire and proceeded to steal sacks of money worth GBP2.

Hong Kong Public Housing provides the first comprehensive history of one of the most dramatic episodes in the global history of the modern built environment: the vast public housing programme sponsored by successive Hong Kong governments from the 1950s, in a quest to build up the territory into a lasting 'people's home'.

Fluorescent Particles in Forensic Engineering examines the significant part that fluorescent particles play in forensic investigations.

A diverse, critical analysis of racial and ethnic disparities within the American criminal justice system that encourages critical thinking by providing various sides to the issues.

This book questions punishment as concept, social phenomenon and contemporary practice.

Somatic Maternal Healing introduces a cutting-edge understanding of the body into the growing field of perinatal mental health.

This is the go-to guide for higher education leaders of learning, teaching and the learner experience.

This is the go-to guide for higher education leaders of learning, teaching and the learner experience.

An excellent resource for high school and college students, this book surveys the size, scope, and nature of government surveillance in 21st-century America, with a particular focus on technology-enabled surveillance and its impact on privacy and other civil liberties.

This encyclopedia provides a real-world guide to American political journalism and news coverage in the 21st century, from the most influential media organizations and pundits to the controversies and practices shaping modern-day political journalism.

How could my partner have done this?

This two-volume collection of essays addresses the Latino/a experience in present-day America, covering six major areas of importance: education, health, family, children, teens, and violence.

While many books explore such specific issues as gun violence, arson, murder, and crime prevention, this encyclopedia serves as a one-stop resource for exploring the history, societal factors, and current dimensions of violence in America in all its forms.

This volume covers topics on awareness about one's psychological health, management of emotions, mental hygiene, and wellbeing.

Somatic Maternal Healing introduces a cutting-edge understanding of the body into the growing field of perinatal mental health.