Criminology category: 4273 books
Policing in Taiwan
From authoritarianism to democracy
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
The police in Taiwan played a critical role in the largely peaceful transition from an authoritarian regime to a democracy. While the temptation to intervene in domestic politics was great, the top-down pressure to maintain a neutral standing facilitated an orderly regime change. This is the first...
Legitimacy and Criminal Justice
An International Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Based on an interdisciplinary conference held at the University of Cambridge in May 2012, Legitimacy and Criminal Justice: An International Exploration brings together internationally renowned scholars from a range of disciplines including criminology, international relations, sociology and political...
The ’Ndrangheta and Sacra Corona Unita
The History, Organization and Operations of Two Unknown Mafia Groups
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
This book covers two lesser known but important members of the Italian Mafia: the ’Ndrangheta and the Sacra Corona Unita. Italian criminal organizations, in particular Mafia, are one of the most commonly researched organized crime groups, usually focusing on the Sicilian Mafia, Cosa Nostra, or...
by Pamela Davies
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Gender, Crime and Victimisation is a thoughtful and thought-provoking book, exploring gender patterns in both offending and victimisation. It offers a thorough examination of how these patterns in society are variously established and represented, researched, explained and responded to by policy makers...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2005
The media often makes sense of violence in terms of 'randomness' and 'evil'. But the reality, as the contributors to The Meanings of Violence demonstrate, is far more complex. Drawing on the diverse subject matter of the ESRC's Violence Research Programme - from interviews with killers to discussions...
by K. Daly
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2014
Winner of the Christine M. Alder Book Prize in 2015 from the Australian and New Zealand
Society of Criminology
Historical abuse of children is a worldwide phenomenon. This book assesses the enablers of abuse and the reasons it took so long for officials to respond. It analyzes redress...
In My Father's House
A New View of How Crime Runs in the Family
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist: a pathbreaking examination of our huge crime and incarceration problem that looks at the influence of the family--specifically one Oregon family with a generations-long legacy of lawlessness.
The United States currently holds the distinction...
Making Trouble
Cultural Constraints of Crime, Deviance, and Control
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
In Making Trouble leading scholars in criminology, sociology, criminal justice, women's studies, and social history explore the mediated cultural dynamics that construct images and understanding of crime, deviance, and control. Contributors examine the intertwined practices of the mass media, criminal...
Invisible Victims
Homelessness and the Growing Security Gap
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Despite Western society's preoccupation with safety and protection, its most vulnerable members still lack access to the level of security that many of us take for granted. In this trailblazing study, Laura Huey illustrates the issue of a ‘security gap’ faced by increasing homeless populations:...
Media, Process, and the Social Construction of Crime
Studies in Newsmaking Criminology
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Becoming Criminal
The Socio-Cultural Origins of Law, Transgression, and Deviance
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
This book consists of a fundamental deconstruction and reconstruction of the key concepts of Criminology and The Sociology of Law, providing a coherent expression of the relationships between these newly constructed concepts and thus a radically new statement of the relationship between society, crime and the law.
by Michael Salter
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
How is social media changing contemporary understandings of crime and injustice, and what contribution can it make to justice-seeking? Abuse on social media often involves betrayals of trust and invasions of privacy that range from the public circulation of intimate photographs to mass campaigns of...
The Innocent and the Criminal Justice System
A Sociological Analysis of Miscarriages of Justice
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
The Innocent and the Criminal Justice System examines competing perspectives on, and definitions of, miscarriages of justice to tackle these questions and more in this critical sociological examination of innocence and wrongful conviction.
This book:
• is the first book of its kind...
Underground Codes
Race, Crime and Related Fires
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2004
Winner of a 2005 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (Honorable Mention
Americans fear crime, are rattled by race and avoid honest discussions of both. Anxiety, denial, miscommunication, and ignorance abound. Imaginary connections between minorities and crime become real, self-fulfilling prophecies...