Criminology category: 4273 books
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Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
The Palgrave Handbook of Criminal and Terrorism Financing Law focuses on how criminal and terrorist assets pose significant and unrelenting threats to the integrity, security, and stability of contemporary societies. In response to the funds generated by or for organised crime and transnational terrorism,...
International Practices of Criminal Justice
Social and legal perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
International Practices of Criminal Justice: Social and Legal Perspectives examines the practitioners, practices, and institutions that are transforming the relationship between criminal justice and international governance. The book links two dimensions of international criminal justice, by analyzing...
Crime in the Digital Age
Controlling Telecommunications and Cyberspace Illegalities
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Willie Sutton, a notorious American bank robber of fifty years ago, was once asked why he persisted in robbing banks. "Because that's where the money is," he is said to have replied. The theory that crime follows opportunity has become established wisdom in criminology; opportunity reduction...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Cultural Practices of Victimhood aims to set the agenda for a cultural study of victimhood. Words such as ‘victim’ and ‘victimhood’ represent shifting cultural signifiers, their meaning depending on the cultural context of their usage. Using case studies and through a practice-based approach,...
Justice Gained?
Crime and Crime Control in South Africa's Transition
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Key questions in contemporary South African criminology are examined in these essays, including Why is crime such a persistent problem? and How have crime control practices altered in response to the challenges of the post-apartheid era?. Teachers, researchers, policy advisors, and practitioners challenge...
by Steven Belenko, Faye S. Taxman
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2011
Community corrections programs are emerging as an effective alternative to incarceration for drug-involved offenders, to reduce recidivism and improve public health and public safety. Since evidence-based practice is gaining recognition as a success factor in both community systems and substance...
Criminal Behaviour from School to the Workplace
Untangling the Complex Relations Between Employment, Education and Crime
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
This volume focuses on the complex relation between offending and the transition from school to the workplace: how employment and education are related to breaking the law and getting in contact with the criminal justice system. The contributors report results from several large scale and sophisticated...
Victimology (Routledge Revivals)
The Victim and the Criminal Justice Process
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
First published in 1989, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of the victims of crime and the way in which they are treated in society generally, and in the criminal justice process in particular. The study of victims of crime is important to academics, the wider community...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Questions of legitimacy and issues of compliance lie at the heart of criminal justice systems and policies. Recent years have seen greater recognition and awareness of the essential role of legitimacy, trust and public confidence in underpinning the effectiveness of criminal justice practices and...
The Globalization of Hate
Internationalizing Hate Crime?
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
The Globalization of Hate: Internationalizing Hate Crime? is the first book to examine the impact of globalization on our understanding of hate speech and hate crime. Bringing together internationally acclaimed scholars with researchers, policy makers and practitioners from across the world, it critically...
Addressing Offending Behaviour
Context, Practice and Value
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Offending behaviour is one of the most talked about issues in contemporary society. What can be done to stop people reoffending? What can be done to help people escape their criminal lifestyles? This book aims to review and analyse the different ways in which these questions are addressed in practice,...
by Sam King
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Moving away from criminal behaviour can be fraught with difficulties. Often it can involve leaving behind old habits, customs, and even friends, while at the same time adopting a new way of life. How do individuals go about making a decision to give up crime? How do they plan to sustain this decision?...
Young Adult Offenders
Lost in Transition?
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
This latest volume in the Cambridge Criminal Justice Series focuses upon young adults and their treatment in the criminal justice system. The subject is very topical because there is increasing evidence that a rigid distinction between ‘youth’ and ‘adulthood’ is not appropriate in modern societies....
by John DeCarlo, Michael J. Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
This Brief examines the role of Police Unions in law enforcement policy development. It provides an overview of the historical and political background of police labor unions, and takes a critical look at the shifting perception of labor unions from generally positive to somewhat negative, to compare...