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Criminology For Dummies

by Steven Briggs
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2011

Your thorough guide to comprehending and combating crime Are you fascinated by criminology, forensics, and detective work? This you-are-there guide takes you deep into the world of crime, giving you a better understanding of the dark recesses of the criminal mind and how law enforcement officials...

State Crime and Resistance

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Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012

Within criminology ‘the state’ is often ignored as an active participant, or represented as a neutral force. While state crime studies have proliferated, criminologists have not paid attention to the history and impact of resistance to state crime. This book recognises that crimes of the state...

Murders in the United States: Crimes, Killers, and Victims of the Twentieth Century

by R. Barri Flowers
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018

From R. Barri Flowers, award-winning criminologist and bestselling author, comes the newly updated compelling narrative nonfiction and historical true crime book, Murders in the United States: Crimes, Killers, and Victims of the Twentieth Century. From the assassination of President William...

Reparation for Victims of Crimes against Humanity

The healing role of reparation

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Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014

Each year, countless people fall victim to crimes against humanity. These include widespread occurrences of systematic murder, torture, rape, disappearances, forced deportation and political persecution. Crimes against humanity constitute an attack on human dignity and as such they violate the human...

Hate Crimes

Causes, Controls, and Controversies

by Phyllis B. Gerstenfeld
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017

The Fourth Edition of Hate Crimes: Causes, Controls, and Controversies byPhyllis B. Gerstenfeldtakes a multidisciplinary approach that allows students to explore a broad scope of hate crimes. Drawing on recent developments, topics, and current research, this bookexamines the issues that foster hate...

Hate Crimes

Criminal Law and Identity Politics

by James B. Jacobs, Kimberly Potter
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2000

In the early 1980s, a new category of crime appeared in the criminal law lexicon. In response to concerted advocacy-group lobbying, Congress and many state legislatures passed a wave of "hate crime" laws requiring the collection of statistics on, and enhancing the punishment for, crimes motivated...

Situational Prevention of Organised Crimes

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Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013

Situational crime prevention is the art and science of reducing opportunities for crime. Despite accumulating evidence of its value in reducing many different kinds of crime - such as burglary, fraud, robbery, car theft, child sexual abuse and even terrorism - little has previously been published...

The Psychology of Hate Crimes as Domestic Terrorism: U.S. and Global Issues [3 volumes]

U.S. and Global Issues

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Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016

In this three-volume set, an international team of experts involved in the research, management, and mitigation of hate-motivated violence examines and explains hate crimes in the United States and around the globe, drawing comparisons between countries as well as between hate crimes overall and domestic...

Understanding Hate Crimes

Acts, Motives, Offenders, Victims, and Justice

by Carolyn Turpin-Petrosino
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2015

Hate crimes and lesser acts of bigotry and intolerance are seen to be constants in today’s world. Since 1990, the federal government has published annual reports on hate crime incidents in the United States. While the reported numbers are disturbing, even more devastating is the impact of these...

Churches, Temples, and Financial Crimes

A Judicial Perspective of the Abuse of Faith

by Fausto Martin De Sanctis
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2015

This eye-opening volume examines ways in which religious institutions can be misused to mask illegal financial dealings, and steps law enforcement can take to combat these criminal activities. The chapters review legal rights and responsibilities of churches and the types of loopholes that can allow...

Crimes That Changed Our World

Tragedy, Outrage, and Reform

by Paul H. Robinson, Sarah M. Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2018

Can crime make our world safer? Crimes are the worst of humanity’s wrongs but, oddly, they sometimes “trigger” improvement in our lives. Crimes That Changed Our World explores some of the most important trigger cases of the past century, revealing much about how change comes to our modern world. The...

True Stories of Law & Order: SVU

The Real Crimes Behind the Best Episodes of the Hit TV Show

by Kevin Dwyer, Juré Fiorillo
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2007

The incredible real-life cases behind TV's hit crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, including photos. The crimes, the suspects, the trials—as they really went down. True Stories of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit focuses on twenty-five of the scandalous true crimes that...

White-Collar Crime

The Essentials

by Brian K. Payne
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016

The thoroughly updated Second Edition of White Collar Crime: The Essentials continues to be a comprehensive, yet concise, resource addressing the most important topics students need to know about white-collar crime. Author Brian K. Payne provides a theoretical framework and context for students that...

Crimes of the Centuries: Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History [3 volumes]

Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History

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Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016

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. • Supports national standards curriculum • Offers an extensive selection...

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