Criminology category: 4273 books
Women, Punishment and Social Justice
Human Rights and Penal Practices
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
The prison has often been the focus for concerns about human rights violations, and campaigns aimed at achieving social justice, for those with an interest in the criminalisation of women. To reduce the number of women imprisoned, a range of policy initiatives have been developed to increase the use...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
February 2009 marked the 10th Anniversary of the publication of the Inquiry into the events surrounding the investigation of the murder of Stephen Lawrence. This book marks this anniversary and examines various dimensions of the impact of Lawrence on policing policy and practice.
It identifies...
by Roger Hopkins Burke
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
In the minds of the general public, young people and crime are intrinsically linked; wide-spread belief persists that such activities are a result of the ‘permissive 1960s’ and the changing face of the traditional nuclear family. Roger Hopkins Burkechallenges these preconceptions and offers a...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
This book aims to both reflect and take forward current thinking on comparative and cross-national and cross-cultural aspects of the history of crime. Its content is wide-ranging: some chapters discuss the value of comparative approaches in aiding understanding of comparative history, and providing...
Screening Justice
Canadian Crime Films, Culture and Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
What do Canadian films say about crime and justice in Canada? What purpose to Canadian crime films serve politically and culturally?
Screening Justice is a scholarly exploration of films that focus on crime and justice in Canada. Crime films are pivotal for understanding and shaping Canadian...
Why Punish?
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Punishment
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2017
Why do we punish? Is it because only punishment can achieve justice for victims and 'right the wrong' of a crime? Or is it justified because it reduces crime, by deterring potential offenders, offering rehabilitative treatment to others and incapacitating the most dangerous? The complex answers to...
Controlling Crime, Controlling Society
Thinking about Crime in Europe and America
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
How did anxieties about crime and deviance emerge in the modern world, first in Europe and then in America? How did they come to occupy centre-stage in the ongoing drama played out in public discourse? And how have theories of crime and deviance related to the actual practices of social control and...
Theory, Justice, and Social Change
Theoretical Integrations and Critical Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2012
Throughout history, social and intellectual crises have given rise to compelling suggestions for reform steeped in various progressive sensibilities. For example, within the discipline of criminology -- particularly during the 1980’s and 1990’s -- a number of unconventional theoretical perspectives...
Serial Killers and the Media
The Moors Murders Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2019
This book examines the media and cultural responses to the awful crimes of Brady and Hindley, whose murders provided a template for future media reporting on serial killers. It explores a wide variety of topics relating to the Moors Murders case including: the historical and geographical context of...
by Thomas Gabor
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
This book critically examines the link between guns and violence. It weighs the value of guns for self-protection against the adverse effects of gun ownership and carrying. It also analyses the role of public opinion, the Second Amendment to the US Constitution, and the firearms industry and lobby...
State crime and immorality
The corrupting influence of the powerful
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
This is the first book to examine the activities of UK and international ‘role models’ through the lens of state crime and social policy. Written by experts in the field of sociology and social policy, it defines the ideal state as a single, functioning whole that ensures uniformity in the name...
by Peter Joyce
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2017
This book examines the nature of protest and the way in which the police and state respond to the activities associated with this term. Protest is explored within the context of the perceived decline in public engagement with recent general election contests. It is often thought that protest is regarded...
Fighting Environmental Crime in Europe and Beyond
The Role of the EU and Its Member States
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
This book brings together the findings of a multi-disciplinary and international research project on environmental crime in Europe, funded by the European Union (EU). “European Union Action to Fight Environmental Crime" (EFFACE) was a 40-month research project that included eleven European...
by Sonny Shiu-Hing Lo
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
In China, the central government has the political will to control organized crime, which is seen as a national security threat. The crux of the problem is how to control local governments that have demonstrated lax enforcement without sufficient regulation from the provincial governments. The development...